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Today's News

  • Survey says: no airport

    The results are in – the  consensus of residents surveyed say they wouldn’t support a general aviation airport in Oldham County at this time.

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  • How would Oldham County benefit from a general aviation airport?

     How would Oldham County benefit from a general aviation airport?

    Debate this issue and others online at OldhamEra.com/conversation

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  • Oldham weathers the storm

    It’s being compared to that other storm, the one in September with high-speed winds that knocked out power for days and scattered tree limbs and other debris throughout the county, only this one was worse.

    Just like Ike. With ice.

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  • Winter weather wreaks havoc

    Shelter planned at OC community center

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  • Statewide cleanup continues

    State highway crews today continue the task of clearing roadways of snow, ice and downed trees left by a winter storm that roared through the commonwealth.

     

    Power outages that have left more than 500,000 Kentuckians without electricity also have hampered Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews, as has loss of telephone service in a broad swath of western and central Kentucky. Rising water has blocked roadways in many counties.

     

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  • Shelter planned at OC community center

    According to Kevin Nuss, Oldham County Emergency Management Director, there are still about 13,300 without power in Oldham County as of 11 a.m. Thursday, though some has been restored. Nuss said the number is higher than yesterday because he was given incorrect information by LG&E.

    A shelter is now available at the Red Cross, but it will be moved this afternoon to the John Black Community Center. Yesterday afternoon the main breaker on Ky. 393 was restored, bringing back power to the community center

    and Oldham County Dispatch.

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  • How to prevent pipes from freezing

    For residents without power, the Louisville Water Co. recommends the following precautions if your home is without power.

    If you do not have power and are going to leave your home, find the main shut-off valve and turn off the water.

    If you are going to stay in your home and do not have power you may want to consider running a small (pencil lead size) steady stream of water from a cold water faucet to help prevent your pipes from freezing.

     

    Winter Pipe Maintenance

    Wrap up for winter

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  • Celebrate? Yes, they did

    She never thought this day would come, at least not in her lifetime, but she’s sure glad she did. Tuesday Ida Mae Beaumont saw a man with her shade of skin sworn-in as president.

    “I’m thankful that I lived to see a black president,” the 75-year-old Ida Mae Beaumont said.

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  • Fatal I-71 crash occurs when driver reaches for phone

    The Latest: A Carrollton woman is dead after a crash on I-71 near La Grange on Jan. 15.

    According to police, a 1993 Chevy Cavalier traveling south on I-71 left the roadway, traveled a short distance and overturned and struck a rock embankment shortly before 5 p.m.

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  • Out of the old, into the new

    Before the starting bell even rang at Crestwood Elementary School, fourth-grade teacher Jeanie Curry had her class writing. The prompt — what were the students’ thoughts and feelings coming into the school. The word “awesome” came up quite a bit.

    “Your faces were like you were coming into Disney World,” Curry said to them.

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