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A local dog is in the running for a national competition.  Kentucky Farm Bureau says that Daisy, owned by Shelby and Lora Ennis of Elizabethtown, is one of five finalists for the People’s Choice Pup Award in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2024 Farm Dog of the Year competition. The Ennises told KFB that Daisy showed up at their door one day, and after a week of searching for an owner […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second meeting of the month Monday. The first reading was held on an ordinance that would extend Comcast’s non-exclusive franchise rights in the city for 15 years. The council approved on second reading an ordinance that amends the zoning for 204 Jackie Street from future development holding to urban residential general (R-4). The change was recommended for approval by the city’s planning commission. In other […]

A Nelson County man was killed in a crash in Meade County Sunday.  The Kentucky State Police says troopers from Post Four were requested by the Meade County Sheriff’s Office at approximately 11:24 a.m. on October 20 to investigate a single-vehicle collision. The KSP says the crash occurred near the 4,500 block of Garrett Road in Ekron. The preliminary investigation indicates that 30-year-old Dustin C. Gray of Bardstown was traveling east on […]

UPDATE 11/1/24: The Elizabethtown Police Department says George Lee Jr. has been indicted by a Hardin County Grand Jury. Lee faces two charges of Kidnapping, three counts of first degree Wanton Endangerment, one count of Being a Persistent Felony Offender. The EPD says indictment warrants were served upon Lee's release from the University of Louisville Hospital, and Lee will be lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center. The Elizabethtown Police Department confronted […]

Attorneys for Penney Property Sub Holdings LLC, which owns the Elizabethtown JCPenney, and for Linnick Investments LLC, which owns the Towne Mall, were back in Hardin Circuit Court Thursday afternoon for a hearing on Penney Property’s motion for an injunction to halt renovations at the Towne Mall facility. Zachary VanVactor with Stites and Harbison PLLC called Bill DeMuth as his first witness. DeMuth retired recently from his position as JCPenney’s real […]

The Radcliff City Council met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday, October 15. The first reading was held on an ordinance for property tax rates and collection procedures. “This is just basically housekeeping to clean that up to bring us in line,” said Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall. “Several of what’s in our current ordinances has been repealed over time, and so this is just bringing us up to what the […]

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials are evaluating the next steps after a deer from a Breckinridge County farm tested positive for chronic wasting disease.  Kentucky Department of Agriculture lab testing confirmed that the dead deer had chronic wasting disease. It’s the second recorded case in Kentucky this year and the first in a captive cervid. KFW says CWD is caused by prions and affects white-tailed deer, elk, and other animals in […]

UPDATE 10/20/24: The Elizabethtown Police Department has identified the suspect as George Lee Jr. of Radcliff. Lee remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. The EPD says the investigation remains ongoing and charges will be filed against Lee as the case progresses. The Elizabethtown Police Department confronted an armed suspect at Baptist Health Hardin Saturday morning. “Shortly after 5:00 a.m. this morning, our officers responded to Baptist Health Hardin, located […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for a special meeting Monday. The first reading was held on an ordinance amending the zoning of 204 Jackie Street from Future Development Holding to Urban Residential General (R-4), which would accommodate a new subdivision. Council Member Julia Springsteen said residents had concerns with the narrowness of the road and confusion between where the area goes from city to county management. City Administrator Ed Poppe said the […]