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The United Way of Central Kentucky recently distributed $5,000 in mini-grants to two area organizations. The United Way made a $3,000 donation to the Elizabethtown Police Department and a $2,000 donation to Fort Knox Alphas – Omicron Nu Lambda. According to the United Way, the EPD donation “will support crime victims in Elizabethtown with emergency needs such as food, shelter, personal care items, clothing, transportation assistance, and animal boarding.” The […]

Baptist Health Hardin invites area residents to a special presentation at the Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center Wednesday evening. “It’s a simulation, a reenactment of a true story that happened here locally to a teen in our community,” said Kim Medley with BHH. “Their family has shared their story and so it’s basically a reenactment followed by a question and answer session from local experts in our community.” No […]

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is alerting drivers to possible delays on Interstate 65 in Bullitt County related to blasting. Permitted blasting operations for a private development will result in rolling roadblocks on Interstate 65 beginning November 17. According to KYTC District Five, blasting operations will take place in the area adjacent to mile marker 119.4 near the Airport South Logistics Buildings on Ferguson Lane. The blasting will occur daily from […]

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a deadly plane crash that took place at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Tuesday. “At approximately 5:14 p.m. Eastern time tonight, UPS Flight 2976 from Louisville, Ky., to Honolulu, HI, an MD-11 with three crew members on board, was involved in a catastrophic crash here in Louisville adjacent to our airport,” said Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear during a media update Tuesday evening. […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday. The council approved a bid from Dirt Works Unlimited for the outdoor music venue sewer extension project, with the bid coming in at $585,345. The council also approved a bid from BCD Inc. for the Freeman Lake Park north end restroom project. That bid came in at $428,100. “It’s on the northern end of Freeman Lake Park, where we […]

Registration is open for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program fall subsidy. If you live in a Kentucky household and are responsible for your home’s cooling costs, you may be eligible for assistance through the LIHEAP program. The enrollment period runs now through December 12. According to the Central Kentucky Community Action Council, income eligibility for the program is up to and including 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. […]

More than 4,200 law enforcement agencies across the county joined the Drug Enforcement Agency for the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 25. The DEA says more than 571,000 pounds of unneeded and expired medications were removed from home medicine cabinets for safe disposal during the October 25 Take Back Day, which saw participation at more than 4,300 collection sites nationwide. In the Louisville Division, which includes […]