WULF News

Law enforcement officers and safety personnel from across the area were recognized for their commitment to seat belt and child seat enforcement efforts in Kentucky. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Office of Highway Safety presented the annual Governor's Occupant Protection Enforcement Awards last week, recognizing the efforts of recipients to enforce seat belt laws and educate families on safety practices that help save lives on Kentucky roadways. Area officers recognized during […]

The Jefferson County Clerk’s Office is asking for legal guidance after recent GIS mapping changed the voting registration for multiple residences along the boundary with neighboring counties, including Hardin and Bullitt. Jefferson County Clerk David Yates said the Kentucky State Board of Elections used Kentucky’s Geographic Information System for a statewide review of jurisdictional boundaries and voting districts. Using GIS offers more precision and consistency, and as a result “certain […]

More information has been made available regarding a student injured in a fall at Lincoln Trail Elementary School Monday. Hardin County Schools in a statement on Tuesday said an incident involving a student occurred at the school at approximately 12 p.m. on August 17. HCS said “The school’s administration immediately contacted 911. Emergency personnel arrived and made a decision to request a helicopter to transport the student to seek additional medical […]

July unemployment in Kentucky is mostly in line with from where it was the previous year. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state unemployment average for July was 4.7 percent. That number is unchanged from the rate reported in June, but is up .1 percent from the July 2025 average of 4.6 percent. Kentucky’s unemployment average for July came in above the national unemployment rate, which the U.S. Department of […]

The City of Elizabethtown is excited to welcome residents from E-Town and area communities to the 43rd annual Heartland Homecoming Parade this Saturday. “We celebrate not only Elizabethtown,” said Elizabethtown Events Program Manager Beth Pyles. “It is here in Elizabethtown, but it’s the whole Heartland community as we know it. We are a large county, but I feel like we’re all part of the Heartland. We just make up a […]

The deadline for teachers in Hardin and LaRue Counties to apply for Nolin RECC’s Operation Round-Up Be a Light Teacher Grants is approaching. According to Nolin RECC, certified teachers in kindergarten through 12th grade in Hardin and LaRue counties are welcome to apply. $200 grants will be awarded to forty eligible teachers. Twenty grants will be awarded to elementary school teachers, ten to middle school teachers, and ten to high […]

Two farms from Meade County are receiving recognition from Kentucky Farm Bureau. Kentucky Farm Bureau has named J.T. Barger Farm in Brandenburg and Bickett Farm in Vine Grove as Legacy Farms, recognizing “their long-standing commitment to farming, contributions to the local community, and involvement in KFB.” According to KFB, each County Farm Bureau can nominate three local farms for the honor each year. The Legacy Farm designation is “awarded to […]

Emergency personnel are searching for a missing juvenile in Breckinridge County. The Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Khloe Shank, who was reported as a runaway on August 15. The sheriff’s office describes Shank as a “14-year-old female with a slim build, 5 feet 3 inches tall, and 147 pounds.” She has black hair with red streaks, and was last seen near Ashley Lane […]

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services is confirming an outbreak of measles across five counties, noting more cases have been confirmed in the commonwealth this year than in any year since 1991. The health cabinet says 15 cases of measles have been confirmed in Christian, Owen, Todd, Trigg, and Washington counties in the last four days. That number is expected to increase as the Kentucky Department for Public Health is […]