WULF News Elizabethtown City Council recognizes employees and firefighters The Elizabethtown City Council met for a work session Monday evening. Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said the city recognized new hires and longtime employees during a breakfast last week. Gregory made note at the meeting of employees who recently hit major employment milestones. “We had four people that hit the 20-year mark this month: Pat Jelinek from Public Works, Kim Bell from Gas, Nathaniel Gardner from Fire, and Melissa Harrell-Nepi from Administration,” Gregory said. “The 25 year mark, Police Officer Billy Boling. […] todayFebruary 24, 2026
WULF News Deadline for CKCAC Community Needs Assessment this week There is still time this week to provide the Central Kentucky Community Action Council with input for their 2026 Community Needs Assessment. “The Community Needs Assessment is the first phase of our strategic planning cycle,” said CKCAC Executive Director Bryan Conover. “It allows us to ground our work in data and direct community input, ensuring we implement services that truly lift families out of poverty and toward self-sufficiency.” According to the council, the needs assessment helps the organization ensure its programs […] todayFebruary 24, 2026
WULF News KCC job fairs in Elizabethtown and Hardinsburg coming up this week Kentucky Career Center – Lincoln Trail invites job seekers and employers to two more job fairs happening this week. The Hardin County Job Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesday at Severns Valley Baptist Church. The Breckinridge County Job and Resource Fair, which will be held in conjunction with Breckinridge County Economic Development and the Breckinridge County Chamber of Commerce, will run from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Breckinridge County Public Library in Hardinsburg. […] todayFebruary 23, 2026
WULF News Guthrie accepting submissions for annual student art competition Kentucky Second District Congressman Brett Guthrie is inviting students to submit for the district’s annual Congressional Art Competition. According to a release from Guthrie’s office, student submissions from the Second District “will be judged by an independent and local panel of art professors from colleges and universities and professional artists.” The winning entry will be featured in the U.S. Capitol Building while the second and third place entries will be displayed in Guthrie’s offices in Washington D.C. and Bowling Green. […] todayFebruary 23, 2026
WULF News More traffic impacts for I-65 project prep work coming this week The upcoming closure of Interstate 65 in Louisville is now less than 100 days away, and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Five says more traffic impacts are coming this week to prepare for construction and the planned detour route. KYTC District Five says I-65 South will be reduced to one lane just south of the I-64/I-65/I-71 interchange from 7 p.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday, after which the highway will reopen to two lanes during daylight hours. Beginning Wednesday, I-65 will be […] todayFebruary 23, 2026
WULF News Elizabethtown Tourism celebrates new home and E-Town history with children’s book Elizabethtown Tourism Director of Marketing Krysta Souleyrette says when the organization moved their office to 201 North Main Street, they wanted to celebrate the history of their new home. “Whenever we moved into the home, it was listed as David May House on the Historic Registry,” Souleyrette said. “We didn’t know who David May was. We looked it up, and his story was so unique, and so we really wanted to share that with the community.” Souleyrette came up with the […] todayFebruary 20, 2026
WULF News LTADD reminding family caregivers of available services on National Caregivers Day February 20 is National Caregivers Day, an opportunity to recognize the dedication and hard work of those who care for patients in homes, hospice programs, and long-term care facilities. The Lincoln Trail Area Development District says the day is also an opportunity to celebrate the dedication of family caregivers. “Providing care for a loved one is a rewarding yet demanding journey, and LTADD is committed to ensuring no one has to do it alone,” said LTADD Older Americans Director Tabitha […] todayFebruary 20, 2026
WULF News Defense points to Caudill’s mental health history in asking for removal of death penalty consideration Lawyers for Dustin Caudill, the Elizabethtown man accused of shooting and killing two men and then setting the Henon Lane residence they were in on fire in October 2024, made their case for the removal of death penalty consideration in Caudill’s upcoming murder trial. The defense called two witnesses during a hearing in Hardin Circuit Court Wednesday. The first was Dr. Jean Hinkebein, who is currently a military psychologist at Fort Campbell. Hinkebien testified that she was Caudill’s therapist at the Central […] todayFebruary 19, 2026
WULF News Elizabethtown High School student named state runner-up in poetry contest Elizabethtown High School senior Rush Clagett says he had never had much of an interest in poetry prior to his class’s involvement in the Kentucky Poetry Out Loud competition. “I did a competition inside my classroom and I did well in that, and then I won the school-wide competition and I was just like ‘I’ll see how far this goes,’” Clagett said. “I’ve never really done anything poetry-related before so it was really interesting and challenging.” The journey eventually took Clagett to […] todayFebruary 19, 2026
