WULF News

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife has completed its chronic wasting disease surveillance and testing for the commonwealth’s 2024-2025 deer season. KFW says after 9,204 samples from across the state were tested, no new cases of chronic wasting disease were found in wild deer. KFW says about 4,500 of the collected samples came from the the two multi-county CWD detection zones that were established around Ballard County after a wild deer there tested […]

A Hardin County man convicted in the shooting death of his wife received his sentence Tuesday. Jordan Henning of Rineyville will serve 20 years in prison on the charge of First Degree Manslaughter. The jury that convicted Henning in March recommended that sentence, which was confirmed at the May 6 sentencing hearing. Hardin Circuit Judge Larry Ashlock said he was adopting the jury’s recommendation of the maximum sentence based on the “violent […]

UPDATE: After further investigation, the KSP on Wednesday charged Robinson with the following additional charges: Promoting a Minor (Under 16) in a Sex Performance Distribution of Matter Portraying Sex Performance by a Minor Under 12 Possession of Matter Portraying Sexual Performance by a Minor Under 12 Tampering with Physical Evidence Robinson remains incarcerated in the Grayson County Detention Center, where he is being held on a $500,000 cash bond. ___ […]

The preferred alternative for the Northeast Glendale Connector Project has been selected. According to the Glendale Mobility Study’s website at www.glendalestudy.com, a modified version of Alternative Three was selected. The KYTC says “The new connector northeast of town between Mud Splash Road and KY 1136 would be a two-lane road, including a series of roundabouts to calm traffic and provide connectivity to the local roadway network and businesses.” The design includes […]

A Kentucky soldier who was declared missing in action during World War II will be laid to rest in Muhlenberg County Wednesday. The U.S. Army Human Resources Command says U.S. Army PFC Kenneth Dunbar Burgess of Central City will be interred at the Rose Hill Cemetery on May 7. Tuckers Funeral Home will host visitation at 9 a.m. with services at 11 and burial with full military honors to follow. Burgess was […]

A collision in Warren County resulted in the death of a Grayson County couple Friday. Kentucky State Police Post Three says shortly after 6 p.m. on May 2 the Warren County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from troopers with investigating a two-vehicle collision with possible entrapment on the 8,800 block of KY 185. The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle operated by 62-year-old Pamela Hayes of Caneyville was travelling […]

The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a reported scam attempt. The sheriff’s office says several area residents have reported scam text messages claiming to be from Chase Bank. The messages often say there is a payment pending or an account issue and includes a link for the user to log in. The sheriff’s office says these messages are phishing scams meant to steal personal and banking information. If you […]

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Thursday announced that overdose deaths in the state saw a 30.2 percent decrease in 2024 compared to the year prior. “Today now marks the third year in a row that drug overdose deaths in the Commonwealth have declined, and this one is really substantial, and means that more Kentuckians are here with us today, and that all these efforts together, even in a world where the […]

CASA of the Heartland will celebrate local heroes and raise funds and awareness for vulnerable children in the community at their Light the Night Superhero 5K, to be held at the Elizabethtown Sports Park on Friday, May 9. “We feel like our CASA volunteers are heroes within our community, and we’re also going to have some fire trucks and some police cars out there helping us light the night because they […]