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Unemployment rates in the Lincoln Trail District in January saw increases from December, but are down compared to the year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates decreased in all 120 counties when comparing January 2026 with January 2025. The state unemployment average for January was 4.4 percent. That’s up from the 3.5 percent average reported in December and down from the January 2025 average of 5.2 percent. […]

The primary election in Kentucky is coming up on May 19, and if you have not yet registered to vote, time is running out. “Monday is the deadline to register to vote,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. “We want people to go ahead and register to vote if they’ve not already, or update their address and any other changes they want to make. They have until April 20 to […]

Baptist Health Hardin invites the community to take a stand against sexual assault during a special event Friday evening. In observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Baptist Health Hardin Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Forensic Program is hosting the Shine Light on Sexual Assault Awareness Walk, a community walk to raise awareness and show support for survivors. The walk will be held April 17 at the Healing Garden outside the Baptist […]

Tango Charities invites Elizabethtown and Hardin County residents to their “Feed the City” event, to be held Saturday, April 18 at Boombozz Craft Pizza and Taphouse in Elizabethtown. The event begins at 8:30 a.m., with meal assembly taking place from 9 to 11. Every meal assembled will be donated to Warm Blessings Community Kitchen. Participants are asked to bring the supplies necessary to assemble the meal kits during this “open-source” […]

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced during Wednesday’s Team Kentucky Update that the state will be launching a new driver licensing system and online portal. “In June, we will launch the Kentucky Information Network for Driver’s Licensing Computer System, called KINDL for short, to replace the nearly 40-year-old mainframe system we’re using now,” Beshear said. “This secure, easier to maintain system will modernize our driver’s licensing system and provide improved customer […]

Spring is in full swing, and as nature starts to awaken the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is reminding the public to leave young wildlife undisturbed. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife says parent animals often leave their nest or young in a location they consider safe while they forage or hunt. Young animals may appear to have been left alone, but the parent is almost always nearby and will […]

The engineering department at the Lincoln Trail Area Development District recently assisted on the completion of an infrastructure project in LaRue County. According to LTADD, LTADD engineers helped county engineers transform a .94-mile stretch of Wheldon Loop Road using cement stabilization for full-depth reclamation, allowing the county to widen the road to 22 feet to account for heavy industrial and farm vehicle use while keeping it open during construction and […]