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Hardin County Schools is looking for assistance to recognize distinguished alumni.  Applications are now being accepted for the HCS 2025 Class of Distinguished Alumni. According to a release from HCS, nominees must have graduated from any current or former high schools in Hardin County no less than five years ago.  HCS Superintendent Terrie Morgan said in the release: “I encourage our community to nominate a HCS alum who has excelled […]

Elizabethtown Planning and Development Director Joe Reverman says the city began developing proposed residential zoning text amendments after discussions last year with the Elizabethtown Planning Commission about new developments in the area amidst recent growth. “And a lot of that was residential developments that have been seen across the country since the Great Recession,” Reverman said. “There's been a lot of market demand changes since that time, mainly with the […]

Area residents are invited to help address the need for blood and support area first responders during the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive, which will be held at the Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown on Friday, June 20 from noon until 5 p.m. “It's just kind of a friendly competition between our police, fire, and EMS to actually raise awareness about the need for blood and to see how […]

The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education says public colleges and universities in the state made significant gains in undergraduate enrollment and graduation rates last school year. The latest progress report from the KCPE says enrollment in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System in the fall of 2024 was 84,122 students, a 6.8 percent increase from fall of 2023. Undergraduate enrollment at Kentucky public universities was 99,233 students in fall […]

Public comments are still being accepted on the latest update to the Radcliff-Elizabethtown Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Public Involvement Plan. Radcliff-Elizabethtown MPO Coordinator Jake Zimmerer says a Public Involvement Plan update is required every four years. “It's just a brief and not super long, but not super short, plan of what all of our efforts are going to be to involve the public in the transportation planning process over the next […]

The trials of the next two suspects charged in the Crystal Rogers investigation will begin next week at the Warren County Justice Center in Bowling Green. Brooks Houck, who was dating Rogers at the time of her disappearance, was arrested on September 27, 2023 on two charges: one for Murder and one for Tampering with Physical Evidence. The Murder count in Houck’s indictment reads that on July 3 and/or on […]

Don’t forget to head out to the Historic State Theater for their Summer Movie Series, which continues Tuesday afternoon and evening. “We try to make it very affordable for families, and it's great fun,” said Priscilla Scarborough with the City of Elizabethtown’s Events staff. “The movie selection this year has been great because it is ‘The Summer of Sequels.’” Tuesday’s movie is Moana, with showings at noon and 7 p.m. […]

The Elizabethtown Police Department is partnering with Hope Academy for Kids Inc. for their annual school supply drive, which is now under way. “You can drop off donations in our lobby at 300 South Mulberry Street,” said EPD Public Information Officer Chris Denham. Suggested donations include flash drives, backpacks, crayons, markers, folders, loose-leaf notebook paper, colored pencils, mechanical pencils, scissors, glue sticks, index cards, water bottles, and other school supplies. […]

The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in LaRue County Saturday. According to KSP Post Four, at approximately 12:20 p.m. on June 14 the LaRue County Sheriff’s office requested the KSP investigate a single-vehicle collision near the 9000 block of KY 210. The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that a 17-year-old from Campbellsville was operating a vehicle going east on KY 210 when for unknown reasons […]

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced last week that the state’s tourism industry saw a record year in 2024, generating $14.3 billion in economic impact. Elizabethtown Tourism and Convention Bureau Executive Director Janna Clark says 2024 was also a banner year for tourism in Hardin County, with numbers up four percent from the year prior. “It represents $371 million, and probably the more important numbers are to consider that in Hardin County, […]