The Kentucky Blood Center says 400 daily blood donors are needed to maintain a healthy blood supply at local hospitals. At a time where the blood supply is critically low, proactive donations from community drives helps to ensure a healthy blood supply for local procedures such as cancer treatment, trauma surgery, and childbirth, among others. The KBC will be hosting a blood drive at the Baptist Health Hardin auditorium from […]

Details have been announced on the arrival, procession, and funeral services for Staff Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, the 26-year-old Glendale soldier who died on March 8 from wounds sustained in an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on March 1. According to a release from the Fort Knox Public Affairs Office, Staff Sgt. Pennington will arrive at the Godman Army Airfield at Fort Knox at 1 p.m. on Friday, March […]

Breckinridge County Schools Superintendent Dr. Nick Carter said seeing the groundbreaking for the new Breckinridge County Middle School earlier this month was an exciting moment. “You know, we’ve been working for almost six years to get to this day, and it’s been great to see it all come together, so we’re really excited to break ground, and progress is moving, so we’re very hopeful for good weather and to keep moving […]

Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said the city’s annual report, which was released this week, shows the hard work city employees in multiple departments have put into making the city a better place to live. “In the last three years, our overall crime rate has dropped by 23.7 percent,” Gregory said. “I think that’s quite an accomplishment especially that we’re growing like we are. Public Works picked up 952 cubic yards of […]

March is Women’s History Month, and state officials this month published updated numbers on women’s health in Kentucky. Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman, the Kentucky Commission on Women, and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services released a new report on the status of women’s health in the commonwealth. According to a release from the lieutenant governor’s office, the report was developed in partnership with the Division of Women’s Health at […]