Wolf Country

The Kentucky Commissioner of Education’s Student Advisory Council will have some local representation. Elizabethtown High School sophomore Vivian Fox has been selected as one of 12 new public high school students on the 21-member council. According to a release from Elizabethtown Independent Schools, the council was formed to gather student input on issues affecting schools. The students on the council serve as a “direct link between Kentucky students and Kentucky […]

Breckinridge County was included in the latest round of funding from the Kentucky Product Development Initiative. According to a release from the governor’s office, the KPDI “provides funding for local communities to boost investment in site and building upgrades to support future, well-paying jobs and economic growth across the commonwealth.” More than $700,000 in state funding was approved for the latest approved projects. “This is how we improve in the […]

One person is dead and one person is in custody following a collision on the Western Kentucky Parkway Thursday. According to a release from the Kentucky State Police, at around 4:25 a.m. on September 4 troopers from KSP Post Four responded to a call from the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office to assist with the investigation of a head-on collision near the 117-mile marker of the Western Kentucky Parkway. The KSP says […]

Warm temperatures, increased humidity, and breezy winds across Central Kentucky means area residents should be ready for the possibility of severe weather Friday night. “We’re really expecting the most coverage kind of from late afternoon through the mid-evening hours, maybe even into the early overnight hours, Friday night,” said Meteorologist Chase Graham with the National Weather Service in Louisville. “We’re mainly concerned about some of the stronger storms having some damaging […]

The United Way of Central Kentucky got some high-flying support from area volunteers, sponsors, and team members with their Skydive for Change fundraiser, which raised more than $45,000 at the Elizabethtown Regional Airport on August 23. “We did over double of what we did last year, and that’s incredibly exciting, and it kind of gives us a view as to what to expect next year, and we’re hoping to make it […]

A man and woman have been indicted on federal charges related to their role in a conspiracy to defraud senior victims in Kentucky and other states involving gold bars. A federal grand jury in Louisville has returned indictments against Antonio Peña, who has ties to Florida and New York, and Brandi Durst of Florida. Both have been charged with one count each of Wire Fraud Conspiracy and Money Laundering Conspiracy. […]

Documentation related to Steven Lawson’s appeal of his conviction in the Crystal Rogers investigation was filed in Nelson Circuit Court Tuesday. Attorneys for Lawson submitted a notice of appeal to the Kentucky Court of Appeals from the final judgement and sentence of imprisonment entered on August 7. Lawson was found guilty of Class B Felony Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Class D Felony Tampering with Physical Evidence on May 30 and sentenced […]