94.3 The Wolf

An emergency designation from the United States Department of Agriculture means emergency support is available for farmers impacted by severe drought. The USDA issued the natural disaster designation for counties that suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of D2 (Severe) for eight or more consecutive weeks or D3 (Extreme) or D4 (Exceptional). Primary counties eligible include Breckinridge, Hardin, Hart, LaRue, and Nelson. Contiguous counties that are […]

The American Red Cross says the ongoing national blood supply crisis deepens “an emergency shortage that threatens the availability of lifesaving blood for patients across the country.” “We like to keep at least a three-day supply on hand,” said Red Cross Account Manager Lou Zimmerman. “At one point on Os, we got down to a half-day supply, so basically one-sixth of what we need on hand.” The Red Cross says […]

A former Kentucky State Police Post Four trooper who was in charge of Trooper Island is accused of stealing funds from the youth camp located on Dale Hollow Lake. According to an indictment from Clinton Circuit Court, Jonathan M. Biven was indicted by a grand jury on August 6 on a charge of Class C Felony Theft by Unlawful Taking or Disposition, more than $10,000 but less than $1 million. The indictment […]

The lawyers in the Nicholas Houck Perjury trial have agreed on a new location. The Nelson Circuit Court Clerk’s Office on Tuesday provided an agreed upon order from the 10th Judicial Circuit Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office and Houck’s defense attorney Michael Ferguson, with the sides in agreement to move the November 9 trial to Owenton, KY, located about 80 miles northeast of Bardstown Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III will need […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday. Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director Mike McNutt provided an update on July activity for the animal shelter. “We adopted 49, which was significantly down,” McNutt said. “We returned 34, which was up.” The live release rate at the shelter for July was 93 percent, with the cat live release rate at 96 percent. McNutt said animal […]

The Team Kentucky Stop Scams team is alerting Kentuckians to scams involving jury duty and cryptocurrencies making the rounds again. According to the Stop Scams team, scammers pretending to be a law enforcement officer will call the intended victim and claim that they missed jury duty. They will then direct the victim to pay a fine via a cryptocurrency kiosk to “resolve the situation” but the money instead goes directly […]

Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said the city did not release information on a July 20 fuel spill at the upcoming Elizabethtown Wawa gas station because there was no imminent threat to the public and the incident happened on privately-owned property. “It was under control,” Gregory said. “Our folks did a good job. We’re not the investigating agency. The state is, and we expected the state to cut a press release because […]