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The National Weather Service in Louisville has confirmed at least eight tornadoes touched down as part of the severe weather across the area Tuesday. NWS Louisville Meteorologist John Bumgardner says one of the first touch downs was in Fort Knox. “Looks like that one touched down around 4:03 p.m. and spun up pretty fast,” Bumgardner said. “It was kind of embedded in a line. We actually saw that one on radar, […]

A Kentucky soldier killed in action during World War II will be laid to rest in radcliff. U.S. Army Private Mike R. McDowell enlisted in the Army from Kentucky, and served in Company B, 1st Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), known as “Merrill’s Marauders”, in the China-Burma-India Theater. McDowell was declared killed in action during the Battle of Myitkyina in Burma in July of 1944. The U.S. Army Human Resources […]

Human remains found in Breckinridge County last year have been identified as those of a missing Glen Dean woman. The Breckinridge County Sheriff’s Office says remains found on March 9, 2025, in the Glen Dean area were identified through DNA analysis. The remains were confirmed to belong to 64-year-old Evelyn Blake, who was originally reported missing in July of 2024. The sheriff’s office says Blake’s next of kin were immediately notified […]

Unemployment rates in the Lincoln Trail District in June were higher than the previous month and a year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates increased in 116 counties, decreased in two, and stayed the same in two when comparing June 2026 with June 2025. Hardin County’s unemployment rate for June came in at 6.3 percent. That is an increase from the May rate of 5.7 percent and from June […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday. Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul announced that Hardin County EMS has been awarded nearly $55,000 in grant funding from the Cabinet for Health and Family Service’s Education and Training Modernization Program. “This grant money will be used to update training mannequins for pediatric and adult CPR training, advanced and difficult airway mannequins, and enhanced AV equipment,” Taul said. […]

The Kentucky State Police is participating in a federal enforcement effort involving commercial vehicles. The KSP’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division is participating in Operation SafeDRIVE, which runs through this Saturday. The KSP says the campaign targets unsafe driving behavior that often leads to passenger and commercial vehicle crashes. During Operation SafeDRIVE, KSP officers will patrol major highways, conduct commercial driver safety inspections at scale facilities, and ensure compliance with federal safety […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday. The council approved several municipal orders, including the acceptance of a bid from B.C. Concrete for concrete installation services for sidewalk repairs and the approval of an application for a $2 million grant from the Department of Local Government for the Elizabethtown Nature Park. The transfer of property on Moore Drive to Hardin County Habitat for Humanity was also […]