Gallatin County News

FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Kentucky House of Representatives has passed a bill that approves a funding approach for the Ohio River Bridges Project, which has nearly ground to a halt amid financing difficulties.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - House and Senate leaders said Tuesday night they had reached agreement on a funding mechanism for the Ohio River Bridges Project and other large road ventures.

Oldham County smacked six singles and a triple in the seven-run fourth inning, blowing past Simon Kenton 11-1 in an Eighth Regional softball semifinal Tuesday night.

On May 23rd, 2009, at approximately 9:37 a.m. Kentucky State Police Post 5 Campbellsburg received a call in reference to a single vehicle accident with injuries in Gallatin County at the 60 mile marker.

On May 24th, 2009, at approximately 6:37 pm Kentucky State Police Post 5 Campbellsburg, responded to a fatal injury accident on U.S. 42 in Gallatin County.

Police said one person was killed and four others injured, including two children, during a weekend wreck in northern Kentucky.

The crash happened sunday evening in front of Sunset Grill on US 42 in Warsaw. 9-Newsbreaker John Cain sent us video of the crash.

" As construction continues on this project, watch for work crews on Industrial Road from U.S. 42 to Dixie Highway and on Dixie Highway from New Buffington Road to the railroad crossing south of the Industrial Road/ U.S. 25 intersection.

WARSAW - A company hired to build a motorsports park in Gallatin County has filed a multi-million dollar lien on the development.

On Friday, April 17, 2009 at 0241 hours Kentucky State Police Post 5 received a call from Gallatin County dispatch reporting a single vehicle accident involving a commercial vehicle in the area of the 51 mile marker on Interstate 71.

An Ohio truck driver died early Friday in an accident on Interstate 71 in Gallatin County, according to Kentucky State Police.

Officers arrested a fugitive Thursday after he escaped the day before from police custody in Gallatin County.

Authorities took Joshua Pickett into custody on Thursday in Covington. Authorities in Northern Kentucky have captured a Covington man who escaped from custody in Warsaw earlier this week.

WARSAW - A prisoner got into a fight with police and escaped Tuesday, police said.

Thirteen people died on Kentucky roads last week, state police said. Twelve of the crashes involved motor vehicles and seven of the victims were not wearing seat belts.

Southbound lanes of I-71 were closed through Gallatin County, Sunday morning, after a driver went the wrong way.

On March 29, 2009 at approximately 4:00 A.M. Post 5 was notified that a motor vehicle accident had occurred on I-71 at the 62 mile-maker southbound near the City of Glencoe in Gallatin County.

Kentucky State Police have identified the man killed in an early morning accident in Gallatin County, Kentucky.

A Crittenden man is in jail after police found dynamite, blasting caps and other bomb-making related materials in his bedroom.

When Bullitt Central juniors Erica Biven and Megan Drake see floral arrangements, they know there's more to them than flowers.