Brooks News

A new business is planning a grand opening on Nov. 21. However, there is just one little problem - the property is not zoned for commercial use.

Fresh life breathed into 'Young Frankenstein' REVIEW More bubbly, faster pace than Broadway original November 6, 2009 Talk about reanimating a seemingly dead thing.

Adapting a novel to the stage can be tricky. The narrative voice is easy to lose; the emphasis shifts from an internal perspective to external action and dialogue.

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.

Thousands of tons of concrete and other material being torn up in the Watterson Expressway and Interstate 65 projects are being deposited in local quarries.

One rule of ghost hunting: Have as many witnesses present as possible. Also, don't antagonize the spirits.

It had been nearly a year since Larry Belcher passed away but his memory was strong as the Bullitt County Education Association honored him as its distinguished citizen.

About 1,400 Bullitt County students will be moved to other schools next year under a redistricting plan approved Tuesday.

His admission showed the measure of the man. Most coaches think it's in their job description to deceive the media.

Kentucky leads the nation in its rate of children's deaths involving abuse or neglect, according to a study released this week by Every Child Matters Education Fund, a non-partisan children's advocacy and research group based in Washington.

FORT KNOX, Ky. - The "Dukes" have arrived. Fort Knox welcomed the first wave of troops from the Duke Brigade - the Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division - at an activation ceremony Friday, marking the largest influx of soldiers under a national base realignment program.

IF YOU'RE a fan of the 1981 comedy "History of the World, Part 1'' you may remember this bit of dialogue from the scene in which the Count de Monet, played by Harvey Korman, frantically brings King Louis XVI some bad news.

Hillview is not part of Louisville or Shepherdsville, and several council members want people to know that.

A new route from Interstate 265 in Jefferson County to Ky. 44 in Bullitt "has beauty written all over it," said Bud White, of Brooks.

Without asking any of them, I know the answer. The most difficult thing school boards in Bullitt County will have to vote upon is redistricting plans.

The message was clear - parents in The Pointe subdivision wanted the "freedom" to keep their youngsters at their present elementary school.

Brooks Elementary Principal Cheri Lineweaver paused in mid-sentence - a student was yelling in the hall.

After receiving numerous complaints, Bullitt County Public Schools revised its plan to shift students to different schools next fall, but some parents still aren't happy.

John Arthur Burbank, the Bullitt County man accused of shooting his neighbor before being shot himself by his own stepfather, has been declared competent to stand trial this month.

The Kentucky Department for Public Health, the Pennyrile District Health Department and the Christian County Health Department have determined two additional deaths related to the H1N1 virus.