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The Kentucky State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division will be targeting unsafe driving behavior that can lead to crashes involving commercial vehicles and passenger cars as they participate in Operation SafeDRIVE this week. The “DRIVE” in Operation SafeDRIVE stands for “Distracted Reckless Impaired Visibility Enforcement.” The KSP will be participating in the national law enforcement effort Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. KSP commercial vehicle inspectors will open scale facilities to ensure commercial drivers […]

Two juveniles are in custody after attempting to break into vehicles in Elizabethtown. Hardin County Sheriff John Ward says deputies received a call at around 4:30 a.m. Saturday regarding a group of suspicious individuals attempting to break into parked cars in the Tunnel Hill Road area. “When they arrived, they noticed two vehicles that matched the description, and when they made contact, the vehicles fled,” Ward said. “At the time they […]

David Taylor says he and his wife Tonya were not necessarily interested in running a bowling alley when they took over B & B Lanes three years ago. “I had a desire to own it, but not to run it, but when my brother stepped down, it was time for me to step up, and it has been a chapter in my life that I couldn’t be more happier to […]

Area business, government, and community members were in Leitchfield Friday to celebrate two efforts to help revive the downtown public square. The Grayson County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting for Elmore’s Big 7 Furniture, located at 32 Public Square in Leitchfield. Shortly after that, the crowd went across the square to the Alice Theatre for a ribbon cutting celebrating the re-opening of the theatre and the Alexander Hotel. Robin Elmore […]

Special Prosecutor Shane Young responded to the recent filings made by the suspects charged in the Crystal Rogers investigation. Attorneys for Brooks Houck filed an objection to the special prosecutor’s motion to try Houck, Steven Lawson, and Joseph Lawson in the same trial, with attorneys for the Lawsons joining the objection. Houck’s attorneys stated that Houck could not get a fair trial as trying the three together would take away his […]

A Tennessee man is dead following a wrong-way collision on Interstate 65 near Elizabethtown. “The Kentucky State Police investigated a two-vehicle collision on Interstate 65 near Elizabethtown on Wednesday around 10:59 p.m.,” said Sergeant Jason Morris with the Kentucky State Police Commercial Enforcement Division. “The preliminary investigation indicates a 2016 Lexus being operated by 50-year-old Jeffrey Simonton of Clarksville, Tennessee, was traveling north on I-65 in the southbound lanes. A 2019 Volvo […]

The City of Vine Grove is asking for your help supporting area students. “We are going to do a back to school bash at our First Friday in August, and we’re going to combine the two and we are collecting school supplies to be given out that night,” said Vine Grove Mayor Pam Ogden. The city is partnering with several organizations to help support the school supply drive, but donations of any […]

Governor Andy Beshear announced the awarding of more than $9 million in recycling program grants this week, and several local governments are among the recipients.  The funding will support 73 projects across the commonwealth to support the expansion of recycling, the reduction of the amount of solid waste going into landfills, and improved handling of household hazardous waste. The recycling program awards funds through three programs. Recycling grants provide funds […]