New Castle News

This is from the Oldham County History Center's book: 'History and Families: Oldham County, Kentucky,' which is on sale at the Oldham County History Center museum gift shop.

Perhaps you've called off that dream trip to Paris and the Louvre, or have canceled your plans for an extended weekend in New York to see a couple of Broadway shows.

NEW CASTLE, Ky. -- A mentally disabled Henry County man who allegedly bludgeoned his mother to death was ordered released from jail yesterday -- despite concerns from his family and both the prosecutor and defense attorney that he is potentially dangerous.

Aged to perfection, the pop/rock band Nervous Melvin and the Mistakes will kick off the Smith-Berry Winery's seventh annual dinner-and-concert season Saturday, May 23, on the winery's grounds in New Castle, Ky.

It's one of Oldham County's most romantic and most tragic love stories: two slaves who fall in love but are separated, and only one ever tastes freedom.

NEW CASTLE, Ky. -- A mentally challenged man charged with bludgeoning his mother to death will be released from jail in two weeks, and the public won't be told of his whereabouts, his family members said yesterday.

The main fire station of the Campbellsburg Fire Department was severely damaged late last night after a fire broke out in the office area on the building's second floor.

NEW CASTLE, Ky. -- All four experts who examined Warren Stone, a mentally disabled Henry County man charged with murdering his mother, concluded that he is incompetent to stand trial, lawyers said at a hearing yesterday.

Police say a motorist bit off a chunk of a man's ear after the man complained about the motorist's speeding.

Carter Redmon, 12 months, plays outside with dog, Princey, on a warm Monday afternoon on Excel Court.

The man arrested more than a year ago on charges he set a fire that gutted St. Anne Catholic Church in New Castle has admitted his guilt.

As people try to recover from the ice storm, some counties northeast of Louisville got even more snow.

Police officers interrupted three men before they could hurl Molotov cocktails at a homeless man's campsite in woods behind a church, authorities said.