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Today's News

  • News briefs 10/23

    Springfield Halloween
    Downtown Springfield will be observing Halloween “Trick-or-Treat” on Thursday, Oct. 31 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Residential hours are from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

    Mackville Halloween
    The city of Mackville will be observing Halloween “Trick or Treat” on Thursday, Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m.  Participating residents will turn on a front porch light.

    Willisburg Halloween

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  • Passer-by lends helping hand

    A Washington County school bus taking students to class last Wednesday morning ran into a bit of trouble, but quick action ensured the safety of those on board.
    Zachary Smith said he was following the bus down Valley Hill Road and Grundy Home Road on his way home from work in Bardstown when the bus met an oncoming car.

    The car, Smith said, moved over to give the bus as much room as it could on the narrow one-land road, but dark, rainy conditions led to the tires on one side of the bus ending up off the road along a hillside.

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  • BPW names award winners

    The Springfield BPW (Business and Professional Women’s) Club announced its 2013 award winners earlier this month, and the organization will recognize those winners at its annual breakfast this Friday at Springfield City Hall.

    The 2013 Woman of the Year Award went to BPW Club President Ginny White-Schatzke, while Sheila Hourigan and Cassie Robinson were named the 2013 Women of Achievement. Mattingly, Simms, Robinson and McCain, PLLC law firm received the 2013 Business Equity Award.

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  • A stone at last: family remembers soldier

    Ken Ward started a mission three years ago to discover his roots. On Sunday, he was finally able to give back to one of the ancestors who contributed to his family’s lineage.

    A Civil War-themed funeral was held on Sunday at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Springfield to honor his great-great-grandfather Sgt. William Frank Hall, Co. F, sixth Kentucky Volunteer Calvary, for his service 150 years ago.

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  • Breaking it down to build it back up again

    The American Antique Cabin Company is a Springfield company that specializes in locating, restoring and selling antique log buildings.

    And when Andy Mills, who owns the company with his wife, Jamie, was contacted by Leland and Lynden Turner about a log cabin they owned in Mackville, Mills soon discovered that he had stumbled onto a treasure.

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  • Remember the upcoming 4-H events

    With the fast pace we all seem to run our lives at these days, it’s easy to forget a few things along the way.  It may be a deadline, a birthday or a special event.  Whatever it is, we all have forgotten something at some point in time.  

    I often list 4-H events or activities a couple of times either in a news article, newsletter or a one call to try and reach everyone and to help people not forget deadlines or an actual event. 

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  • Fertilizing your lawn maintains healty turf

    Fertilizing your lawn is a good way to maintain a healthy turf. 

    You should fertilize every year. 

    Fertilizing your lawn helps maintain a uniform, dense, green turf and reduces weed problems.  The good effects of fertilizing can be lost if you fertilize at the wrong time. 

    Low-maintenance turf requires one application of fertilization in late October or anytime in November for most grass types.

    Don’t guess what your lawn needs. 

    Get a soil test done. 

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  • It doesn’t get much better than this

    The house has been built. Now, North Washington is looking to add to the foundation.

    North Washington School Principal Amanda Mattingly used the example of building a house from its foundation to relate to what the school has been able to accomplish when speaking to students during an assembly on Friday, particularly in reference to scores for the 2012-13 school year.

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  • SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: You've Got a Friend

    Some people have commented on how funny and outgoing she is.

    And her coach called her “a little spitfire” on the court because of her aggressive play.

    But for Jessica Foster, she would like to be known for just being nice to everybody and treating others as she would like to be treated.

    “I don’t try to be anybody else,” Foster said. “I’m a nice person, so I just like to be nice to everybody. I don’t think I have anybody that doesn’t like me, and I think that’s a good thing.”

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  • SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: A Lesson in Hard Work

    Having grown up on a dairy farm, Abby Coulter knows a thing or two about hard work.

    She credits her farming lifestyle in grounding her and helping her realize what her priorities should be.

    “I’ve been around the farm my whole life,” Coulter said. “I’ve always had to be working every day, and I think that’s really allowed me to know that you have to have a great work ethic in everything you do.”

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