Wolf Country

An Elizabethtown summertime staple is coming up this week as the annual Cruisin’ the Heartland Festival takes to the streets. “We kick it off on Thursday, July 24, with a movie at the State Theater,” said City of Elizabethtown Events Manager Beth Pyles. “This year we will be showing Smokey and the Bandit, which is a fantastic, classic car movie. I mean, everyone remembers the Trans Ams with the t-tops.” The box office opens […]

The Fort Knox Garrison is under new leadership. Colonel David Holstead replaced Colonel Christopher Ricci as the Fort Knox Garrison commander during a change of command ceremony at the Waybur Theater Friday. According to a release from Fort Knox, Holstead was commissioned as an armor officer and most recently served as the chief of current operations for V Corps Forward in Poznań, Poland. Holstead “will be charged with providing quality […]

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is warning residents that a scam involving phony texts posing as the cabinet has not gone away. The KYTC says the scam messages warn customers of unpaid traffic tickets and say that a “DMV violation” will be reported and “driving privileges” will be suspended if payment is not sent immediately. The text includes a link that is formatted to look similar to Kentucky government website addresses. […]

Kentucky’s unemployment rate in June was very slightly down from where it was the year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state unemployment average for June was 4.9 percent. That is down a tick from both May of this year and June of 2024 when the average was reported at 5 percent. Kentucky’s unemployment average came in higher in June than the national unemployment rate, which the U.S. Department of […]

American Legion Post 113 invites the public to help raise awareness for veteran suicide prevention during their Be the One Walk, which will be taking place this Saturday in Elizabethtown. “The distance of the walk is 2.2 miles,” said Tom Folsom with the Legion post.” We’ll leave the Southeast Christian Church and we’ll walk to the traffic circle and back, and it comes out to be 2.2 miles which represents the […]

The American Red Cross is in need of donations of all types of blood, with an emergency need for Type O donations. According to the Red Cross, someone in the United States needs blood and/or platelets every two seconds, with approximately 29,000 units of red blood cells needed every day. Red Cross Account Manager Tammy Ritchie says the summer months tend to see a strain on the blood supply as […]

One of the men convicted in the Crystal Rogers investigation is requesting a new trial. Attorneys for Joseph Lawson, who on July 8 was found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence for his role in the disappearance of Rogers, filed a “Motion for the Judgement Notwithstanding the Verdict, or In the Alternative, Motion for a New Trial” with the Nelson Circuit Court Monday. Lawson’s attorneys argue […]