94.3 The Wolf

Unemployment rates in the Lincoln Trail District in July trended mostly in line with where they were the year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates decreased in 87 counties, increased in 18, and stayed the same in 15 when comparing July 2026 with July 2025. The state unemployment average for July was 5.1 percent. That’s down from the 5.6 percent average reported in June and the July […]

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Dr. Steven Stack says despite the state seeing more confirmed cases of measles in any year since 1991, the message from health officials remains a simple one. “We urge everyone to get vaccinated,” Stack said. “These vaccines are safe, they are proven, and in fact they led to the United States in the year 2000 being declared as a measles elimination country.” […]

A Kentucky State Police Post Four trooper was recognized by Governor Andy Beshear for his life-saving efforts after a traffic collision near Elizabethtown. Beshear named Trooper Blaine Miller this week’s Team Kentucky All-Star during Thursday’s Team Kentucky Update. On August 14, Miller responded to the scene of a two-vehicle collision near the 87-mile marker on Interstate 65 South. Upon arrival, he found an overturned vehicle that was beginning to catch […]

Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland released data from the latest Map the Meal Gap study, and the numbers show an increase in food insecurity across the organization’s 42-county service area. FAKH Marketing and Communications Manager Manda Barger said 19.2 percent of residents in the service area are food insecure, with the number of food insecure children reaching 27.5 percent. Numbers in Hardin County were below the district average, but above the national […]

Summer still has 26 days left, but it is only 120 days until Christmas, and the Elizabethtown Police Department is beginning their preparations for their annual Shop with a Cop Program. “If you or your business would like to support the program financially, you may contact me, Chris Denham, by calling the Elizabethtown Police Department, or you can drop off or mail a check directly to the police department,” said EPD Public […]

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College will once again Ride the Lightning with financial support from rock band Metallica. ECTC has once again been selected to participate in the Metallica Scholars Initiative, with the college receiving a $15,000 grant “aimed at enhancing student success and career readiness in advanced manufacturing programs.” This is the seventh time ECTC has been selected for the program. According to a release from ECTC, the initiative is supported through […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The court approved an amendment to the county budget on its second reading. Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul said the $1.2 million amendment primarily concerned equipment purchases for Hardin County EMS. The first reading was held on an ordinance which amends four sections of the county’s zoning ordinance. Taul said Hardin County Planning Director Adam King will discuss […]