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The Elizabethtown City Council met for a special meeting Monday. The first reading was held on an ordinance amending the zoning of 204 Jackie Street from Future Development Holding to Urban Residential General (R-4), which would accommodate a new subdivision. Council Member Julia Springsteen said residents had concerns with the narrowness of the road and confusion between where the area goes from city to county management. City Administrator Ed Poppe said the […]

The November 5 general election is just three weeks away, and Kentucky voters who are registered to vote are encouraged to take advantage of the multiple opportunities available to cast their ballot. Voters looking to request an absentee ballot have one more week to do so. “It will be open through October 22,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. “If you will be out of the county all days and […]

The Kentucky Association of School Administrators elected seven new board members this month, with two coming from local school districts. The KASA says the new board members serve in a variety of leadership roles across the state and have demonstrated “a commitment to growing leaders, transforming public education, and shaping students’ futures.” The organization says the new board members bring fresh perspectives and new expertise to the KASA’s mission of improving the […]

Twin Lakes Skatepark Project Chair Casey Keown said about 400 people came out to the Logsdon Valley Park Amphitheatre Saturday for their Rock the Park concert event. “The turnout wasn’t quite what we expected, however, I think everybody that attended was impressed, and I think everybody had a good time,” Keown said. “I know I did.” The Twin Lakes Skatepark Project is looking to raise $750,000 for the construction of a […]

The Lincoln Trail District Health Department is reminding area adults to take advantage of the health department’s adult vaccination program. “You may have heard our advertisements for Take Your Shot, and that’s exactly what we want folks to do,” said Health Department Public Information Officer Melissa Phillips. “As long as you’re 19 or older, you can do this adult vaccination program. We can bill pretty much any kind of insurance: Medicaid, […]

October is Fire Prevention Month, the theme for which in 2024 is “Smoke Alarms: make them work for you!” “Roughly three out of five fire deaths that we’ve had in the past few years, they happen in the homes where there’s no smoke alarms or ones that are not working, so we’ve gone into fires where there’s a smoke alarm but the crew that goes in said ‘I didn’t hear […]

Angel Carman says she has known Breckinridge County’s Braxton Criss’s grandparents Ruth and Gary Brown for years, and she says Braxton is the most cheerful and humble 18-year-old she has ever met. “I go to the grocery store once or twice a week and there was not a time that I would go in there  when he was working that we didn’t carry on a conversation,” Carman said. “He would […]