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Current eighth graders heading to Central Hardin High School for ninth grade next school year will be attending classes at a satellite campus. “Near the beginning of this school year, we shared, through multiple channels, videos and letters to eighth grade families, so current eighth graders, that when those current eighth graders become Central Hardin High School freshmen, that they may have to relocate to a satellite campus in their […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The court approved on second reading the county’s ordinance for the certification of recovery residences in the county, which is modeled after the ordinance recently approved by the City of Elizabethtown. “This ordinance will go into effect, if we approve it today, go into effect July 1, 2024,” said Hardin County Judge-Executive Keith Taul. “We also, at […]

One person is dead following a crash in Hardin County. The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office says at approximately 7:20 a.m. Tuesday deputies responded to the 1600 block of North Pleasant Hill Road following a reported multi-vehicle accident. The preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle driven by Destiny McClawley of Upton was traveling west on Pleasant Hill Road when the vehicle went left of center, striking an eastbound vehicle operated by Taylor […]

Kentucky Tenth District Senator Matt Deneen says he feels good about the progress that has been made as the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2024 session is now past the halfway point. “I think the session has moved at a steady pace,” Deneen said. “We are actually picking the pace up here in this week and the coming weeks, of course, as we now have the budget from the House, and we […]

The Elizabethtown City Council heard two presentations during their work session Tuesday. Silverleaf Sexual Trauma Recovery Services Executive Director Dr. Jillian Carden provided an update on some of the organization’s activities in 2023. Carden discussed the results of the Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Abuse Involvement Test which received 66 responses from adult participants in the organization’s services. Carden said the organization did not previously have strong data on substance abuse. “We […]

A multi-state law enforcement effort contributed to the arrest of a LaRue County man. Alan “Brent” French of Upton was arrested Friday on an outstanding warrant for first degree Incest, first degree Sodomy, and first degree Sexual Abuse. The Hodgenville Police Department says their officers were made aware of allegations of a possible abuse case in January involving the 59-year-old French and two juvenile females, a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old. Charges were […]

A Campbellsville University student is dead after being found unresponsive in his dorm room early Saturday morning, and a fellow student is in custody. The Campbellsville Police Department says that a male student, later identified as 18-year-old Josiah M. Kilman, was found unresponsive in his dorm room at around 12:43 a.m. Saturday, and was pronounced dead by the Taylor County Coroner’s Office after being transferred to Taylor Regional Hospital. The […]

Kentucky Second District Congressman Brett Guthrie is himself a graduate of West Point, so he said it was an honor to present Elizabethtown High School Senior Sydney Braeger Friday with her official appointment to the United States Military Academy. Braeger said she is grateful for the opportunity and grateful for the people in her life. “I wouldn’t be where I am right now without support from the school, support from my friends, […]

Apothecare Pharmacies owner Gary Hamm said he thought it was important for customers and consumers alike that he and members of his team reach out to area representatives and senators during Pharmacists Day in Frankfort last week to discuss State Bill 188, which relates to patient access to pharmacy benefits. Hamm said the bill’s main focus is to keep people from being taken advantage of. “There’s a lot of patient steering […]