Wolf Country

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and in observance CASA of the Heartland is hosting a Pinwheels for Prevention planting event in each of the five counties the organization serves. “The pinwheels, because they’re very whimsical and fun, represent the healthy and happy childhood that all children deserve, and so we plant a thousand of them in Hardin County to represent all of the children of Hardin County and the fact that […]

Hardin County Schools has a new last day of school and has set the dates for their high school graduation ceremonies. According to a release from the district, the Hardin County Board of Education voted to move the last day of school for kindergarten through twelfth grade students to Friday, May 23. HCS students missed five days of school due to inclement weather, but the board is excusing accumulated time built […]

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife says surveys show a great turkey hunting season looks to be coming up soon. Kentucky’s spring hunting seasons get under way with the youth-only turkey season on April 5 and 6, followed by the general turkey season from April 12 through May 4. The KFW Wild Turkey Program says an unusually high number of younger birds were found during winter netting and leg banding research, which aligns […]

The Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions and other state leaders are encouraging Kentuckians to educate themselves on the shifting tactics of scammers looking to deceive consumers. “The best thing we can do is to prevent it from ever happening,” said Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear during last week’s Team Kentucky Update. “It’s really hard to get that money back once it’s been paid. The times we’ve been able to do it, returning those […]

The Radcliff City Council met for a called meeting Thursday afternoon. The council approved a $198,366.26 bid from Riverview Contracting for renovations to Radcliff Fire Department Station No. Two. “This has to do with the remodeling of Station Two, which is going to allow for separate bathrooms,” said Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall. “Obviously we have female firefighters and are trying to hire more female firefighters as well, and so this separates this. […]

Unemployment rates across the Lincoln Trail District were up in January from where they were the year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates increased in 109 of the state’s counties in January. The rates were the same in two counties and decreased in nine. The state unemployment average for January was reported at 5.5 percent. That is an increase from the averages seen in December and in […]

The City of Elizabethtown formally began conversations with the public on the potential expansion of historic preservation in the city with a public engagement session at the Historic State Theater Wednesday evening. “We want to educate the public on the benefits of historic preservation,” said City of Elizabethtown Director of Planning Joe Reverman. “We want to educate them on how historic preservation works in Elizabethtown and hopefully encourage citizens and property […]

The Meade County Sheriff’s Office is touting a bust that turned up more than 150 marijuana plants. According to a post on the sheriff’s office’s Facebook page, on March 14 a deputy responded to a tip of a marijuana cultivation/growing operation in the Meade County area. When the deputy arrived at the residence to execute a search warrant, they “found a full operation inside the residence and barn.” All items were seized […]