Crestwood News

Oldham County Scholastic Chess Tournament will take place Nov. 14 at Locust Grove Elementary School.

Oldham County Schools bought enough land off of Ky. 329 in Ballardsville in early October to build an entire school campus with room for future elementary, middle and high schools.

Oldham County dog owners soon will have a one-acre dog park in Crestwood, where their pets can roam.

So you're one of those superb drivers who can multi-task, right? Well, that might have been what 53,000 Kentucky motorists were thinking when they suddenly found themselves in an auto crash in 2008.

Barb Jackson, a senior special education major, was crowned University of Kentucky homecoming queen at halftime of Saturday night's UK-Mississippi State football game.

Barb Jackson, a senior special education major, was crowned University of Kentucky homecoming queen at halftime of Saturday night's UK-Mississippi State football game.

J.W. Hall Jr. was born Nov. 22, 1926 to Florence Steele and Joseph William Hall in Crestwood and lived off Floydsburg Road and Kavanaugh Road.

Students in Oldham County Schools will have the chance to receive the H1N1 vaccine during school hours in December.

Members of the Oldham County Planning Commission approved plans for a veterinary clinic, dog park and kennel Tuesday.

Oldham County Schools Arts Center Presents Brittany MacWilliams, violinist and Naomi Oliphant, pianist in Concert.

El Caporal recently celebrated its grand opening in Crestwood. Located at 6825 Central Ave., El Caporal specializes in Mexican food.

As small groups milled around the starting line for Sunday's annual Hunger Walk & Run at Waterfront Park, Louisville resident Lisa Belmar stood by herself.

Louisville businessman Julius Wilkerson runs a hair salon and entertainment venue, two dissimilar enterprises partly managed through a common cell-phone application: text messaging.

Oldham County Police expect one lane of southbound Interstate 71 to remain closed until 7:45 p.m. following an accident near mile marker 13 in Crestwood, said Officer Matt Cornell.

As the parent of a child with autism, Janet Pope of Crestwood said she's not surprised by a new national study showing autism among children is rising.

The Pewee Valley branch of PNC Bank will close in February. Bob Rogers, mayor of Pewee Valley, announced the closure Monday during Pewee's monthly town council meeting.

Over the years, Crestwood Elementary School has seen a lot of the Potts family. Billy and Bette Potts graduated from Crestwood School in 1948 and 1949 respectively, when it served first- through 12th-graders. Their son, Bill Potts, attended Crestwood after it became an elementary school; he graduated from Oldham County High in 1975.

For the second straight year, Kentucky and Indiana have failed to meet federal deadlines to update the cost of building two Ohio River bridges and redesigning the Spaghetti Junction interchange in Louisville.

Kenwood station Elementary School Students in Jill Shearer's first-grade class at Kenwood Elementary made "Get well" and "Feel better soon" cards to be included in Comfort Kits for patients at the VA Medical Center in Louisville.

By 1854 trains had begun began traveling through Oldham County. La Grange, Crestwood and Pewee Valley took advantage of this new mode of travel, and hotels quickly sprang up to provide lodging for city dwellers who wanted a weekend "getaway" in the country.