Okolona News

TARC is proposing to eliminate10 weekday routes and cut service on 22 others in February - marking what would be the deepest reduction in bus service in at least 15 years.

Okolona residents will gather at Preston Highway and Outer Loop on Friday to help ring in the Christmas season with Santa.

Defense attorneys for Gail Coontz, who is accused of murdering her two children and holding a therapist hostage, are still considering a plea deal offered last month by the Jefferson County commonwealth's attorney's office.

A Louisville woman accused of murdering her two children is still mulling over a plea deal from prosecutors.

Okolona resident Shelia Miller doesn't park in front of her home at Foreman Lane and Blue Lick Road, nor does she try to turn left out of her neighborhood onto Blue Lick.

Kentucky House Speaker Pro Tem Larry Clark will testify at a legislative committee meeting Thursday in Louisville about his bill triggered by this year's dispute between Norton Healthcare and health insurer Anthem.

Armed with large flashlights, two-way radios and neon-colored shirts, some members of a block watch group in Highview have taken to the streets under the name "The Walkers." Captain Mary Greve is one of about a dozen members of the Penn-Pines Neighborhood Watch who regularly walk the streets in Highview in hopes of deterring criminals or catching ...

The search is almost over for the Light Up Louisville Christmas Tree. After putting out a call for donations last week, Metro Parks has heard from several interested property owners.

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.

Thieves stealing gold jewelry and trading it in for cash is a growing problem in this economy.

A burglary ring that has hit over 30 homes in Bullitt and Jefferson counties has been shut down by a concentrated effort by various law enforcement agencies.

Kayla Walker, a 27-year-old single mother who works at UPS and lives in Okolona, takes her two youngest children each weekday to Wesley House Community Services on Preston Highway, where they attend preschool.

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.

One person is dead after a fiery, single vehicle accident Friday morning that has closed Preston Highway.

Country music filled the air as visitors tasted wine or ate chili and the guest of honor huddled under a blanket to keep warm.

Police are investigating a rash of vandalism in south Louisville neighborhoods as detectives say someone is shooting out windows of cars and about 50 have been hit.

The windows have been shot out of about 50 vehicles in the Highview and Okolona areas since Sept.

While no one got any hits at Louisville Slugger Field on Sunday, there were lots of shots.

Metro Police officers need help finding the people responsible for randomly busting car windows using either BB guns or pellet guns.

Members of St. Luke's Episcopal Church brought the furriest of their family to downtown Anchorage's gazebo on a recent Saturday evening for an "All Paws Blessing of the Animals" service.