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The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The fiscal court approved property tax rates for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. “The real estate tax rate of 10.8 cents per each $100 of assessed value, the personal property, business inventory, non-Kentucky-registered watercraft and aircraft rate of 12.3 cents per $100 of assessed value, and then the motor vehicle and watercraft tax rate of 11.5 cents on each […]

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College President and CEO Dr. Juston Pate said during the college’s community breakfast Tuesday that ECTC is progressing in its mission of being a “3.0 community college,” which means students are not attending just to get the so-called “basics.” “Maybe it’s the first two years of a four, five, or six year degree, or maybe it’s one year and going into the workforce in a high-wage, high-demand […]

The Hardin County Clerk’s Office has announced an initiative to assist mobility-impaired voters by making a wheelchair available at all county voting locations. “We have come up with an idea of utilizing wheelchairs and some assistance so that walk from your handicap-accessible parking place to the poll booth is going to be a whole lot easier for folks,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. The clerk’s office is asking residents with […]

A man is in custody after an investigation into a shots fired call in downtown Elizabethtown. Deadrick Jackson of Elizabethtown is currently incarcerated in the Hardin County Detention Center following his arrest Sunday. According to the Elizabethtown Police Department, on August 24 officers responded to the Cherry Alley parking lot off of North Main Street to follow up on a shots-fired call initially reported at around 3:30 a.m. Responding officers […]

Work is progressing on the dual roundabout interchange along U.S. 62 at the U.S. 31W Bypass in Elizabethtown, with the next phase of traffic changes going into effect Tuesday. According to Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four, the ramp from the northbound bypass lanes to U.S. 62 will be closed along with the U.S. 62 ramp onto the bypass northbound. One-lane traffic in each direction will continue on U.S. 62. The […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for a special meeting Monday. After a brief closed session, the council approved a municipal order authorizing the transfer of property in a purchase agreement with 117 Properties LLC “for the transfer of 2.889 acres of properties along South Main Street and College Street to the city and the sale and lease agreement of the property at 200 West Dixie Avenue to 117 Properties LLC.” […]

Unemployment rates across much of the Lincoln Trail District ticked slightly higher in July. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates decreased in 73 counties, rose in 35 counties, and stayed the same in 12 counties when comparing July 2025 with July 2024. The state unemployment average for July was 5.6 percent. That’s an increase from the 4.9 percent average in June, but it is down slightly from the […]