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Today's Features

  • BIRTH: Horn family welcomes baby Logan

    Heather and Greg Horn of Richmond announce the birth of their son, Logan Taylor Horn, on June 8 at Saint Joseph East Women’s Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long.
    His maternal grandparents are Brett and Dorothy Beaverson of Taylorsville. His paternal grandparents are Dale and the late Dee Dee Horn of Shelbyville.

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  • BIRTH: Keri Ann born May 18

    Edward and Kim Stump announce the birth of their daughter, Keri Ann Stump, on May 18 at Norton Suburban Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. She was welcomed home by two sisters, Jordan and Emily, and two brothers, Brandon and Eric.
    Her grandparents are James and Anna Stump of Taylorsville and Deborah Buster of Shepherdsville.

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  • Raise it up

    Anna Lee Stokley made the switch from traditional gardening to raised beds three years ago – and so far, this year has produced a bumper crop.

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  • PHOTOS: Local FFA members go to leadership camp
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  • When is a geranium not a geranium?

    If someone asked me what my favorite perennial was, I could only say that it changes with each passing year. This year the answer is the Hardy Geranium, known around these parts as the Cranesbill. My fascination with Hardy geraniums has grown steadily as I have discovered the countless varieties that exist. In European gardens they are as commonplace as phlox is in American perennial gardens.
    Most of us think of geraniums as an annual that we plant in our yards or in pots to add color to our patios during the summer months. Well, this plant is actually a Pelargonium.

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  • Rain causes late start for local gardeners

    Heavy rains in April and May delayed the home gardening season this year, forcing many gardeners to wait later than usual to plant or transplant seedlings into the garden. And June’s moderate temperatures have continued the early trend of slow growth. But as more sun hits garden plants and accelerates growth, vegetables should begin to flower, develop fruit and, eventually, ripen.

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  • Students participate in youth symposium

    Vonda Martin and Eleschia Murphy with the Spencer County Youth Service Center took seven high school students to the Youth Leadership Symposium in Frankfort on June 27 and 28.  

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  • Getting ahead of the game

    Virtual learning can mean an early graduation for high schoolers and may ultimately teach them more than the traditional classroom experience can, said Robyn Baxter, assistant principal at Spencer County High School and coordinator of the summer school program there.

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  • COLUMN: God is in the business of miraculous transformations

    It is summer and time for another blockbuster movie. I understand that the Transformers have made it back to the big screen again. The idea that your car can turn into a huge robotic warrior is a little out there, but I admit I enjoyed the first Transformers movie.
    Actually in that movie there are a couple of transformations. Of course the robot warriors transform into cars and trucks and planes, but there is also the transformation of a young boy into a young man. I have yet to see the first in real life, but you see the second all the time.

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  • COLUMN: Amazing grace: How sweet it is!

    I got up this morning singing “Amazing Grace,” and I thought about how amazing grace really is.
    John Newton wrote “Amazing Grace.” John was a slave trader and was in a storm when he thought his ship was going to sink. He got down on the floor of his ship and cried out to Jesus to save him, and Jesus did not only save the ship, he came into John’s heart and saved him.

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