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Today's News

  • Meat prices reflect supply and demand

    Consumers may be in the driver’s seat when it comes to higher meat prices. Indications are that retail meat prices may rise to record highs later this year, according to a University of Kentucky agricultural economist, and it all rests on that bedrock of free market economics — supply and demand.

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  • Coach pitch season ends at Idle Hour Park

    Coach pitch seasons ended at Idle Hour Park earlier this week. Here are a few photos from girls' action on the diamond.

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  • WCHS Girls Volleyball Tryouts

    The Washington County High School volleyball team will be conducting tryouts on July 15 & 16 from 3-5 p.m. in the high school gym for any girl who will be attending WCHS this year. You must have a current physical in order to tryout. Please contact Anne Mudd at the high school at (859) 336-5475 with any questions.

     

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  • Mackville man enters guilty plea in 2009 murder-for-hire plot

    One of the men accused of plotting to kill a manager at the Danville Wendy’s last year pleaded guilty Thursday after prosecutors significantly reduced the charge.

    William Tate, 25, of Mackville pleaded guilty in Boyle Circuit Court to criminal facilitation to commit murder. Judge Darren Peckler will formally sentence Tate on Aug. 3. Prosecutors are recommending Tate serve four years in prison.

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  • WC baseball all-stars in E-Town

    The Washington County Little League baseball all-stars will wrap up pool play in the 5th District tournament on Thursday. See next week's issue of The Springfield Sun for a complete season wrap-up plus more photos.

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  • Changes under way on St. Catharine campus

    School may be out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean things are going to remain quiet on the campus of St. Catharine College in the weeks ahead. Record enrollment for the coming fall semester has prompted the school to, once again, expand its student living quarters. By the end of July, construction is slated to begin on a new dorm which will house at least 100 students, and that is just the first of several projects planned for this year.

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  • Locally filmed commercial now showing

    A commercial filmed in Springfield last year has finally made its way into theaters and onto the Internet.

    Bluegrass Cellular, a regional cell phone company, had a commercial filmed here in October promoting it as “Bluephoria.” Now, the commercial has been completed and is airing in area theaters.

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  • From Left Field

    From Left Field

    By Jimmie Earls

    Sun Sports Writer

    Fair-weathered, first-place fans

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  • Social news and events

    BIRTHS

    Reinle: It's a girl!

    Madelyn Frances Reinle

    Scott and Robyn Reinle of Springfield announce the birth of their daughter on March 11, 2010 at Spring View Hospital in Lebanon.

    Madelyn Frances weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and was 20 inches in length.

    Noel: It's a boy!

    Robert Zane Noel

    Kimberly and Jarrod Noel of Lebanon announce the birth of their son on May 21, 2010 at 11:15 p.m. at Norton Suburban Hospital in Louisville.

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  • Forage producers need to watch for poison hemlock in hayfields

    Many farmers across the state have just made or will soon make their first hay of the season. While making hay, it is important for growers to notice and remove any poison hemlock from their hay or pasture fields.

    Native to Europe, poison hemlock is an invasive weed that was introduced as an ornamental in the United States during the 1800s. It is potentially poisonous if ingested by livestock or humans in both its vegetative growth stages and when dry.

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