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CASA of the Heartland Executive Director Michelle Kail says if she had to pick one word for the organization in 2024, it is “growth.” “At the start of 2024, we were serving in two counties,” Kail said. “We had picked up LaRue County as part of our service area in August of 2023, and then in 2024 we picked up three additional counties to include Meade, Breckinridge, and Grayson counties.” Kail […]

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 […]