Wolf Country

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second meeting of the month Monday. Four ordinances were approved on their second readings. Two amended the zoning of 201 and 202 North Main Street from Neighborhood Office and Urban Residential General to Downtown Mixed Use (C-5). An ordinance approving amendments to the city’s code of ordinances concerning signs was approved, as was an ordinance approving the city’s annexation of 1331 Hayden School Road, with […]

The City of Elizabethtown is gearing up for this weekend’s Heartland Homecoming Parade. “It is one of the largest parades in the state of Kentucky,” Pyles said. “We have over a hundred entries this year made up of floats, walkers, fans, dignitaries, just about anybody you can imagine you’ll probably see them on that Saturday.” That’s City Events Manager Beth Pyles. The parade will step off from Public Square at […]

For the sixth straight year, the band that brought you “Master of Puppets” is bringing support for Elizabethtown Community and Technical College students. ECTC has once again earned a place in the Metallica Scholars Initiative. According to a release from the college, the legendary rock band’s All Within My Hands non-profit recently announced the 75 colleges for the seventh year of the program. With a grant of about $3 million, the Metallica […]

One person is dead following a traffic collision in Elizabethtown. “On Friday, August 15, shortly before 7 p.m., the EPD and other emergency units responded to a serious injury collision at the intersection of the U.S. 31W Bypass and Saint John Road,” said Elizabethtown Police Department Public Information Officer John Thomas. The crash involved a Hyundai passenger car and a Nissan SUV. “The adult female driver and sole occupant of the Hyundai […]

Elizabethtown Police Chief Jeremy Thompson says he is proud of the growth of the EPD, which during his time as chief is best evidenced by personnel. “We were right around 52 when Chief Land on his last day, my first day, requested five additional personnel, which was granted, and that was the beginning of the growth, and our current authorized strength is 90 officers,” Thompson said. Thompson’s leadership of the department […]

An incident that began with a report of runaway juveniles and later reportedly included shots fired and the theft of a car ended with two arrests. According to the LaRue County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to the Life Connection alternative school in Sonora Saturday for two separate runaway juvenile incidents. A search of the area revealed two of the four missing juveniles, while the two that were not recovered […]

The unemployment rate in Kentucky continues to trend slightly lower. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state unemployment average for July was 4.9 percent. That is unchanged from the month of June, and down slightly from the July 2024 average of 5.1 percent. Kentucky’s unemployment average for July came in higher than the national unemployment rate, which the U.S. Department of Labor reported at 4.2 percent. The Kentucky Education and Labor […]