April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and CASA of the Heartland will once again be participating in the national Pinwheels for Prevention campaign “as a reminder of the uplifting and great childhood that all children deserve.” The blue and white pinwheels represent hope, health, and happiness for children served by the CASA organization. CASA of the Heartland will kick off the campaign with their annual Pinwheel Planting Community Event, held in […]

Bernheim Forest Director of Marketing and Communications Lynette Cox says the forest recently saw a special new visitor. “We’re so excited to introduce Gwaihir, our latest tagged golden eagle at Bernheim Forest and Arboretum,” Cox said. Bernheim’s a great place where we have golden eagles that come and winter with us every year because of the variety of the forest there.” Gwaihir received his name, taken from J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the […]

The final day of school for Hardin County Schools and the graduation dates for the district’s high schools have been announced. The Hardin County Board of Education voted on Thursday to amend the 2025-2026 district calendar, setting the last day of school for all kindergarten through 12th grade students for Thursday, May 21. According to a release from HCS, the strategic integration of Non-Traditional Instruction Days and traditional snow days along with […]

Following damage surveys of the severe thunderstorms that worked their way through the area Sunday into Monday, the National Weather Service in Louisville confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in the area. “The tornado was measured at 110 miles per hour, and it traveled more than 43 miles on the ground from Grayson, Hardin and Meade counties,” said Governor Andy Beshear during Thursday’s Team Kentucky Update. “This tornado and the […]

The FBI Louisville Field Office is alerting Kentuckians to an increase in reports of fraud schemes involving scammers impersonating law enforcement or government officials. The FBI says criminal scammers are contacting Kentuckians using spoofed phone numbers and a variety of other tactics to pose as officials from local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The most prevalent scheme right now involves the scammer posing as your local sheriff’s office and […]