Oldham County News

A FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER... CHARGED IN LOUISVILLE FOR SEX CRIMES AGAINST A STUDENT... IS NOW FACING NEARLY 40 MORE CHARGES IN ANOTHER COUNTY.

Jessica Boyers, the former Highland Middle School teacher accused of sexual assault after an encounter with a student in April in Louisville, now faces similar charges in Oldham County.

Summer school to some kids in Oldham County means learning to drive a manual transmission, uncovering a mystery disease, making videos on an iPad and playing "eclipse ball."

SHELBYVILLE, KY A teenage girl found dead in a Shelby County creek Monday morning has been identified.

A former Louisville middle school teacher charged with rape and sodomy is facing charges in two Kentucky counties after a court appearance Monday afternoon.

OLDHAM COUNTY, KY In the last few days, concerns have poured in about a door-to-door sales representative in Oldham County.

Built as a country parish in 1975, St. Michael Catholic Church has grown so dramatically alongside the suburban boom in southeastern Jefferson County that it started holding five Masses per weekend in its 350-seat sanctuary -- and still couldn't meet demand.

"You've made some strides already," he told members at last week's meeting of the joint House-Senate Education Committee meeting.

Less than a hundred years ago, there was serious debate among professional astronomers about whether our Milky Way galaxy, with its many billions of stars, was the entire universe.

The Oldham County dispatcher who was able to keep a La Grange woman calm after she had been shot while on the phone with 911 is sharing her story.

It's hard to picture where a sink or refrigerator will go -- much less a bed or couch.

She is about a year old and weighs around 29 pounds. Her favorite pastime is to play with other dogs.

He loves attention and being around people. He will need plenty of exercise. He is fairly low-key and gets along with dogs and kids.

Artist Roxanne Kopp found her love of stained glass at Gallery 104 in La Grange, and this month, she is the gallery's featured artist.

The pews have hardly been sat in, and the Rev. Terry Bradshaw can count on one hand the number of brides who have walked down the aisle at St.

Also on hand was "The Doctor," an 18th century surgeon re-enactor who showed crowds just how painful it must have been to go under the knife in the 1700s.

U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson on Thursday indefinitely delayed the criminal proceedings against Anthony D. Holliman of Oldham County.

Since 1989, La Grange's Arts on the Green has been a staple on the annual art fair calendar.

New claims for the county showed a 6 percent rate, down from 7 percent in March but up slightly from 5.8 percent in April 2012, based on data released Thursday by the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

The Kentucky Office of Employment and Training released April figures on Thursday showing the coalfields with unemployment rates ranging from 13.3 percent in Jackson County to 16.9 percent in Magoffin County.