Local News

How does Washington County live up to the challenge of being Kentucky’s greenest, most sustainable rural community?

Sister Claire McGowan, founder of the New Pioneers for a Sustainable Future, said she knows what the answer isn’t.

A television was recently stolen from an apartment in Washington County.

A police report from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department stated that a 42-inch LG flat screen television was taken from 141 Country View apartment number seven between 7 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 25.
According to the report, the burglar entered the residence through the front door with an object slid under the lock jam. No other damage was caused as the burglar removed the television from a table and unplugged the cords.

Local officials met with the Department of Highways last week to discuss improvements that need to be made to the roundabout on US-150 in front of St. Catharine College.

Motorists approaching St. Catharine from the Springfield side may already be noticing changes, as rumble strips were installed last week.
There are other changes on the way, including an additional sign warning that the roundabout lies ahead.

A head-on collision near the Lebanon-Springfield Airport sent three people to the hospital on Jan. 24.

According to a press release from the Kentucky State Police, Trooper Justin Phillips is investigating the collision that occurred at 3:50pm on Hwy. 55 at the Marion/Washington County line.
Sixty-three-year-old Judith Filiatreau, of Springfield, was traveling north on Hwy. 55 in a 1991 Oldsmobile when she crossed the center line and struck a southbound 1995 Chevy truck, operated by 56-year-old William R. Bishop of Campbellsville.