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Just under four years after the September 2021 announcement of the Glendale-based project, BlueOval SK on Tuesday announced that production has officially begun at the Kentucky 1 plant. “In just three short years, we transformed a once empty field in Glendale, Kentucky, into a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for building batteries for the EV industry,” said BlueOval SK CEO Michael Adams in audio provided by the company. “Thousands of people’s work went into […]

The Radcliff City Council met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. Neil Crawford with QK4, which provides engineering services for the city, provided an update on the North Logsdon Parkway project. Crawford said work had begun on clearing the land and construction was set to begin in September, but the city was told by the state grant manager to pause all work after the period of performance for the FEMA […]

As the Labor Day holiday approaches, state officials and law enforcement agencies are reminding drivers to “drive sober or get pulled over.” Now through September 1, the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety is joining the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and area law enforcement agencies for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign. According to the KOHS, there were more than 4,000 crashes across Kentucky in 2024 that […]

Sentencing for two men convicted in the Crystal Rogers investigation will have to wait another month. Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson were scheduled to be sentenced in Nelson Circuit Court this Thursday, but an order from Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III issued Monday continued the sentencing hearing to September 17. The order reads: “Unfortunately, the court must continue the final sentencings due to the ongoing serious health issues of […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second meeting of the month Monday. Four ordinances were approved on their second readings. Two amended the zoning of 201 and 202 North Main Street from Neighborhood Office and Urban Residential General to Downtown Mixed Use (C-5). An ordinance approving amendments to the city’s code of ordinances concerning signs was approved, as was an ordinance approving the city’s annexation of 1331 Hayden School Road, with […]

The City of Elizabethtown is gearing up for this weekend’s Heartland Homecoming Parade. “It is one of the largest parades in the state of Kentucky,” Pyles said. “We have over a hundred entries this year made up of floats, walkers, fans, dignitaries, just about anybody you can imagine you’ll probably see them on that Saturday.” That’s City Events Manager Beth Pyles. The parade will step off from Public Square at […]

For the sixth straight year, the band that brought you “Master of Puppets” is bringing support for Elizabethtown Community and Technical College students. ECTC has once again earned a place in the Metallica Scholars Initiative. According to a release from the college, the legendary rock band’s All Within My Hands non-profit recently announced the 75 colleges for the seventh year of the program. With a grant of about $3 million, the Metallica […]