Today's News

BUCKNER – Without a coaching a staff and faced with the prospect of no spring practice, a phone call turned lemons into lemonade for the Oldham County High School football program.

With head coach Lonnie Oldham’s contract not renewed by the OCHS administration just as spring football could start, athletic director Matt Watkins came through with with a phone call to Louisville Fire arena football coach Tommy Johnson and Johnson agreed to come with some of his staff and work with the OCHS players three days a week.

Austin Major of the North Oldham Debate Team, coached by Merl McBee, won the Joseph M. Rumbaugh State Oration competition March 29 at Maysville Country Club for the Kentucky Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

On March 13 and 14, the South Oldham debate team competed in the state championship rounds in Bowling Green at Western Kentucky University. Under a new scoring system, the sweepstake trophies for teams are based on a combination of Congress, policy and Lincoln –Douglas debate. South Oldham only competes in Lincoln-Douglas, taking sixth in the state. The team would have finished first if Lincoln-Douglas was the only style recognized.

Challengers of Oldham County and the Oldham County Police Department hosted an informational session for parents about teen alcohol abuse, called “Start talking before they start drinking.”