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This Saturday a benefit spaghetti dinner will be held for Damerie Lyons, a 17 year old North Hardin High School student battling bone cancer.
There will be dinner, as well as a live and silent auction.
Lyons is currently undergoing chemotherapy and multiple surgeries for bone cancer, they hope to cover some of the cost of these bills with this benefit dinner.
It will take place this Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Vine Grove at 4 PM.
Clarity Solutions has been serving Elizabethtown for 20 years. Since 2001, they have offered services for people that are pregnant whether that be expected or unexpected.
Director of Ministry Advancement Maegan Bennett says they have grown significantly with three locations. They are currently working on building a maternity home set to open this year.
A celebration will be held July 25th Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm to recognize their impact on the community.
It will be held at the 116 east memorial drive location, and all locations will be open to tour.
The Heart of Kentucky men’s chorus is ready to help put some pep in your step.
They will be holding a free acappella concert July 24th at 7pm at the Emerald Cathedral, located at Freeman lake.
There will be other groups singing including Quartet from the Chorus, 9 to 5, The Revelators, and The Kentucky Babes Quartet.
Parking is available at Freeman Lake or at Grace Heartland Church.
Cool down with Fort Knox’s annual Christmas in July. The event will be held July 24th at the Fort Knox Water park.
The park will be open from 11am – 7pm, with holiday festivities beginning at 1.
For pricing and more information, visit Knox.ArmyMWR.com
A new bourbon centric event is coming to Elizabethtown.
The State Theater Wesbanco Gallery will be hosting a bourbon tasting program tomorrow. The event features the Bardstown Bourbon Company and Master Distiller Steve Nally. He will present bourbon recipes as well as bourbon-focused food pairings.
Also showing up is the Board & You, a restaurant that has plans of hitting the Elizabethtown restaurant scene in 2022.
For more information and to purchase tickets, simply call the state theater or visit the state theater’s Facebook page.
The search for a kayaker who went missing Tuesday afternoon is over.
First responders received a call at 3:43 Tuesday afternoon in reference to a kayaker in distress. The area was thoroughly searched upon their arrival but the kayaker was not initially located.
At approximately 3:24 Wednesday afternoon, the body was located in approximately 20′ of water deceased. The deceased has been identified as 19-year-old Kenneth Robertson, a Hardin County resident.
A CSX train carrying plastic pellets derailed in Colesburg last night around 8 p.m. According to CSX, there were 7 rail cars that derailed. They were not carrying hazardous material.
Officials from the city of Elizabethtown reported that I-65 was shut down in both directions between exits 91 and 105 just before 9 p.m. The roadway was closed for about an hour.
CSX states that they are focused on rebuilding the tracks and are working closely with local authorities. The cause of the derailment is still under investigation.
A Kayaker has gone missing at Freeman Lake. Reports say authorities responded to an adult male that was in distress yesterday afternoon. First responders were not able to locate the body. Freeman Lake is closed to the public until further notice.