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Kentucky’s unemployment rate in June was very slightly down from where it was the year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state unemployment average for June was 4.9 percent. That is down a tick from both May of this year and June of 2024 when the average was reported at 5 percent. Kentucky’s unemployment average came in higher in June than the national unemployment rate, which the U.S. Department of […]

American Legion Post 113 invites the public to help raise awareness for veteran suicide prevention during their Be the One Walk, which will be taking place this Saturday in Elizabethtown. “The distance of the walk is 2.2 miles,” said Tom Folsom with the Legion post.” We’ll leave the Southeast Christian Church and we’ll walk to the traffic circle and back, and it comes out to be 2.2 miles which represents the […]

The American Red Cross is in need of donations of all types of blood, with an emergency need for Type O donations. According to the Red Cross, someone in the United States needs blood and/or platelets every two seconds, with approximately 29,000 units of red blood cells needed every day. Red Cross Account Manager Tammy Ritchie says the summer months tend to see a strain on the blood supply as […]

One of the men convicted in the Crystal Rogers investigation is requesting a new trial. Attorneys for Joseph Lawson, who on July 8 was found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence for his role in the disappearance of Rogers, filed a “Motion for the Judgement Notwithstanding the Verdict, or In the Alternative, Motion for a New Trial” with the Nelson Circuit Court Monday. Lawson’s attorneys argue […]

The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in Nelson County Monday. According to KSP Post Four, at around 3 p.m. on July 14 Nelson County Dispatch requested troopers investigate a two-vehicle collision near the intersection of Boston Road and Bennett Lane. The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that 77-year-old Laura Gilpin of Bardstown was operating a westbound vehicle on Boston Road when for unknown reasons […]

There is still time for kids, teens, and adults to participate in the Hardin County Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, which runs now through July 26. The theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program is “Color Our World”, which focuses on the arts. Check the library’s calendar for events related to the Summer Reading Program. HCPL Children’s Librarian Amy Rivera says the goal of the Summer Reading Program is “to encourage literacy […]

The Radcliff City Council met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The council approved zoning map amendments for three parcels of property located on the south side of Chandler Avenue between Jones and Waterfield streets. The properties are being rezoned from R-7 (Manufactured Homes) to R-4 (High-Density Single Family and Duplex). Council Member Jerry Brown said the owners of the property will be constructing buildings using 3D printing, and he […]

New Highland Elementary School will begin the new school year under new leadership. Hardin County Schools has announced that Dr. Melissa McDaniel has been named principal at New Highland. McDaniel replaces Chalis Packer, who retired as principal at the end of the previous school year. A 1997 North Hardin High School graduate, McDaniel earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky, a master’s degree from Georgetown College, and her principal […]