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Today's News

  • Church news: August 26, 2011

    Annunciation
    Annunciation’s & St John’s Parish Festival will be held on Sept. 9-10 and will include a yard sale. You can rent a space for $25 with all the proceeds of your sale items going to you. There will be 24-hour security. Call Bill Reidy at 633-7899 for additional information and to reserve your space.

    Bagdad Baptist
    You can find information about Angel Food and other ministries by visiting www.bagdadbaptist.com.

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  • Corpus Christi Academy calendar

    The month of September happenings are: Sept. 5, Labor Day, no school; Sept. 27, Crazy Hat day. Wear a silly hat to school and win a prize. The school is located at 7010 U.S. 60 in Simpsonville

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  • Athletes in Action

    Shelby County High School soccer player Casey Hill painted the Rockets’ logo on freshly painted trashcans on the school property. Principal Eddie Oakley and his staff worked with the athletic teams to transform the property into well-groomed landscaping and grounds as a service learning project. Each team adopted certain areas, along with some adult assistance.

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  • Harover returns for SCHS

    For the first time all season the Shelby County girls’ golf team will be at full strength Saturday.

    Rockets senior Shannon Harover, the team’s No. 2 player the past two years, will make her 2011 debut in the Bullitt East Invitational, which begins at 7:30 a.m. at Heritage Hill Golf Club in Shepherdsville.

    Harover has missed the first few weeks of the season because of a kneecap injury.

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  • First up, Rockets will try to stop first option

    Todd Shipley’s No. 1 goal for tonight is to stop LaRue County’s No. 1 one option.

    Hawks senior fullback Drew Newberry rushed 22 times for 129 yards and his team’s only touchdown in LaRue’s season-opening, 26-7 loss to North Bullitt last Saturday.

    “He makes the engine go on offense,” Shipley, the Shelby County football coach, said.

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  • They’re off and running toward some big goals

    The high school cross-country season kicks off with Saturday’s Tiger Run at Old River Road Country Club in Louisville, and some county teams, and individuals, could have some big seasons.

    Here is a quick look at the squads from both schools:

     

    SHELBY COUNTY

    GIRLS

    New Shelby County cross-country coach Andrew Danner takes over a girls’ team that has high hopes for 2011.

    For good reason.

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  • SCHS boys win 1st soccer match

    The Shelby County boys’ soccer team won its first match of the season Tuesday night, clobbering Carroll County, 8-4, at the Shelby County Athletic Complex.

    Sophomore striker Raul Lopez had two goals and an assist for Shelby County, which was coming off a 2-2 tie at Louisville Butler on Monday.

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  • Rebounding teams expect Titanic struggle

     

    Saturday night will be a clash of the Titans.

    But the same nickname might not be the only thing that Collins and Mercer County, who’ll meet at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the Stuart Powell Bowl at Boyle County, have in common.

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  • Titans need only 2 sets to win again

    This Collins volleyball team has already accomplished something last year’s squad never did.

    The Titans have swept rival Shelby County in two sets.

    Collins topped the host Rockets, 25-15, 25-15, Tuesday evening at Mike Casey Gymnasium. The Titans won all three meetings last season – including the 30th District final – during their inaugural 22-3 campaign, but all three victories came in three sets. 

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  • Shelby woman buzzing with ribbons from state fair

    Blue-ribbon winners are pouring into Shelby County from the 2011 Kentucky State Fair.

    Along with daily winners in the World Championship Horse Show, the fair has announced the best in 15 other categories and Shelby County took home 91 ribbons, including 35 blue ribbons. And the results from all the animal competitions haven’t been announced.

    Many of those winners are longtime competitors, but some entered for the first time, including Becky Collier, who took first place for her 1-pound containers of light honey, and second for her 2-pound containers.

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