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The Hardin County Schools Early College and Career Center Health Occupations Students of America team will be hosting a screening of the documentary Taking Care at the Historic State Theater on Tuesday, February 4 at 6 p.m. HOSA member Harper Robbins said the team is competing in a community awareness event at the Kentucky HOSA State Leadership Conference in March, and the team chose Alzheimer’s and dementia as their focus. “What community awareness is […]

The Stephen Foster Drama Association will be hosting auditions next month for their upcoming summer productions. In-person auditions for The Stephen Foster Story and The Sound of Music will be held Saturday, February 22 at Nelson County High School in Bardstown. The drama association says they look forward to welcoming returning performers and new faces to the amphitheatre at My Old Kentucky Home State Park this summer. Audition time slots are available on a first come, […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday evening. The court approved an ordinance amending the budget for fiscal year 2024-2025. Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul said the main element of the amendment was to facilitate a federal Community Development Block Grant for Family Scholar House. “It’s kind of a pass-through that needed to be dealt with for this grant to come to fruition, so that’s […]

Deer hunters in Kentucky posted a near-record harvest this hunting season, and area residents put up big numbers despite restrictions. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife says hunters harvested 149,868 deer in the hunting season that ended on January 20. That’s the second-highest harvest in the state’s history, trailing only the 2015 season which hit nearly 156,000. The number of antlered deer harvested was 86,071, which at 57.4 percent of the harvest set […]

If you enjoy singing and are looking for a chance to share and practice those talents, the Heart of Kentucky Chorus invites you to their Guest Night, which will be held Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the East Hardin Middle School Band Room. The chorus sings a capella in a variety of styles including barbershop, jazz, gospel, country, and pop. The chorus is open to singers male and female, high […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for a work session Monday evening. City Director of Wastewater Treatment Corey Bond presented to the council on his department’s annual report. Bond said the wastewater treatment plant treated 2.5 billion gallons of water last year, an average of about 7 million gallons a day which puts the facility at about 54 percent operating capacity. As the city prepares for an expansion to the facility […]

The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Grayson County Sunday. KSP Post Four says at around 10:30 a.m. on January 26 the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office requested KSP assistance with the investigation of a single-vehicle collision near the 6000 block of Grayson Springs Road. The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that 36-year-old Jeremy Rigsby of Clarkson was driving a car on Grayson Springs Road […]