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County increases pay, hires...

Staffing issues with the Carroll County Ambulance Service came to light the weekend of Aug. 5-6 when several patients at Carroll County Memorial Hospital could not be transported by ground ambulance, operated by the Carroll County EMS.

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Goals are high this season for...

The 2017 edition of the Carroll County High School boys golf team features a lineup full of experience and a CCHS alum in the head coaching spot.

School resource officer could be...

The Carroll County Board of Education issued a directive to interim Superintendant Ron Livingood to pursue a School Resource Officer for Carroll County High School at a special meeting Aug. 4. Because it was a special meeting, the subject could only be discussed, not voted on.

The board had worked with the City of Carrollton to have a resource officer last year, but the district did not receive the grant to pay the board’s share so it did not happen.

New coach, new system for...

The Panthers football team is ready to hit the field under the lights Friday night, opening its season at home against Ludlow.

First-year head coach Hunter Cantwell said the preseason has gone well, but it’s hard to judge to where the team currently stands since this is his first year coaching high school football. Cantwell previously coached quarterbacks and special teams at Campbellsville University.

Neikirk excited about new...

After 27 years of walking the halls of Oldham County High School, Andrea Neikirk will begin this school year as a Carroll County Panther, joining the CCHS staff as assistant principal.

A Louisville area native, Neikirk graduated from Male High School. She majored in biology and minored in chemistry at Georgetown College, while also earning her teaching degree. After graduating in 1990, she immediately started teaching at OCHS and taught chemistry, as well as other science classes. She earned her master’s degree and Rank I at University of Louisville.

Butler lodge, restaurant, pool...

The lodge, restaurant and swimming pool at General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton will be closed Aug. 14-16.

The temporary closure is so the service panel that provides power to the lodge can be replaced as part of the “Refreshing the Finest” initiative that is funding improvements at Kentucky State Parks.

The park’s cottages and campground will remain open. The lodge is expected to be open for business on Aug. 17.

Chatham promoted to Cartmell...

Krista Chatham has always been a leader and now she will be one in a different capacity as she assumes the role of Cartmell Elementary assistant principal.

Chatham started at the Carroll County Middle School as a sixth grade math teacher. She graduated from Franklin College in Indiana with an elementary education degree and a minor in mathematics. She was certified to teach math grades K-9. After one year at the middle school she transferred to Winn Primary and taught third grade with Jeanie Rohrer. Chatham said they have worked together since then.

New JCTC campus ready for school

They say the third time is a charm. A standing-room-only crowd was on hand Aug. 9, to witness the third ribbon cutting for the almost $16 million Jefferson Community and Technical College Carrollton Campus, a facility nearly 50 years in the making.

Devine makes an ‘impact’ with...

Many of Carroll County’s best and brightest high school graduates leave the community to attend college and most of them do not return, due to a number of reasons. A recent exception is Hannah Devine, a 2017 graduate of Thomas More College.

A 2012 Carroll County High School graduate, Devine had been debating about attending law school before deciding to attend the University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work this fall. She said after she earns her master’s degree then she might attend law school and be a champion for kids.