Buechel News

Laura Robertson joined about a dozen volunteers on a recent Sunday to help plant trees in the medians of Bardstown Road south of the Watterson Expressway.

For the most part, Jessica Taylor calls her style "simple," with an emphasis on dressing up her denim.

An apartment blaze in Buechel forces fighters to rescue several residents. The fire broke out around 10:30 at the Fountain Square Apartments.

The Metropolitan Sewer District has purchased a 91-acre tract near Poplar Level Road and East Indian Trail where it plans to build a retention basin that will hold several billion gallons of rainwater and is intended to help prevent flooding and sewage overflows in the Buechel area.

With "the most gorgeous red tail hawk ever" perched on her hand, Eileen Wicker stood in the middle of what will soon be a large cage for hawks and other birds to practice flying.

The U.S. Postal Service will offer buyouts to 30,000 workers in hopes of saving $500 million in costs next year, the agency reported Tuesday.

Kinship4Kids, Floyds Knobs, Ind., needs supplies for a Back to School Project for foster children in Louisville and Southern Indiana.

St. Anthony Outreach Center, 2234 W. Market St., needs school supplies and uniforms for its Clothes Closet.

The list of 700 post offices that could be closed nationally does not include any in Lexington, local spokeswoman Susan Wright said Tuesday.

Four Louisville post offices are potential targets for closure as the U.S. Postal Service prepares for a multibillion-dollar loss this fiscal year.

A 19-year-old man was killed in an early-morning fire at his home in Buechel Saturday.

Metro firefighters battled an early morning blaze that left a man dead. The fire broke out around 4:30 Saturday morning on By Way in Buechel.

The U.S. Postal Service is studying the possible closure of retail outlets in Beechmont, Plainview and Buechel.

Officials at Fern Creek High are determined this school year to get more freshmen on course to start their second year as sophomores.

The rendering shows the multipurpose building planned for The Assumption Green sports and education complex.

Joseph S. Cooper, a stocker at the Plainview Kroger and a bartender at Hikes Point Lounge, died suddenly of natural causes in 2006 at age 58 with no wife, siblings or children.

Whether at her father's knee or in the classroom, Old Louisville resident Mona Murphy has been an enthusiastic student for most of her 73 years.

Eight Jefferson County schools were recognized at the second annual Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools Awards program May 19 at the Frankfort Convention Center.

Chris Stumpf lives in La Grange, about 30 miles from downtown Louisville where he works, a distance he says is too far to make it practical for him to bike to work.

Four Louisville businesses have received low-interest city loans totaling $314,645 for projects.