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Claiming they have no other options, members of the Barrickman Lane Neighborhood Group spoke during fiscal court’s public comment Feb. 21.

For about 18 months, residents of Barrickman Lane near Goshen have protested a two-story 4,800 square-foot building constructed on a neighbor’s property — using a barn permit.

Three female business owners are hoping to boost La Grange’s Main Street corridor.

That includes tenants for both anchor shops currently the 1887 Corner Store and Grandeur Station. Late last year it appeared both stores might be vacant simultaneously, something nearby business owners feared would negatively impact business.

La Grange residents may get the chance to vote on alcohol laws later this year. Oldham County Tourism Commission officials have posted petitions at area businesses in hopes enough signatures will be obtained to hold a special election.

Kim Buckler, executive director, Oldham County Tourism, said her organization is behind the push.

People have talked about making the city “wet” for years, she said, but nobody took the initiative to start the process.

Hands clasped, two young ballroom dancers whirl around the small studio at Louisville’s Ballroom East.

East Oldham Middle School seventh-grader Oliver Kratholm and his partner Hannah Purdy, a seventh-grader at Johnson Traditional Middle School, practice for Saturday’s Derby City DanceSport Championships at the Galt House in Louisville.

Since they began dancing together in 2010, the duo have traveled around the country for competitions, danced in England and become United States national champions.