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Hardin County Schools Community Relations Specialist John Wright says the district takes any possible threat to school safety seriously. “You never obviously want to have to go through anything like a threat to a building or, you know, God forbid a shooter or anything of the sort, but you have plans for those,” Wright said. “We have plans for every event, every tragedy or emergency that could happen.” Those plans were […]

The Hodgenville Police Department is striving to educate parents after a recent uptick in cases involving “sextortion.” “We are going to go live via Zoom on Monday (March 25) at 7 p.m., and what we’re going to do is we’re just gonna talk about: ‘What is extortion? How can I try to keep my kids safer? What do I do if it happens to me or my kids?’” said Hodgenville Police Chief […]

The deadline to register for the winter Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program is approaching. Registration for winter LIHEAP subsidies runs from now through March 31 or until funds are depleted. “It covers heating, so it will cover electric, gas, propane, kerosene, and wood, however you heat,” LaRue County Community Action Coordinator Renna Miller said. “It’s income based, so depending on their income and how many people they have in their household.”  Applicants […]

Students have returned to class and school activities at Rineyville Elementary School after a threat was made against the building this morning. “We received a threat somewhere before 10 a.m., just a threat to the building, and so we immediately contacted law enforcement,” said Hardin County Schools Community Relations Specialist John Wright. “The Kentucky State Police and the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office have looked through the building, they have looked […]

A Bullitt County man was sentenced to two years and nine months in federal prison this week on a felony weapon charge. Following his jail time, James Nott will serve three years of supervised release. Nott was convicted for Illegally Possessing a Firearm after Having Been Convicted of a Felony Offense. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky says Nott was found to be in possession of an […]

Hosparus Health affiliate Care Guide Partners will be hosting a community open house at its new William B. and Janet B. Schmidt PACE Center, located at 109 Buffalo Creek Drive in Elizabethtown. Care Guide Partners says the open house will be an opportunity to share more information on the mission of PACE and to offer tours of the facility. When discussing the PACE Center at the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce’s […]

Bourbon consumers should be advised of ongoing scam attempts targeting the area. The Better Business Bureau serving Greater Kentucky and South Central Indiana says local consumers have reported websites that appear to be legitimate and claim to offer high-end beverages such as bourbon and wine at low prices, but the deal turns out to be too good to be true.  Consumers have reported after making a purchase products were not received, consumers […]