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Broadway. The name alone gives performers chills. It’s the pinnacle of live theater across the world, encompassing 40 theaters in Manhattan.

If you’re on Broadway, you’ve made it big.

And that’s where you can find Westport’s Mara Newbery.

Newbery is performing as part of the first Broadway cast of “A Christmas Story — The Musical” through Dec. 30.

A semi truck overturned Wednesday evening around 7:30 p.m. on I-71 north at mile marker 12.5, spilling soda and leaving a pile of debris alongside the interstate.

The driver was transported to University of Louisville with minor injuries. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Crews hope to cleanup the area tomorrow (Friday), weather permitting. They will shut down the right-hand lane around mile marker 12 starting at 9 a.m. Both lanes will remain open through morning rush hour.

A bathroom fire spread through the attic of a Briarhill Estates home Dec. 10 night, destroying the upper parts of the home and damaging much of the residence.

Around 9 p.m. crews from South Oldham Fire, Pewee Valley Fire and Worthington Fire responded to the 7500 block of Cambridge Drive near Crestwood. Homeowners discovered the fire and attempted to use a fire extinguisher on it, according to SOFD Chief Eddie Turner.

An Oldham County graduate is on her way to her dream job — thanks to classes she took at the Arvin Center.

 As one of the first graduates of the health science course cluster at the career center, Emily Millett is now working for Oldham County EMS.

Millett, 19, is a sophomore at Bellarmine University, where she studies biology on a pre-med track.