Today's News

Chad G. Mattingly didn't plan on becoming an elected official. In fact, not too long ago he told his family that he wouldn't ever go that route.
"A year a half ago in July on family vacation, I told my family that I was never, ever running for any kind of public office," said Mattingly, 34.
He said he'd had friends who had run for office, and his perception was that the political climate and the nature of campaigns was something he did not want to be in the middle of.
"But never is a long time apparently," Mattingly said.

By Forrest Berkshire
The Kentucky Standard

Reagan Carter was supposed to start at a new school this week.
The seventh-grader at Bardstown Middle hoped to escape a group of older girls who had bullied and harassed her online and at school, her parents say. Transferring seemed their only choice to end the harassment after reports to school officials didn’t stop the problems.
But the night before her last day, Reagan took a handful of pills after she was harassed one last time during a middle school basketball game.

Katie George, a student at the University of Louisville, was crowned Miss Kentucky USA 2015 in Louisville on Saturday night. George is a member of the U of L volleyball team and this was the first pageant in which she had ever participated. There were 17 contestants.
Katie George is the daughter of Tim and Annie George and granddaughter of Dr. Salem and Eva George.
 

My New Kentucky Home is looking for a Marion County partner family for this year’s home build. If you are interested and think you might qualify, look for a pre-qualification form in local offices, banks and churches in Marion County. Those who would prefer to attend a meeting for information or to turn in their pre-qualification form should come to the Marion County Public Library at 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 25.