Wolf Country

Temperatures are hot, so make sure you are bringing water and planning accordingly, but Bernheim Forest has many events on their July calendar. One of the early highlights is the Independence Day celebration coming up this Saturday outside the visitor’s center. Bernheim Director of Marketing and Communications Lynette Cox says it’s a great day to bring out the family. “Bring a picnic blanket or a picnic basket,” Cox said. “We’re going to […]

If you are looking to make a career change, you can go the route of Mulder and Scully, Dale Cooper, and Clarice Starling. The FBI Louisville Division is hosting a recruitment event in Louisville at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15. According to the Louisville Field Office, the event is “a unique opportunity to connect with FBI employees from a variety of professional and personal backgrounds, learn more about careers […]

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued an Extreme Heat Warning, which is in effect  for much of the area until 9 p.m. Thursday. “We have a very strong ridge moving in that’s already overhead over Tennessee,” said NWS Louisville Meteorologist Brian Foster. “It’s only going to be building stronger throughout the week, so we’ve got a lot of hot temperatures in store. Our heat index values are going to soar […]

The Lincoln Trail District Health Department this week is celebrating the anniversary of the off-side Women, Infants, and Children program at Fort Knox. “They increased their participation monthly and at the end of the year we had just under 100 participants, so that’s awesome,” said LTDHD Public Relations Officer Melissa Phillips. WIC is a federal supplemental nutrition program that serves women, infants, and children up to age five, and the health department […]

Grayson County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director April Spalding said an upcoming anniversary provided the organization with an occasion to make a new, fresh start as they moved into a new office this month. “Our 75th year is next year, so we wanted a new office location for our members and basically just for the Chamber,” Spalding said. The new Chamber office is located in the heart of Leitchfield on the […]

If you are planning on heading out on any of Kentucky’s waterways this Fourth of July weekend, make sure you are doing so responsibly. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife is stepping up patrols as part of Operation Dry Water, a nationwide boating safety initiative coordinated by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators that “brings together Kentucky game wardens and law enforcement agencies to increase awareness, enforce boating laws, and reduce […]

A Hardin County man is in custody after an alleged OWI crash led to the death of a juvenile. David Rhodes of Elizabethtown was charged with First Degree Assault and Operating a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol, with additional criminal charges forthcoming, after his arrest Saturday. According to Kentucky State Police Post Four, in the evening hours on June 27 troopers received a report of a single-vehicle collision […]