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The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday. The council approved two municipal orders. The first accepted C and C Portables LLC’s bid for Porta-John services for Elizabethtown Parks and Recreation, valued at $85 per unit. The second authorized the purchase of 501 Commerce Drive for $25,000. Reading from the municipal order, City Attorney Ken Howard said the purchase is part of the city’s efforts to […]

Overdose deaths in Kentucky have seen a reduction for three straight years, something Governor Andy Beshear attributes to expanding access to treatment resources and the efforts of law enforcement to get dangerous drugs off the street. “In 2025, the Kentucky State Police made 5,141 drug-related arrests, holding accountable those who are selling dangerous drugs,” said Beshear during Thursday’s Team Kentucky Update. “The state police also removed more than $18.9 million worth […]

More Kentucky college students are graduating free of debt. The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education says a new report indicates six out of 10 undergraduate students in Kentucky are graduating debt-free, up from four out of 10 students during the 2019-2020 academic year. According to the CPE, 74 percent of community and technical college graduates are debt-free, along with 46 percent of public university graduates. The CPE says: “Significant increases […]

The cause of a fatal fire in Upton Saturday morning is under investigation. Upton Fire and Rescue says units were dispatched following the report of a residential camper fire in the 14700 block of South Dixie Highway in Upton at approximately 8:45 a.m. on January 31. According to a release from the fire department, units were advised while enroute that one occupant was possibly still inside the camper. Units arrived on […]