From Office of the Governor

FRANKFORT, KY – Gov. Steve Beshear today recognized the sacrifice of a Fort Campbell soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

From Active Hereos

LOUISVILLE, KY - Active Heroes has won the battle and a $250,000 check. Earlier this morning, the local veterans nonprofit was named grand prize winner of The Home Depot Foundation’s year-long Facebook voting program called Aprons in Action and will receive the $250,000 grand prize at a celebration event later today. As the March winner of Aprons in Action, Active Heroes competed against nine other finalists from May 1 - May 31 and finished with 107,042total votes, more than 60,000 votes ahead of the competition. Grand Rapids Home for Veterans and Stiggy’s Dogs in Howell, Mich. took home the $150,000 second place and $100,000 third place prizes, respectively.

SIMPSONVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Ground was broken Tuesday for Outlet Shoppes of Louisville, a new $80 million outlet mall in Shelby County.

In addition, Horizon Group Properties, the company developing the 374,300 square foot facility, announced a partial list of stores set to open in July 2014.