The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The court approved an ordinance on second reading that amends the 2024-2025 budget. Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul said the amendment facilitates a $1 million Federal Community Development Block Grant for Family Scholar House. District Four Magistrate Fred Clem attempted to motion to reintroduce a resolution drafted by the Hardin County Finance Committee to form “a steering committee […]

Daniel O’Dell says the most important part of documenting the journey of he and his service dog The Fluffy Poodle has been the ability to reach out to the community. “We’ve been lucky enough to share our story for five-plus years to the military and disability community and everybody all around the world, to give them hope and let them know no matter what you’ve been through in the past, you can […]

A Rineyville Elementary School teacher is being recognized by the school district. Rineyville Elementary preschool teacher Jennifer Arnold has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Hardin County Schools WHAS-11 ExCEL Award. According to a release from HCS, Rineyville Elementary Principal Stephanie Breeding says Arnold was recognized for meeting the needs of her students, customizing the way she teachers literacy, math, language, and social and writing skills, her preparation and implementation […]

BlueOval SK External Communications representative Mallory Cooke says the company is excited to get things underway in Glendale. “2,500 jobs at capacity at each plant, battery production on schedule to begin this year,” Cooke said. “We are very excited about that, and as someone who’s been with the company since 2022, this is a big deal, so we’re very excited to begin production later this year.” Cooke and other representatives […]

Elizabethtown Police Chief Jeremy Thompson made a proposal to improve communications abilities for city emergency responders during the Elizabethtown City Council’s work session Monday. Thompson proposed rather than new construction the city partners with Motorola and the Kentucky State Police on their expansion project, which would allow the EPD and the Elizabethtown Fire Department to use the KSP’s upgraded system. Thompson said this would be a significant savings compared to the estimated […]