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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is celebrating growth in student success. ECTC says students at the college posted a graduation rate of 61.4 percent for the 2025-2026 school year, the highest in school history and nearly double the rate from 10 years ago. ECTC Chancellor Dr. Juston Pate said with the graduation well above the national average of 42.7 percent, it is something the whole community can take pride in. […]

As part of the department’s strategies for monitoring and preventing the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife will be hosting a special antlerless-only season in counties within the established CWD Surveillance Zone. KFW says the four-day season will run from September 25 through 28 in counties located in Deer Zones 1, 2, and 3, which includes Breckinridge, Hardin, and Meade counties. Firearms, bows, and […]

A Hardin County man and a LaRue County woman were included in six indictments secured by the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office as part of a crackdown on Medicaid fraud. The AG’s Office says on September 10 a Hardin County Grand Jury indicted Ricky Simpson of Elizabethtown and Shawna Smith of Hodgenville. Both were indicted on a count of Class C Felony Knowing Abuse or Neglect of an Adult and a […]

The Radcliff City Council met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The first reading was held on an ordinance levying city ad valorem taxes for 2026. “Assessed valuation (per $100) as follows: on real property, .126 and personal property .184, including real and personal property of public service companies,” said City Attorney Mike Pike, reading from the ordinance. “On privately owned and registered vehicles and watercraft, .199, and […]

The Breckinridge County Health Department is moving the location of their Flu Drive-Thru Clinic taking place today. According to a post on the Breckinridge County Health Department Facebook page, the drive-thru clinic will now be held at the Health Department building, located at 220 South Hardin Street in Hardinsburg. The clinic runs from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. CDT. The Health Department says participants must be 19-year-old or older and […]

Crews with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four will be doing overnight resurfacing work on Interstate 65 in Hardin County the next three nights. According to the KYTC, crews will be applying a high-friction thin lay to both directions of the interstate between mile markers 96 and 98. Crews tonight will be milling on I-65 South, reducing it to two lanes from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Crews Wednesday night will […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday. The first reading was held on ordinances setting 2026 city tax rates. City Attorney Ken Howard read the three ordinances, detailing the tax rate for motor vehicle and watercraft (11.6 cents per $100 assessed value), the franchise tax rate (0.025 percent on all eligible deposits), and the tax rate for real and personal property (10.5 cents per […]

September is Big Brothers Big Sisters Month, an opportunity for the organization to highlight the impact of mentorship and the importance of human connection between people of all ages. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications Bryce Shreve says surveys of the youth served by the organization show “profound, positive impacts.” “They graduate high school on time,” Shreve says. “They make better grades. They feel […]