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Robin Ritter swallowed back tears as she as recalled a recent visit with her severely disabled step-grandson in a state psychiatric hospital, from which she is trying to bring him home.

“He didn’t want us to leave,” she said. “He wanted to go to the window to wave [at her husband in the parking lot]. We miss him so very much. It’s just horrible.”

Robin and Steve Ritter of Pleasureville said they never wanted to relinquish custody of 11-year-old Dustin Splittgerber, a child they have been caring for since he was a toddler.

MOUNT EDEN – Residents came out in full force Thursday night in an effort to keep their post office from closing later this year.

Hoping there is strength in numbers, about 200 residents of the Mount Eden area and officials filled the fellowship hall of Mount Moriah Baptist Church seeking answers from United States Postal Service representatives.

The postal representatives on hand said Thursday’s crowd was the largest they have seen from about 40 such meetings this year.

This weekend's Quaker State 400, Kentucky’s first big-time NASCAR race, has fans across the commonwealth quaking with excitement, but has it resonated outside of the I-71 corridor?

The bulk of the action is centered on Sparta and Gallatin County where the Kentucky Speedway is located, and then stretching about 40 miles north to Cincinnati and 60 miles south to Louisville, but once you get away from the interstate, the roar of the engines and the fans are a bit quieter.

Before the leaves begin to turn red and gold in a couple of months, a Shelby County landmark, now in the autumn of its life, will move gracefully into its next phase of life.

That’s when all court personnel will move from the nearly 100-year-old courthouse to the Shelby County Judicial Center, set to open in September.

That was the estimated completion date for the project in January, and Shelby County Deputy Judge-Executive Rusty Newton said he fully expects that date to be met.