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Today's News

  • 4-H’ers will be able to cure country hams locally

    One of the fastest growing projects in Kentucky 4-H is the country ham project. 

    Last year, over 700 youth statewide participated in the program where they learned the traditional way of either salt curing or smoke curing hams. In central and eastern Kentucky, hams are salt cured and then smoke cured in western Kentucky.

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  • SCC swimmers excel

    With a short drive to Wilmore, the St. Catharine Nautical Patriots jumped head first into their meet with Asbury.

    Coming off one of their most successful meets of the year at Union, SCC was excited to dive right back into the pool for another chance at nationals’ qualification.

    In the 200-yard freestyle event, Hannah Spaulding (Springfield) and Martha Raley (Lebanon) helped the Patriots jump on the board early.

    Spaulding posted a third-place finish (2:08.98) while Raley came in a close fifth (2:32.15).

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  • SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: A Smooth Transition

    When Derwin Hughes first moved to Springfield this summer, he didn’t know exactly what to expect. He had visited his family in Washington County often, but living there was a completely different story.

    But it didn’t take long for him to feel welcome after he joined the football team.

    “I was just kind of amazed at how all the coaches welcomed me on the team,” Hughes said. “Playing football has really helped me meet new people and make friends since I’ve been here.”

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  • WC’s Amanda Cox chooses Midway

    Pursuing her dream of playing college golf has led WC senior golfer Amanda Cox to Midway College.

    The program, which currently has one golfer, is in its first year of competing and almost lost out on their chance at Cox, who wanted to attend Midway all along because of their “state-of-the-art nursing program.”

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  • WC football falls to Glasgow...again

    Three times was not the charm that the Washington County Commanders (4-7, 3-3) had hoped it would be this past Friday night.

    With a 43-0 loss, the Commanders had their season ended in the first round of the KHSAA Class 2A Playoffs for the third straight year by the Glasgow Scotties (10-1).

    WC struggled on both sides of the ball but had the most trouble stopping Glasgow’s rushing attack. Junior running back Marquez Trigg came into the contest with 1,283 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns on the season.

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  • PHOTOS: Trick or treat, rain or shine
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  • PHOTOS: Meet and greet with the state reps
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  • News briefs 11/6

    The deadline to submit Santa Letters to The Springfield Sun is 3 p.m.

    Tuesday, Dec. 3. Photos may be submitted with letters. Make sure to include your name, age and address. Age limit for letters is 11 years old. The letters will be judged with first place winner receiving $15, second place will receive $10 and third will receive $5. The letters will appear in the Santa Section on Wednesday, Dec. 25 and on news stands Dec. 24.

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  • No license needed: Students learn to drive safely

    Washington County High School sophomores Claire Miller and Jenny Begley can’t even drive yet.

    That didn’t stop them from learning a valuable lesson about the road, though, when they attended the Teen Distracted Driving Summit recently.

    The conference, which was held in Washington D.C. by the National Organization for Youth Safety (NOYS), was aimed at helping teach teen leaders about the dangers of distracted driving and showing them how to make their community more aware of the problem.

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  • No WC arrests on ‘Black Friday’

    In what the Kentucky State Police said was the largest one-day drug round-up in agency history, 479 people across the state were arrested on Friday of last week.

    The arrests, resulting in 774 charges, were part of ‘Operation Black Friday.’
    According to a press release from the KSP, the initiative utilized “every available sworn unit within the agency” and was the “direct result of law-abiding citizens providing tips via phone calls, messages, letters and information to the anonymous tip lines.”

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