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    Joe Percefull: Lessons from Tragedy

    The classroom is alive with activity as a handful of eighth-graders puts the finishing touches on decorations for an end-of-the-school-year field day.

    Like so many before them, the students will soon make the inevitable leap from middle school upperclassman to high school newbies.

    Joe Percefull has observed this rite of passage many times in his 16 years as a teacher at Oldham County Middle School.

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    Retired fire chief chauffeurs U of...

    Rick and Karen Albers celebrated with the rest of Card Nation when the U of L men’s basketball team cut down the nets in Atlanta last month.

    Little did they know, the Goshen couple would have their own small part to play in the Cardinals’ championship celebration.

    More than 270,000 people lined the streets of downtown Louisville May 2 to get a glimpse of the Pegasus Parade’s grand marshals, the U of L men’s and women’s basketball teams.

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    Military couple receives mortgage-...

    Crestwood’s newest residents got a first look at their new home Friday.

    James and Amanda Calton did what any new homeowners do: opened the kitchen cabinets, envisioned where furniture would go, disagreed over who would get more closet space.

    They also thanked Amanda Shaunessy over and over.

    Shaunessy is a housing case worker with Homes on the Homefront, a program organized by Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit that serves veterans and military families.

    Homes on the Homefront works with banks that donate foreclosed homes.

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    Relay for Life is May 10 at Oldham...

    The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life will return to Oldham County this spring.

    The fundraising event will be held 7 p.m.-7 a.m., May 10-11, at the Oldham County High School football field. It is the 12th year for the event here.

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    ‘Bachelorette’ star publishes...

    Crestwood business owner and former contestant on “The Bachelorette” Sean Ramey has announced the publication of his newest book, “Defend Yourself (In A Zombie Apocalypse).”

    Ramey, a USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee, owns Kentucky Tae Kwon Do and Fitness Academy in Crestwood.

    The new title is Ramey’s second literary effort in the past three months, coming on the heels of “Defend Yourself (No Experience Necessary).”

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    North Oldham grad wins $10,000 on ‘...

    A North Oldham High School graduate featured in Monday’s episode of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” chose to walk away with thousands when stumped by a question about cajones. 

    Derek McMahan, a law student at The College of William and Mary, made it to the seventh question of the game show. 

  • DEAR SANTA: Letters from Crestwood...

    Ms. Stoess' second-grade class

    Dear Santa,
    Hi Santa.  How are things up at the North Pole? How is Mrs. Claus?  How are the elves.

  • DEAR SANTA: Letters from Little...

    3- and 4-year-olds

    Dear Santa, I don’t have any questions. I don’t know what I want for Christmas still. I don’t have any words to say.
    Love Ava J.

    Dear Santa, I want a toy Ariel, a toy  bath Belle and a toy Cinderella and Tiannna and new ballet shoes cause my Angelina shoes are about capoot!
    Love, Sophia R.

    Dear Santa, I want a bunny, a doggie, and a cat, a dinosaur and a hedgehog. Just toys.
    Love, Isabella T.

  • DEAR SANTA: Letters from La Grange...

    Letters from Mrs. German’s Kindergarten Class

    Dear Santa,
    This year I have been pretty good!  On my Christmas list this year is a Lalaloopsy doll, a bear, a Dora movie, and a dancing game.  Tell Rudolph hello!  
    Stephanie, 5

    Dear Santa,
    I bet you and the elves are super busy.  This year I want a Barbie, a pony, stickers, and a heart necklace.  Please bring snow for Christmas.
    Flor, 5

    Dear Santa,

  • DEAR SANTA: Letters from Buckner...

    Ms. Sullivan's Kindergarten/first grade class

  • DEAR SANTA: Letters from Goshen...

     Ms. Pittenger's kindergarten class

  • DEAR SANTA: Letters from...

    Ms. Rowe's first-grade class 
    Dear Santa,
    I wnat littest pet shop and a neklis and brbes and my famly evin railee want to hav a grat Christmas! Love, Elana A.

    Dear Santa,
    Bring me a zobe that has a hors that can gloe in the drk and a helcotr. I bevin you.  Love, Ben A.

    Dear Santa,
    How ar yor elfs? How is rodoof? I luf Santa. Luf, Tyler B.

    Dear Santa,

  • DEAR SANTA: Letters from Harmony...

     Ms. Beall's first-grade class
    November 26, 2012
    Dear Santa,
    I am very excited to be writing to you again!  How is Mrs. Claws doing?  How are your Elf’s doing?  Are your Elf’s doing OK?  Will Rudolph guide your sleigh with his shiny red nose this year?  I hope so because I woch movies about you and Rudolph.  I have my Christmas decerashin’s up.

  • DEAR SANTA: Letters from Locust...

    Ms. Kim Withrow's kindergarten class

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    Westport’s own Newbery tackles NYC...

    Broadway. The name alone gives performers chills. It’s the pinnacle of live theater across the world, encompassing 40 theaters in Manhattan.

    If you’re on Broadway, you’ve made it big.

    And that’s where you can find Westport’s Mara Newbery.

    Newbery is performing as part of the first Broadway cast of “A Christmas Story — The Musical” through Dec. 30.

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    La Grange man elected to lead the...

    The Nez Perce Trail Foundation elected a La Grange resident as its president during the foundation’s annual meeting Oct. 19.

    The Nez Perce Trail Foundation works closely with the Nez Perce National Historic Trail which is administered by the U.S. Forest Service. Congress passed the National Trails Act in 1968 and the Nez Perce National Historic Trail was recognized by an act of Congress in 1986. 

  • 18 artists – including two Oldham...

    Eighteen new artists have adjudicated into the Kentucky Crafted program, the Kentucky Arts Council's marketing assistance program that provides opportunities for artists to expand their market reach.

Artists are accepted into the program based on artistic excellence and market readiness as judged by an independent panel of art and craft industry professionals.



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    Crestwood family to compete on...

    Family Feud host Steve Harvey and his no-holds-barred brand of comedy are back for a new season of America's favorite family competition. And this time, Harvey welcomes a family from Oldham County. 

    The Hartman family from Crestwood faces off against the Williams family from Dallas for the chance to win up to $100,000 and a brand new car, along with some serious bragging rights. 

    The show featuring the Hartman family airs at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10 on WDRB (Channel 41).

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    Collecting for charity

    The sun glints off an aluminum can alongside Fendley Mill Road. For two La Grange women, this can is a sought-after prize.

    It’s not just one can, though, it’s a whole beer case stuffed with empty cans.

    “Look, a treasure!” says Sue Macuch.

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    Hatfields, McCoys feature local...

    If last week’s Hatfields and McCoys miniseries on the History Channel has sparked your interest in the feud, you’re not alone — more than 13.9 million people tuned into the series’ debut.

    The story has attracted interest for decades, with dozens of books and films published on the subject. There are at least nine historic sites in Kentucky and at least as many in West Virginia, most open to the public.