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Today's News

  • Police to be out in force through Memorial Day weekend

    Motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts – beware.  The 2012 national “Click It or Ticket” Memorial Day seat belt enforcement mobilization kicks off May 21 to help save lives by cracking down on those who don’t buckle up. 

    Despite a wealth of data showing that seat belts save lives – and also despite implementation of a primary seat belt law – Kentucky’s 82 percent seat belt usage rate lags behind the national rate of 84 percent. 

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  • Residents petition for special election to expand liquor sales

    Alcohol sales in La Grange could expand, depending on the outcome of a special election this summer.

    More than 400 people signed a petition requesting the special election, which will allow La Grange voters to decide if they want to make the city “wet.”

    The special election is set for July 24.

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  • ExCellent teacher

    Goshen Elementary students welcomed visitors to their school May 9 to honor a fifth-grade teacher as one of this year’s ExCel award winners.

    Ruthie Parrott is one of 13 teachers to receive the award, given by WHAS-11 television and Louisville Gas & Electric/Kentucky Utilities. 

    Parrott, a graduate of South Oldham High School, began teaching at Goshen in 2005.

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  • Champion runner visits South Oldham

    It’s not every day a marathon champion shows up at your school. 

    But students at South Oldham Middle had the rare opportunity to meet an elite — and likely London Olympian — runner May 10.

    Wesley Korir, 29, won the Boston Marathon in April, coming from behind late in the race to win by 26 seconds.

    Now, the University of Louisville graduate is back in Kentucky and shared his story with several classes at SOMS, where his former U of L teammate Andrew Hackney is a health teacher.

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  • Oldham EMS chooses finalist for management outsourcing

    Oldham County EMS board members voted Monday to formalize a contract with Baptist Health Affiliates, Inc. to outsource OCEMS management duties.

    Baptist Health Affiliates is part of the Baptist Health Care system, which also operates Baptist Northeast in La Grange.

    A team of six evaluators considered the five responses received after the board released a request for proposals April 9.

    The evaluators reviewed the submissions independently, and board member Stan Clark, also the county's CFO, said evaluators agreed Baptist stands out as the best fit.

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  • Primary election 2012: Candidate and voting info

    The primary election is Tuesday, May 22. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

    For information on polling locations and for a sample ballot, visit the Oldham County Clerk's website.

    Races:

    U.S. 4th Congressional District

    Oldham County Circuit Clerk

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  • Tiny terrors: insects active early after warm winter

    A mild winter and warm spring has more people outside and active — and they have company.

    Ticks, mosquitoes and other insects are active earlier this year due to unseasonably warm weather and medical professionals are advising people to be cautious of themselves and their pets.

    But most pests are just, well, pesky. 

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  • Teacher admits to having sex with students

    A former high school teacher and La Grange resident arrested last summer for sexual abuse involving students is unlikely to serve jail time. 

    Shannon Hirchert, a special needs teacher at Shelbyville’s Martha Layne Collins High School in 2010-11, pleaded guilty Monday to six counts of first-degree sexual abuse and distribution of obscene matter.

    Hirchert, 43, reached a plea agreement with Shelby County prosecutors. 

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  • Club withdraws land donation for park, library

    A plan to donate land for a new Goshen park and library by the North Oldham Lions Club has unravelled after dissension amongst the club’s leadership.

    Following a board meeting Monday, club president Carol Hublar said the offer is being withdrawn.

    Since December, club board members have disagreed on specifics for donating the 24-acre park currently owned by the club on U.S. 42.

    The land is part of a park donated to the NOLC in 1971 by Edith Belknap in honor of her husband, William.

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  • Westport man charged with double murder in sisters' death, arrested in New Castle

    A Westport man who claims he shot two women in self-defense a week before Christmas is now charged with the sisters' murder. 

    An Oldham County grand jury handed up an indictment for Ronald T. "Ronnie" Evridge on May 3. After police searched for him for several days, he was arrested early Friday morning.

    Evridge, 57, faces two murder charges and one charge of tampering with physical evidence in the deaths of his girlfriend, Sandy Allen, 24, and her sister, Heather Faulkerson, 21.

    Evridge claims he shot the women in self-defense.

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