Browse past news stories for Ballard High School in Louisville, KY.

• Black & White in Kentuckiana: WHAS11 talks to teens about race (WHAS TV11 Louisville)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 11:33:02 pm
  As part of this series, WHAS11’s Rachel Platt was part of a frank discussion that took place in a local classroom.
• High hops (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 08:09:50 am
  The Louisville Beer Store is certainly not the first area destination for specialty, craft beers. Don't look for anything along the lines of Coors, Samuel Adams or, heaven forbid, Bud Light.
• Dining calendar (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:26:43 am
  Food writer Ron Mikulak offers a weekly listing of dining events, restaurant news, special meals, food events, wine tastings, cooking classes and more.
• Ballard High's John Crocker is latest recipient of the Milken Family Foundation Award (WHAS TV11 Louisville)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 06:47:46 pm
  (FRANKFORT, Ky.) – John “Jay” Crocker, an English/language arts teacher at Ballard High School in Jefferson County, is Kentucky’s newest recipient of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award, which includes a financial reward of $25,000.
• Ballard teacher wins $25K education prize (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 04:42:06 pm
  Yesterday, four years after began teaching at Ballard, Crocker received the ultimate validation for his career change — winning a Milken National Educator Award as one of the nation's outstanding teachers and earning a $25,000 prize to spend as he pleases.
• Jeremi Johnson offers lessons (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 10:28:01 pm
  There aren’t many Bluegrass natives in the NFL, but one who is plays for your Cincinnati Bengals, fullback Jeremi Johnson.
• Cunnigham continues to improve on the pitch (The Daily Mississippian)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 06:39:53 am
  Sunday afternoon against Auburn, fans had the opportunity to see a spectacular goal from junior Taylor Cunningham.
• Fullback offers lessons (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 10:28:24 pm
  There aren’t many Bluegrass natives in the NFL, but one who is plays for your Cincinnati Bengals, fullback Jeremi Johnson.
• Actress Jennifer Lawrence returning home for Louisville's International Festival of Film (Louisville Voice-Tribune)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 04:10:02 pm
  Sometimes, life can be pretty unbelievable. Just ask Jennifer Lawrence, who’ll head home to the Bluegrass State for next week’s Louisville's International Festival of Film, Oct. 1-4.
• Toppers add PG Crook for 2009-10 (Bowling Green Daily News)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 02:37:22 pm
  After losing two recruits in less than a month, Western Kentucky coach Ken McDonald was glad to add what he calls a blessing in disguise.
• Western signs ex-Ballard guard (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 03:28:20 am
  Jamal Crook, a point guard originally from Louisville, has signed to play basketball for Western Kentucky University for the coming season, head coach Ken McDonald said.
• Education notes: August 5 (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 10:10:43 am
  awards/recognition ■ University of Kentucky alumnus Donald J. Leopold will receive the highe
• 3 area NAIA schools honored for academics (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 07:04:11 am
  Ten of the 16 athletic teams at Saint Francis earned national distinction for academic achievements, the NAIA announced Monday.
• IU gets commitments (The Indianapolis Star)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 06:07:30 am
  Drew Hardin, a 6-1, 180-pound defensive back from Ballard High School in Louisville, Ky., became Indiana's 20th oral commitment for this season's class.
• Lawyer guilty in police impersonation (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 10:09:11 pm
  A Louisville attorney charged with impersonating a police officer has pleaded guilty and agreed to surrender her law license and seek mental health treatment.
• Lawyer pleads guilty in police impersonation case (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 08:14:58 pm
  A Louisville attorney charged with impersonating a police officer after pulling over four teens on allegations of drunk driving in November 2007 has pleaded guilty and agreed to surrender her law license and seek mental health treatment.
• Rollin' on the river (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on July 13, 2009 at 04:31:16 am
  Brittany Brown doesn't have her driver's license yet, but she can tell her friends she drove a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The 16-year-old, who will be a junior at Eastern High School this fall, was one of about 30 teenagers who spent Thursday learning about the duties and responsibilities of the Coast Guard.
• Early Childhood health clinics, shots available (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on July 13, 2009 at 04:16:26 am
  Jefferson County Public Schools will hold "Countdown to Early Childhood" health clinics for parents of students ages 3 and 4.
• Ballard High to host Louisville Orchestra concert (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on July 11, 2009 at 12:16:16 am
  Ballard High School will host a Louisville Orchestra Summer Classics concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Sandy Allen Fine Arts Center, 6000 Brownsboro Road. The concert will feature Andrea Levine on the clarinet. Admission is $10. Information: 587-8681.
• Who's shuffling mysterious deck of baseball cards? (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 04:52:56 am
  The biggest sports mystery of the summer doesn't involve the identity of the starting quarterbacks for the universities of Louisville or Kentucky this fall. I'm looking for answers about who is sending these 31-year-old Cincinnati Reds baseball cards to Eric Crawford and me.
• Louisville orchestra, ballet receive $50,000 each in stimulus aid (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on July 8, 2009 at 05:48:01 pm
  The Louisville Orchestra and Louisville Ballet are each getting $50,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts in job-stimulus funds, part of a total of $300,000 awarded to seven Kentucky groups.
• Road Masters National Championships (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on July 4, 2009 at 05:20:44 am
  Dotsie Bausch left Louisville for college nearly 20 years ago. She came back this week to compete — triumphantly — in the sport that helped save her life. Bausch won both her races in the USA Cycling Road Masters National Championships.
• Volunteers take part in Xstream Cleanup to aid local waterways (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on May 31, 2009 at 09:00:34 am
  About 200 volunteers scattered throughout Louisville and Southern Indiana yesterday to clean up waterways. They were picking up trash along the Ohio River and Beargrass Creek as part of the annual Xstream Cleanup.
• Ballard topples No. 7 Male 6-4 (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on May 26, 2009 at 07:25:25 am
  Nine one-run losses during the regular season toughened the Ballard High School baseball team. Now the Bruins are proving to be a tough out in the postseason.
• WKU Softball To Welcome Casey Clark and Katie Pfost (WBKO Bowling Green)
  posted on May 20, 2009 at 04:41:33 am
  WKU adds two to team that finished 35-19 in 2009 season.
• Fresh palettes: Free program has been developing young artists for 85 years (Louisville Voice-Tribune)
  posted on May 19, 2009 at 03:22:53 pm
  It’s a glorious spring Saturday morning and, at the Water Tower, Louisville is enjoying the sunshine. People are sunning themselves on the grounds alongside the river. On the river, boats are bobbing in the sunshine. Children are playing on the nearby soccer fields.
• Teens' polar bear Web site wins contest (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on May 18, 2009 at 11:00:04 am
  Brandie Farkas and Emily Goldstein wanted their Web site to provide easy ways for people to reduce their carbon emissions. They wanted to help stop climate change and, ultimately, save polar bears. They hoped to reach a big group of people to make a big impact.
• Ballard sweeps regional crowns (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 08:40:32 am
  The transfer of track and field power is complete in Class 3-A, Region Four. A year after its girls' team ended Assumption's five-year regional championship streak, the Ballard High School boys got in on the action last night.
• Prep briefs: Mixed results for Lady Raiders; Purples win two in L’ville tourney (Bowling Green Daily News)
  posted on April 26, 2009 at 06:39:07 am
  The Warren East softball team went 2-2-1 over the weekend in the Greenwood Border Battle at Greenwood High School.
• Eleven Louisville businesses recognized for energy efforts (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on April 21, 2009 at 08:20:34 pm
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson today congratulated 11 local businesses for their energy efficiency efforts.