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- Registration busy at Ivy Tech
Steve Miles made the roughly 30-mile drive from his Fern Creek home in Louisville today to register for classes at Ivy Tech in Sellersburg.
- And on lead vocals
It's rainy and chilly outside Seidenfadens on Breckinridge at 1 a.m. on a recent Sunday morning, but inclement weather can't stop the beat.
- New Middletown fire chief Jeff Riddle restructures department
Three months after taking over the Middletown Fire District, Chief Jeff Riddle is looking to make his mark on the department.
- Classic chic
When it comes to her personal style, Katelyn Harris has a soft spot for the classics.
- Language no barrier for cantata
For some Louisville residents whose first language isn't English, being able to celebrate Christmas in their native tongue has special significance.
- Weekend Events 12/12 - 12/14
Christmas tree decorating contest, business light up challenge, Taste of Fern Creek reception, Santa & Mrs.
- Buechel teen gets community's help fighting cancer
More than 200 friends and family members attended a fundraiser recently for Alyssa Howard, a 13-year-old Buechel girl battling cancer.
- Iroquois gets 3 double-doubles
Visiting Iroquois -- No. 1 in The Courier-Journal's preseason poll of coaches -- got three double-doubles to beat No.
- Planning Commission backs plan for Kohl's south of Fern Creek
The Louisville Metro Planning Commission last night endorsed plans for a shopping center anchored by a Kohl's department store in the growing area along Bardstown Road south of the Gene Snyder Freeway.
- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac executives testify on Capitol Hill
The rally on Wall Street ended Monday. After two days of gains, stocks sank on downbeat corporate news.
- Fire damages Heart of Fire City Church
A church that was trying to serve the community is set back and now is being served by the community.
- Fire damages parsonage at Fern Creek church
Fire caused significant damage to the parsonage of the Heart of Fire City Church on Bardstown Road in Fern Creek early this morning, just eight years after another fire destroyed the congregation's church.
- Church damaged by fire for second time in 8 years
Fire crews from Fern Creek and Buechel fought an overnight blaze that damaged a building at Heart of Fire City Church early Saturday morning.
- Florist closes Hurstbourne store
Nanz & Kraft Florists Inc. recently closed its store at 203 N. Hurstbourne Parkway because lease terms could not be renegotiated for the space, said co-owner Eddie Kraft.
- Humane Society starts new phase of a $1.6 million capital campaign
The Kentucky Humane Society, which celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2009, is winding down a $1.6 million capital campaign to expand and improve its headquarters on Steedly Drive.
- Pedestrian struck and killed on Bardstown Road
A Louisville man is dead, after being hit by two cars early this morning. Metro Police say he was crossing Bardstown Road in the Fern Creek area.
- Church Happenings
World AIDS Day Community Memorial and Celebration of Life. Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St., 6 p.m. Monday.
- Food Bank Sees Record Requests For Help
Linda Miller sees it on the faces of some of the people who walk through the doors at the Dare to Care Food Bank.
- Highview Holiday Fest on Dec. 12
The Highview Holiday Fest will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 12 at Highview Park and the Central Government Center, in the 7200 block of Outer Loop.
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City DescriptionFern Creek is a former census-designated place in southeastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 20,009 at the 2008 census. In 2003, The area was annexed to the city of Louisville due to a merger between the city and Jefferson County's unincorporated communities. Fern Creek is now a neighborhood within the city limits of Louisville.
It is located about 12 miles from Downtown Louisville, and the oldest structure in the area is a log home dating to 1789. The earliest road through the area, Stage Road, connected Louisville to Bardstown, Kentucky. This eventually became the Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike and finally, Bardstown Road. The community was initially known as Stringtown, but was called Fern Creek by the 1870s. Both Union and Confederate armies passed through the area during the American Civil War. An interurban railway line was connected in 1908. The Jefferson County Fairgrounds were located in the area just off Bardstown Road from 1900 to 1928. There is still a "Fairgrounds Road" at that location.
The area was agricultural for much of its history, but has been developed as a suburb of Louisville since the 1960s. Fern Creek High School is ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Jefferson County
- Kentucky
- Louisville
- Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
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