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Hardin County Schools will be partnering with several area agencies to present an assembly on the dangers of drug overdoses. “It’ll be an opportunity for our community, our parents, our families to see that obviously drug use and the abuse of it is not the proper thing to do,” said HCS Community Relations Specialist John Wright. “It can impact so many lives when things go wrong, and so this will really […]

The judge in the cases of the Crystal Rogers investigation suspects has ordered for a separate trial for one of the defendants.  Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III ordered Tuesday that Steven Lawson will be tried separately while the trials for Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson shall be consolidated. Simms said in the order that while the prosecution intends to introduce Steven Lawson’s grand jury testimony and redact Joseph Lawson and […]

The polls are open, and voters have until 6 p.m. local time to cast their ballot in the 2024 general election. The Associated Press reports that about 77 million Americans cast early ballots in this year’s election, with several states seeing record numbers. Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith described the early voting turnout in Hardin County as “staggering.” “We voted over the course of three days early voting,” Smith said. “We […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday. The first reading was held on an amendment ordinance for the city’s zoning ordinance. Reading from the ordinance, City Attorney Ken Howard said the ordinance adds provisions for medical cannabis. “Definitions for the various use types, the zoning districts where the various uses will be permitted, special provisions for spacing of uses, and hours of operation and parking standards,” […]

Hardin District Court Division III provided an update on two cases involving solar energy that are working their way through the court. According to a release from the court, the court last week dismissed a complaint from CPV Stonecrop Solar LLC against the Hardin County Planning and Development Commission. Stonecrop requested a declaratory judgment that their proposed “agrivolatics” operation should receive zoning as an agricultural use, while also arguing their proposed […]

More than 15,000 Hardin County residents took advantage of in-person early voting opportunities ahead of the November 5 general election. The Hardin County Clerk’s Office says after more than 4,800 early in-person no-excuse ballots were cast on both Friday and Saturday, the grand total for in-person no-excuse absentee voting was 13,887, with 8,118 ballots cast at the main clerk’s office in Elizabethtown and 5,769 cast at the Colvin Community Center in […]

Area residents in need of financial assistance for heating their homes can, beginning Tuesday, apply for the fall Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program’s subsidy. “The LIHEAP program is a program that helps right now with the electric,” said Hardin County Community Action Coordinator Julie Arney. “You cannot be disconnected. You have to be current, and we can help people that need assistance.” Registration for the fall runs from November 5 through […]

CASA of the Heartland recently received a grant to support their efforts as they expand their services to three more counties. The organization was awarded a $33,665 Volunteer Recruitment Grant from the National Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian ad litem Association for Children. According to a release, the grant will allow CASA of the Heartland “to strengthen its efforts to recruit additional volunteers, enabling the program to increase the number of children […]

Hardin County communities have several special events happening this weekend. The City of Vine Grove will be hosting their Veterans Day parade this Saturday. “That is the most important event that we do in Vine Grove, in my eyes, it is,” said Vine Grove Mayor Pam Ogden. “We are thanking our veterans. Our parade starts at 10 a.m. If you want to join us in the lineup, just talk to me and […]

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials have scheduled a public meeting to discuss the recent implementation of a chronic wasting disease surveillance zone after the disease was discovered on a farm in Breckinridge County. KFW will host that meeting at the Breckinridge County Cooperative Extension Office, located at 1377 South Highway 261 in Hardinsburg, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 7. During a special meeting of the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife […]