WULF News

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday. Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director Mike McNutt reported that during the month of September the animal shelter adopted out 52 dogs, returned 37 to owners, and euthanized 15. McNutt said the hard work of the animal control officers can be seen. “The return to owner rate is at 30 percent,” McNutt said. “That’s the highest it’s […]

Attorneys for Penney Property Sub Holdings LLC, which owns the Elizabethtown JCPenney, and for Linnick Investments LLC, which owns the Towne Mall, were in Hardin Circuit Court Tuesday morning. Zachary VanVactor with Stites and Harbison PLLC, representing Penney Property Sub Holdings, asked the court for a hearing on a temporary injunction along with an emergency restraining order to stop work on renovations at the Towne Mall property. VanVactor said the change […]

The trials for the three men charged in the Crystal Rogers investigation are officially moving out of Nelson County. Nelson Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III issued an order Monday to move the trials of Brooks Houck, Steven Lawson, and Joseph Lawson to Warren County. According to the order, the defense attorneys for Houck and the Lawsons along with the special prosecutors agreed that the jury trial could be conducted in […]

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has several resurfacing projects under way in Hardin County this week. KYTC District Four says flaggers will direct traffic around milling and paving operations on North Mulberry Street from just east of Elizabethtown High School to Ring Road. Operations will run daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Saturday. Work is also taking place on North Miles Road from just north of Pear Orchard Road to […]

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, in partnership with HealthForce Kentucky, is expanding its Diagnostic Medicine Sonography Program to Owensboro Community and Technical College. “There is so much growth in the healthcare workforce in Kentucky, and we just think this is a really great example of two colleges within the KCTCS system being able to work together to give students more options and more opportunities to strengthen Kentucky’s workforce even further, especially […]

Fire officials are reminding residents to be prepared as Fire Prevention Month is observed in October, with Fire Prevention Week observed now through October 12. “The work we’re doing in making people aware of fire safety and things like that, it is working,” said Radcliff Deputy Fire Marshal Tommy Crane. “Our statistics, if you look back to 1977, show 7,395 people died in fires. In 2021, it was 3,800 in residential […]

Kentucky officials are expressing their appreciation for former State Senator Elizabeth Tori, who died Wednesday, October 2 at the age of 91. “She was a true powerhouse,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. “I think she was an example to all of us in public service. I think she was an example to strong women in public service. She truly was unique. I was a very young congressional staffer […]

Crystal Rogers investigation suspects Joseph Lawson and Steven Lawson were back in court Friday.  Attorneys for Steven Lawson told Nelson Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III that their client will not be waiving evidentiary protections, meaning recordings of Lawson’s interviews with investigators during the plea process will be admissible in Lawson’s trial. Grand jury testimony from Lawson, however, will be permitted. The trial for the Lawsons and fellow suspect Brooks Houck […]

The Level One Drought declaration for Kentucky has been removed. The Office of the State Climatologist and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet say several days of rain brought by the remnants of Hurricane Helene allowed for water to infiltrate into the soil column and return soil moisture to pre-summer levels. The precipitation also eliminated rain deficits and returned streamflows to normal levels. While the drought declaration has been lifted, Kentuckians are […]