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Today's News

  • North students place first in WKU history competition

    More than 600 students from 25 schools in Kentucky and Tennessee competed in the WKU Department of History’s 41st Annual History Contest on March 21 at Diddle Arena.

    First and second place winners in each test are as follows:

    Senior High American History: First, Maggie A. Foster of North Oldham High School.

    Senior High World History: First, Isaiah Bryant of North Oldham High School.

    Junior High American History: First, Elizabeth Foster of North Oldham Middle School.

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  • Essay advances in Barnes and Noble competition

    Congratulations to OCHS student Caroline Kronfli and OCHS teacher Lynnette McGiffen-Newkirk. Kronfli recently entered a favorite teacher contest sponsored by Barnes and Noble. The essay she wrote about her teacher, Ms. McGiffen-Newkirk, was chosen as the winner at the Summit Barnes & Noble store. Her essay will now move on to the national Barnes & Noble contest.

    Pictured is Kronfli and her favorite teacher, McGiffen-Newkirk.

    --Submitted photo and info

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  • Public Records March 27

    La Grange Police Arrests

    March 14 -- Marcus A. Davis, 26, La Grange, was cited and released for TBUT U/500

     

    March 14 - Thomas B. Prinzo, 30, Ormond, Fla. was arrested on a warrant for flagrant non-support

    March 17 - Jarrod D. Utterback, 26, Flemingsburg, was arrested for alcohol intoxication.

     

    March 17 -- Richard Cravens, 29, New Castle, was arrested on a warrant for Henry County for Burglary 1st degree.

     

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  • God’s love versus God’s justice

    Have you ever wondered about the people who heard Jesus speak and didn’t believe? They saw him heal the blind and said it was from Satan. They saw him heal the lame and they said he did it on the Sabbath. He raised Lazarus from the dead and they said he must die. How can you stand in front of the Son of God, see him do unbelievable miracles and not believe? That is the power of sin. We all struggle with it all of our lives.

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  • South basketball prepares to turn program page

     South Oldham scored more than 2,000 points this season, out-scoring every other Region 8 team.

    But a new era will start for the Dragons June 7 when 93 percent of that scoring walks across the stage to graduate.

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  • North hires Versen as new volleyball coach

    North Oldham has gone to the college ranks to find its next volleyball coach.

    The school has hired James Madison University assistant Brett Versen to lead Lady Mustang volleyball, North athletic director Alan Yanke told The Era Monday.

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  • Henry County woman dies in I-71 accident

     

    A five-vehicle accident left one woman dead and sent another three to the hospital, while shutting down traffic on southbound Interstate 71 for hours Tuesday.

    Sherry Bray, 48, of Pendleton, died after a box truck struck her vehicle and pushed it under a semi-truck, Oldham County Police said. She died at the scene due to her injuries.

    Oldham County Police were dispatched to the accident around 9:30 a.m. The accident occurred near the Oldham/Jefferson County line, over Haunz Lane.

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  • Stephens: No ‘Hoosiers,’ but a Dragon dream fulfilled

    LEXINGTON – How improbable would it have been for South Oldham to make a run in last week’s state tournament?

    So improbable coach Steve Simpson had his eyes toward the big screen.

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  • Colonel football moving from 6A to 5A in 2015 season

    A re-classification could restore some old rivalries and add significance to at least one current one for Oldham County football.

    The Colonels will move from Class 6A to 5A on the gridiron, the KHSAA announced last week. OC’s move was one of several made by teams in the 4A, 5A and 6A levels.

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  • Colonel baseball upsets St. X

    BUCKNER – You don't beat one of the state's top teams without a few bumps and bruises to show for it.

    Oldham County's Tanner Hennings had a big bruise Monday night. The senior left-fielder took a pitch off the bottom half of his right thumb in the bottom of the fifth. Hennings said after the game he thought it was broken.

    One inning later, right after St. Xavier had turned a 7-2 OC lead into a 7-6 margin, Hennings got a big two-RBI single to push the Colonel lead to 9-6.

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