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Today's News

  • BIRTH: Dean: It's a boy!

    Marcus and Jill Dean of Lexington announce the birth of their son on Nov. 13, 2010 at 10 p.m. at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.  
    Carter Bryce Dean weighed 6 lbs, 15 oz and was 20 inches in length.
    Maternal grandparents are Lee and Wanda Glasscock of Lebanon.  
    Paternal grandparents are Darrell and Penny Dean of Willisburg and Darlene Dean of Louisville. 
     

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  • Tonight's WC basketball games are postponed

    Tonight's basketball games against Bethlehem have been postponed. Games have not been rescheduled yet but will be since it is a district game.

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  • I spy ice! Do you know what it is?

    Many Washington Countians woke up this morning to find everything in sight covered by ice, and we at The Springfield Sun were no different. While the ice and winter weather are no fun, we decided to see if our readers could have some fun looking at a few local scenes, covered in ice. The first photo is a close-up and not-so-obvious view, while the next is a clear look at the subject. Click on the photos and see if you can guess the subject of each photo before looking at the next!

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  • Rumpke to work today, Saturday collecting trash

    The show must go on, and trash collectors with Rumpke will be busy today and even Saturday covering ground lost due to Thursday's ice and snow. A spokesperson with the local Rumpke office said the company will be collecting trash today, as well as Saturday, Dec. 18, to make up for the lost day of service to customers yesterday. Any questions can be directed to Rumpke at the company's Springfield office at (859) 336-3710.

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  • Local family honored by Kentucky Farm Bureau

     

    A Washington County couple has placed third in the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Outstanding Young Farm Family contest. The announcement came  last week at KFB’s 91st annual meeting.  

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  • Regional Recycling Center celebrates 10th year

     

    Washington County first started accepting recyclable products in 2000, working out of a donated semi trailer parked at All-Weather Insulation Company. In the first year, the county collected 30,000 pounds of recyclables. From those humble beginnings 10 years ago, today the program has left its semi trailer behind and has moved into a 30,000-square foot space in an old tobacco warehouse on West Industry Drive, and as Washington County Solid Waste Coordinator George Ann Palmer said, they are “busting at the seams.”

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  • Bus incident draws school officials' attention

    An incident on a Washington County school bus last Wednesday is being investigated by school officials.
    A call to The Springfield Sun by a parent last week informed the newspaper of an alleged incident aboard a bus involving students and what some thought to be a knife.

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  • Local, area schools dealing with DUIs

     

    If you look at various sources of media these days, it’s easier all the time to find celebrities, athletes, and other high-profile individuals who are charged with drinking and driving. Some of these well-known people openly state they don’t want to be role models. But what happens when the offender is looked at as a role model by our children?

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  • The bottom line on bison

    • The decimation of bison herds in late 1800’s led the population to drop from 30 million to fewer than 1,000 at the turn of the 20th Century.
    • By 1960 the National Geographic Society estimated that 20,000 bison were alive in the United States.
    • The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most recent Census of Agriculture in 2007 estimated that 220,000 U.S. bison live on public and private land.
    • Bison need no artificial shelter such as barns. They prefer to be outside all year despite the weather.

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  • Where the bison roam

     

    Springfield is home to five new celebrities but the stars haven’t exactly warmed up to the place.
    These celebrities don’t have expansive houses, and you won’t catch them eating at local restaurants.  They keep it simple by grazing on grass, food pellets, yeast sac and minerals at Alltech.

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