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The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday. The first reading of the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget was held and approved. The budget, which was revised after Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul’s initial presentation and three meetings of the county’s Finance Committee, proposes total revenues and appropriations of $59,814,655. “We all discussed it,” said Fourth District Magistrate and Finance Committee Chair Fred Clem. “I think everybody expressed themselves […]

Voter registration in Kentucky in April was described as “flat.” The Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office says 5,423 new voter registrations were logged in April, while 4,824 voters were removed, a net gain of only 599 voters. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, of the registrations that were removed from the rolls 3,279 were for deceased voters, 620 were for felony convicts, and 487 moved out of state. Republican registration increased […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday. The first reading was held on an ordinance that amends the zoning for 1377 Hutcherson Lane from Future Development Holding to Agribusiness, and on an ordinance that amends the zoning of 110 East Memorial Drive from High-Density Residential (R-6) to Neighborhood Office (C-1). The council also approved a municipal order that adopts the Elizabethtown Planning Commission’s recommendation to deny a […]

It’s an event 17 years in the making. The emergence of periodical cicada Brood XIV, nicknamed “the Bourbon Brood,” has begun in Kentucky. “This is a group of cicadas that only comes out every 17 years in our region,” said University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Extension Specialist Blake Newton. “They’re called periodical cicadas, and they’re coming out now, at least in Lexington, Richmond, and points south down to around Tennessee, and […]

Kentucky lawmakers last week introduced a bill to expand Mammoth Cave National Park. Kentucky Second District Congressman Brett Guthrie and Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell on Thursday introduced the Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act, which would allow the park to acquire an additional 551 acres of land from the Nature Conservancy. According to a release from Guthrie’s office, the park, which covers nearly 53,000 acres across Edmonson, Barren, and Hart […]

The Brandenburg Police Department is investigating after human remains were discovered near a residence in the city. According to a release from the BPD, in the afternoon hours on May 10 officers were dispatched by Meade County E-911 to a residence on the 1300 block of Old State Road in Brandenburg “for a family member locating human remains in a field behind their residence.” Units on scene confirmed the presence of human […]

Jason Nelson of Radcliff says when his three-year-old granddaughter Magnolia was eight-months old, her family could see that something wasn’t quite right. “She quit sucking on her bottle,” Nelson said. “At one point, she became stiff, like she couldn’t move her arms or legs, or I should say couldn’t bend them. She just had some really weird symptoms going on. She got really, really sick.” Magnolia was diagnosed with periventricular […]

Nonprofit organizations across the commonwealth are looking for support as Kentucky Gives Day is celebrated on Tuesday. “Kentucky Gives Day is a 24-hour online fundraising event where it brings nonprofits and Kentuckians together for a powerful day of action,” said Central Kentucky Community Foundation Communications Coordinator Erin Hahn. “Our goal is to raise as much money as possible, all through online gifts, throughout that 24 hours.” Hahn says last year’s Kentucky Gives […]