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Voter registration in Kentucky saw another surge in December. The Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office says more than 6,500 Kentuckians registered to vote in the month of December. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, Republican registration in December increased by 5,690 voters, and independent or other registration increased by 1,018. Democratic registration decreased by 4,580 voters. Republican registration makes up 48 percent of the state electorate, Democratic registration makes up 41 […]

Visitors to the Hardin County Justice Center looking for the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office will find it has been temporarily relocated. Due to construction at the justice center, the clerk’s office service windows are now in the former driver’s license area on the first floor, past the elevators and beyond the first hallway on the right. Patron services are located in the lobby outside the clerk’s office across from the […]

Warm Blessings Community Kitchen board member Diana Leathers says following the death of executive director Dawn Cash in December the board began taking actions to move the organization forward. “There was a week that was already planned to be closed, and then we knew that with Dawn’s passing we needed to work out some details and understand what the situation was going to be going forward, and to give staff […]

In their first full year serving five counties, CASA of the Heartland Executive Director Michelle Kail says the organization and its volunteers put in the effort to meet growing demands. “Within that year, we were able to serve 312 children with 108 CASA volunteers, and we had several case closures throughout the year, kiddos who were able to achieve permanency, so we had some really great successes,” Kail said. Part of that […]

Funding approved by the state for railroad safety and infrastructure improvements includes work on rail lines in area counties. During Thursday’s Team Kentucky Update, Governor Andy Beshear announced the awarding of nearly $3 million in grant funds to railroads and local governments, financing nine projects in seven counties. According to a release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, among the announced grant awards is $1.6 million in Rail Crossing Improvement Grants. These improvements […]

The Elizabethtown Police Department is actively investigating two weekend incidents. During a press conference at the EPD Sunday, EPD Public Affairs Officer Chris Denham said officers responded to the parking lot of the Elizabethtown Lowe’s shortly after 2:30 a.m. on January 11 after receiving a call that a female had been shot in the chest. Upon arrival, officers found 21-year-old Bryan Harbison of McDaniels administering CPR to a female victim. The […]