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The Drug Enforcement Administration says nearly 4,500 law enforcement agencies across the country helped dispose of more than 620,000 pounds of unwanted or expired medications during the DEA’s 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The DEA says in the Louisville Division, which includes Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia, 40,000 pounds were collected, with Kentucky contributing 8,904 pounds. Captain Willie Wells with the Radcliff Police Department says the RPD collected 13 pounds […]

Prospective Kentucky elk hunters will learn if they were selected for a permit at a special event this Saturday. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife will host their third-annual Kentucky Elk and Outdoor Fest from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 10 at KYGUNCO, located at 401 Glenwood Drive in Bardstown. KFW says the festival will feature a vendor village with nearly 100 manufacturers and outfitters from the outdoor industry along with […]

Work is scheduled to take place along U.S. 62 in Elizabethtown Thursday night as part of a larger road diet project. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four says restriping on Mulberry Street/U.S. 62 will take place west and east of Dixie Avenue/U.S. 31W, with configuration changes between College Street and West Poplar Street to allow for better spacing. For eastbound traffic on U.S. 62 at the U.S. 31W intersection, the left-turn lane […]

Hardin County Government, in partnership with AGC Automotive Americas and Tri-State Escrap, will host their annual E-Scrap collection event this weekend. Hardin County Director of Solid Waste Stephanie Givens says this weekend’s date is a change from the usual April date. “It will still be at AGC, which is where it’s always been, but it’s going to be on May 10 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and they have changed […]

Several area municipalities are among the recipients for grants aimed at increasing recycling capacity and reducing waste across Kentucky. Governor Andy Beshear has announced $6.2 million in funding for 70 projects that will limit contributions to landfills and encourage recycling and reuse. The grant funding comes from the Kentucky Pride Fund, which is generated from the $1.75 fee for each ton of municipal solid waste disposed of in Kentucky landfills. […]

Kentucky Chief Medical Officer and Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health Dr. Steven Stack says measles used to kill hundreds of children a year in the United States, but with the advent of vaccination the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. Stack says the disease has made a resurgence, however, “because there are some communities who have chosen not to get vaccinated and because of misinformation.” “It’s unfortunate because the […]

Kentucky residents who live or work in one of the 13 counties approved for Individual Assistance following April flooding and storms may now apply for disaster benefits. Residents in the counties are eligible for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, with D-SNAP applications being accepted through May 14. According to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, “The D-SNAP program offers short-term food help to individuals and families in counties that […]

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife has completed its chronic wasting disease surveillance and testing for the commonwealth’s 2024-2025 deer season. KFW says after 9,204 samples from across the state were tested, no new cases of chronic wasting disease were found in wild deer. KFW says about 4,500 of the collected samples came from the the two multi-county CWD detection zones that were established around Ballard County after a wild deer there tested […]