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Bluegrass Middle School cheerleaders finish year ranked No. 1 (5/14)

Bluegrass Middle School cheerleading coach Stephanie Phillips kept telling her squad it would compete in more competition. But she had no idea that it would all end with the Colts being ranked No. 1.

After competitions in Louisville and Bowling Green, Phillips told the squad it would do one more event before calling it a season. But the Colts finished first and were named grand champions at the Cheer Elite Bluegrass Classic National Championship in early March at Lexington Christian Academy, where they earned a bid to the U.S. Finals.

PREP SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Central Hardin, LaRue County win via walkoff (05/14)

A walkoff squeeze play by a prolific power hitter kept the ninth-ranked Central Hardin Lady Bruins from being upset Monday night by Marion County.

Senior Baylee Sullivan doubled to leadoff of the bottom of the seventh and took third on a fielder’s choice on a ball hit by senior Jackie Holbert before scoring on a bunt by Jordan Lasley as Central Hardin earned a 2-1 win over reigning 5th Region Tournament runner-up Lady Knights (19-9).

PREP BASEBALL: Meade County locks up region tournament berth (05/14)

The Meade County Green Wave earned a chance to defend their 3rd Region Tournament title Monday night with a doubleheader sweep at 11th District rival Hancock County.

The Green Wave won Game 1, 11-2, and Game 2, 6-1, to earn the No. 1 seed in the district tournament. Since Meade County is in a three-team district, the top seed means a bye into the district final – and 1-of-2 berths in the region tournament.

PREP COACHING ROUNDUP: Garrison named North Hardin girls' soccer coach (05/14)

One Hardin County Schools high school recently filled a varsity coaching position for this coming fall season, while another finds itself in a hurry to fill another open position.

North Hardin announced Tony Garrison as its girls’ soccer coach, while Brian Walters is no longer John Hardin’s volleyball coach.

Garrison follows Hayley Yourous, who stepped down after a 55-85-15 mark in eight seasons. North Hardin was 9-8-1 this past season, losing 8-0 to Elizabethtown in the 17th District Tournament semifinals.

NFL: Deaderick's cut comes as a surprise (05/14)

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — In a move many media members agreed was surprising, former Elizabethtown High School and University of Alabama standout defensive lineman Brandon Deaderick was cut Monday by the NFL’s New England Patriots.

Up on the roof
Rehabbing Newberry's

Two downtown Elizabethtown properties that cost $85,000 to purchase will require more money to rehab.

Heath Seymour, executive director of the Elizabethtown-Hardin County Heritage Council, said he believes the investment would prove worthwhile because it will produce a product the city could lease, rent or sell at a competitive price.

Neighborly ways don't include bulldozer traffic

Will there be fences in heaven?

That’s another way of asking, will your bothersome neighbor’s heavenly mansion be next to yours?

Before you petition heaven’s city council for a privacy fence or request that your bad neighbor be confined to the eternal promised land’s back forty, make sure you yourself aren’t unwittingly the neighbor from hell who somehow slipped under the pearly gates unnoticed while St. Peter was distracted by a game of heavenly baseball.

May 14, 2013: Our readers write

On 31W plan

The Radcliff Small Business Alliance Inc. joins in support of Radcliff Mayor J.J. Duvall in his opposition of the current 31W Median Plan proposed by the KY DOT and discussed in The News-Enterprise’s May 5 editorial. The editorial’s position, along with Mayor Duvall’s comments and a recent letter to the editor recommending the median plan not be implemented represents the opinion of the membership of our Alliance.

Police: Man accelerated through KSP roadblock

A Radcliff man was arrested Monday morning after state troopers say he sped through a traffic safety checkpoint on Ky. 313 without stopping and nearly struck several officers with his vehicle.

Drew M. McCormick, 23, faces three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, second-degree criminal mischief, driving under the influence, license to be in possession, reckless driving, resisting arrest, no insurance and menacing.