.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Today's News

  • OC Health Dept. cutting back staff

     

    A decline in funding, partnered with increasing retirement expenses is leading to reductions in personnel and services at the Oldham County Health Department.

    Starting July 6, the department will be releasing two contract employees and reducing three full-time employees to part-time, Teresa Gamsky, the director of public health, said.

    Click here to read more...
  • Wild West Festival helps the hungry

    Christian Country Cowboy Church’s Wild West Day Festival partnered with the Foundation of Hope Food Pantry and The Henry County Help Center last weekend to meet the needs of hungry people in the community.

    The daylong festival raised money for the charities through Wild West reenactments, a knife-throwing exhibit and many games for children.

    Pastor Zeb Son said the day was to provide both fun and education.

    Click here to read more...
  • After long wait, Endicott indicted

    The last remaining co-defendant in a case initially involving charges of gang activity in La Grange has been indicted on lesser charges.

    Casey Endicott, 19, of Shelbyville, was indicted by an Oldham County Grand Jury on charges of unlawful transaction with a minor, second degree, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.

    Charges ranging from conspiracy to commit murder, possession of cocaine and engaging in organized crime were dropped.

    Click here to read more...
  • Summer robotics camp keeps students learning

     

    School may be out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean some students aren’t still learning important lessons.

    Oldham County Schools held a FIRST Lego League Robotics Camp last week, joining together fourth and fifth graders preparing for their first season in the league and members of the high school-age division, Engineers of Tomorrow.

    Click here to read more...
  • Oldham County Female Athlete of the Year

    Haley Kemper was the powerful playmaker for OC’s state semifinalist girls soccer team.

    Kemper scored a team-high 22 goals and tallied a team-high 12 assists as the Lady Colonels went to their best season in school history.

    The Eastern Kentucky University signee teamed with Louisville signee Shelby Cohen to provide the OC offense up the middle.

    For her efforts Kemper was named first-team all-state west for the second straight year.

    Click here to read more...
  • Oldham County Male Athlete of the Year

    It was hard to find many positives about Oldham County’s 2013 football season.

    The Colonels ended the year with six straight losses, limping home to a 2-9 record and first round playoff exit.

    But while everything else was going wrong for OC, they could at least rely on the right foot of their senior kicker.

    Sean Nuernberger was named first-team all-state by the Courier-Journal after hitting 13 of 20 field goals in 2013.

    That included a 57-yarder he booted in a loss to Ballard.

    Click here to read more...
  • Oldham County Team of the Year

    What made Oldham County’s girls soccer season so remarkable wasn’t just how far the team advanced, but how thoroughly it beat its opponents.

    Coach Dan Schulz’s Lady Colonels played six playoff games from Oct. 16-Nov. 2, covering the district title games, three region tournament games and two state tournament games.

    During that time OC out-scored its opposition 30-0, even after having to change goalkeepers following an injury to starter Caitlyn Mason.

    OC walloped Elizabethtown 6-0 in the semi-state round at home.

    Click here to read more...
  • NOLL, SOLL 12 nationals ready for tournament

    The two local Little League programs will be looking to get their postseasons off to a strong start over the coming days.

    The 12-year-old National Little League Baseball Tournament began here Tuesday with South Oldham hosting Nelson County in a pool play game played after The Era’s press deadline.

    Wednesday North Oldham traveled to Nelson County in a game also played after deadline.

    At 6 Thursday night North will host South at Walsh Park in La Grange in the final pool play game.

    Click here to read more...
  • La Grange designer wins logo contest

    Michael Manning knew the logo for Louisville City Football Club, the area’s new pro soccer team, wasn’t professionally done when he first saw it.

    “I didn’t think it was that good, honestly,” Manning said.

    A lot of people agreed and the team responded by opening a contest to design an improved logo.

    Manning, a New Albany, Ind., resident who works as a production specialist at Take Note Designs in La Grange, read about the contest on Twitter and entered.

    Click here to read more...
  • Baseball: NO’s Millem pledges to Butler

    With rule changes made to college baseball in recent years, there’s become more of an emphasis on speed, defense and top-of-the-order hitting.

    Those changes fit right into Roman Millem’s game.

    Millem, a North Oldham rising senior shortstop, committed June 20 to play baseball at Butler University in Indianapolis. Bulldog coaches had offered Millem a scholarship in January, he said, and he decided last month to accept it.

    Click here to read more...