Hillview News

The holiday season is at the mid-way point. Christmas has come and gone and the New Year is quickly approaching.

The sale of alcohol in approved establishments has moved a step closer to reality in one Bullitt County municipality.

Neither gray skies nor intermittent rain dampened the Christmas Day party under the shelter of an elevated interstate in downtown Louisville.

Kentucky State Trooper Jason Drane helped Isaac Taylor during the annual Shop With A Trooper at the Leitchfield Walmart, Tuesday, December 22.

For three days, biblical Bethlehem relocated to the corner of Hillview Boulevard and Brookley Drive.

A vehicle was pulled from the Salt River at Shepherdsville City Park Wednesday afternoon.

The recession and an 11.3 percent unemployment rate have led many residents to ask for help feeding their families this Christmas, said Bullitt County charity officials, who are working hard to meet the need.

The reasons are varied but the bottom line is that there might be fewer solicitors knocking on doors in several northern Bullitt County communities.

ACTION: Magistrates took the following action: Approved minutes of Nov. 24 meeting; adopted a resolution to apply for a $2,000 state grant for the state spay/neuter program; adopted a resolution to apply for an energy efficiency conservation block grant; approved an order establishing a revenue line item for the Ambulance Fund for the purchase of a ...

Whether you are seeking Tiny Tim, the Nativity or Santa, Bullitt County has several holiday events to choose from.

As a very tough 2009 comes to a close, it is time for our community to come together like it always does in a time of need.

Evaluating Bullitt County's health involves more than its disease rates. It concerns sidewalks, bike paths, road conditions, the court system, food selection in grocery stores and public safety, among other things, said Cynthia Brown, health education coordinator at the Bullitt County Health Department.

Residents tired or even scared of people coming to their front door may have a solution in one northern Bullitt County city.

For years, sights of seeing young children - and adults - visit the corner of Hillview Boulevard and Brookley Drive to see a live nativity scene with real animals have become common.

Whether or not criminal charges were filed, Shepherdsville police chief Doug Puckett felt that officer Brent Dawson was in violation of the agency's standard operating procedures.

Hillview will hold a second annual Winter Fest, complete with a chili cook-off and cornhole tournament.

After months of debate, the Hillview City Council will hear the first reading of an ordinance Monday that would allow restaurants and hotels to sell alcohol on Sundays.

Police officers who raided a business in northern Bullitt County took the witness stand Tuesday in the first night of testimony in an appeal filed by Shepherdsville officer Brent Dawson.

The Bullitt County Health Department received its first doses of the swine flu vaccine and expects to receive 10,000 doses over the next few months.

Petitions abound in northern Bullitt County. There are petitions being circulated for a separate zip code and post office for the northern Bullitt County area and there are petitions to ask the state to install a traffic signal at the new intersection on Preston Highway and Meadowbrook Drive/Shepherds Way.