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The Elizabethtown City Council met for their final meeting of 2024 Monday evening. Heather Cochran with RFH-PLLC reported to the council on the city’s annual audit. Cochran said the final report is waiting on some tourism numbers, but the city is looking at a “clean opinion” for their operations in 2024. “It says, in our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects,” Cochran said. “So, I […]

The results of the second Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Dispensary License Lottery were announced at the Kentucky Lottery Corporation’s office Monday. Following the initial draw on November 26, Monday’s draw awarded four licenses each to the Kentuckiana and Bluegrass regions. Excluded from those draws were Jefferson and Fayette counties, for which two licenses each were awarded. The businesses that submitted for the lottery were required to submit their application and pay […]

Kentucky saw a wave of new voter registrations following the 2024 General Election. The Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office says 17,056 Kentuckians registered to vote following the re-opening of registration after the November 5 election. That number includes 2,470 registrations that were made while the voter rolls were closed from October 11 through Election Day. The Secretary of State’s Office says 9,901 voters were removed from the rolls in November. This includes […]

Seven teams representing area schools on Thursday competed in Altec’s fifth-annual Innovation Challenge, an event which the company says “encourages creativity and critical thinking by combining science, technology, engineering, and math in a student-driven, project based competition.” The teams were tasked with developing solutions for real-world problems, with the winning team awarded $10,000 to implement their project in the spring of 2025. A team of Elizabethtown High School students took home […]

With the drop in temperature that comes with winter weather, fire officials are reminding residents to have safety in mind as they heat their homes. “With space heaters, make sure you’re keeping them three feet away from everything, preferably with a tip-over protection so that if they get knocked over by a child or a pet that they’ll shut off automatically, and make sure you’re plugging those space heaters right […]

After nearly four decades, an area gym will be closing its doors. In a letter to members that was published on the gym’s Facebook page, the owners of E-Town Swim and Fitness Center announced that the facility will be closing on December 31. The letter says that over the past six years ownership has worked to maintain “affordable, family-friendly, all-inclusive fitness experiences.” The owners cited shifting dynamics in the fitness […]