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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

The City of Elizabethtown Planning and Development Department will host a neighborhood meeting on the North Downtown Master Plan Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Central Avenue Baptist Church. “This is actually the second meeting that we’ve held in this neighborhood,” said City Administrator Ed Poppe at Tuesday’s Elizabethtown City Council meeting. “The first meeting was back in the fall. We got a lot of good public input on […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The council approved a municipal order approving the purchase of 522 Commerce Drive for $25,000. The purchase is part of work on the Commerce Drive Corridor Road Improvement Project. “The city has budgeted funds for the expansion and extension of Commerce Drive from Executive Drive to its terminus at Springfield Road, to include the acquisition of additional public street […]