Unemployment rates in several Lincoln Trail District counties saw decreases in May. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates decreased in 97 counties, increased in 13 counties, and stayed the same in 10 counties when comparing May 2025 with May 2024. The state unemployment average for May was 4.4 percent. That is the same average seen in April of this year and is down slightly from the 4.6 percent average […]

With the Fourth of July holiday comes fireworks, so if you plan on playing with any pyrotechnics this week make sure you are doing so safely. “Make sure you’re away from buildings, vehicles, things like that,” said Radcliff Deputy Fire Marshal Tommy Crane. “Make sure you have some water available. Make sure that only adults, grown-ups are lighting the fireworks, not children.” Make sure you are properly lighting fireworks on a […]

The trial of Crystal Rogers investigation suspects Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson continued at the Warren County Justice Center Thursday morning. The prosecution submitted a recording of the interview former Nelson County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jon Snow, the lead investigator on the case from 2015 to 2019, conducted with Houck at the sheriff’s office on July 8, 2015. In the recording, Houck willingly submitted his cell phone for police to download […]

Drivers in Hardin County should be on the lookout for resurfacing work taking place on U.S. 31W. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four says the work is taking place on a three-mile stretch between KY 313 and KY 1815. Work on milling the old surface will run from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Sunday through friday. “So this is a nighttime work project, and this really does a couple of different things,” […]

The Elizabethtown Police Department is announcing a new partnership aimed at supporting victims of crime. The EPD is partnering with 911 Cell Phone Bank, which it says is “a national organization dedicated to providing emergency communication devices to crime victims.” According to a release from the EPD, the department will be able to distribute communication devices to victims who would otherwise not have access to them. Some devices are limited to 911 […]