Today's News

Thirteen Oldham County teachers are now part of the National Board Certification ranks, a certification process synonymous with great teaching.

While state teacher credentialing programs set the basic requirements to teach in each state, National Board Certified Teachers must demonstrate advanced teaching knowledge, skills and practices.

After three meetings, members of the Fire and EMS Task Force remain unsure of their purpose.

“We’re like a boat without a rudder,” said committee member Albert Harrison. 

Judge-Executive David Voegele formed the committee in July and tasked members with determining if the current fire and EMS models are the most effective and efficient.

Harmony Elementary
Sheri Tabor's kindergarten class

Ms. Tabor says her students should be on Santa's nice list.

"Every day, they try so hard to be good learners and friends to their classmates," she said.

This season, through the Harmony Helping House, they have shown how important it is to give to others to give them a happy holiday.

Despite five layers of clothing, four hours in the woods left him cold, tired and hungry. But the thought of killing a big buck and showing it off to his friends kept Wesley Yonts in that tree stand on a Friday morning last month.

Wesley’s patience paid off 15 minutes later, when he killed a 9-point buck Nov. 18.

“I was shivering,” Wesley said. “We were about to go back to the truck because it was so cold. I just couldn’t take it. But when you know there’s a deer around, you start to warm up a little bit.”