Wolf Country

An $150 million construction project will result in traffic impacts on Interstate 65 in Louisville. Governor Andy Beshear on Wednesday announced that the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet awarded a contract to Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. for the replacement of three bridges on I-65, the first phase of the I-65 Central Corridor Project. According to a release from KYTC District Five, the project is “a bridge replacement and rehabilitation initiative to ensure safe and sound bridges along one of Kentucky’s busiest transportation arteries.” […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The fiscal court approved property tax rates for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. “The real estate tax rate of 10.8 cents per each $100 of assessed value, the personal property, business inventory, non-Kentucky-registered watercraft and aircraft rate of 12.3 cents per $100 of assessed value, and then the motor vehicle and watercraft tax rate of 11.5 cents on each $100,” said County Attorney Jenny Oldham during a public hearing […]

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College President and CEO Dr. Juston Pate said during the college’s community breakfast Tuesday that ECTC is progressing in its mission of being a “3.0 community college,” which means students are not attending just to get the so-called “basics.” “Maybe it’s the first two years of a four, five, or six year degree, or maybe it’s one year and going into the workforce in a high-wage, high-demand job,” Pate said. “It’s not the basics. It’s not the […]

The Hardin County Clerk’s Office has announced an initiative to assist mobility-impaired voters by making a wheelchair available at all county voting locations. “We have come up with an idea of utilizing wheelchairs and some assistance so that walk from your handicap-accessible parking place to the poll booth is going to be a whole lot easier for folks,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. The clerk’s office is asking residents with an unused wheelchair at home to donate it to the […]

A man is in custody after an investigation into a shots fired call in downtown Elizabethtown. Deadrick Jackson of Elizabethtown is currently incarcerated in the Hardin County Detention Center following his arrest Sunday. According to the Elizabethtown Police Department, on August 24 officers responded to the Cherry Alley parking lot off of North Main Street to follow up on a shots-fired call initially reported at around 3:30 a.m. Responding officers were unable to locate evidence during the initial response, but […]

Work is progressing on the dual roundabout interchange along U.S. 62 at the U.S. 31W Bypass in Elizabethtown, with the next phase of traffic changes going into effect Tuesday. According to Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four, the ramp from the northbound bypass lanes to U.S. 62 will be closed along with the U.S. 62 ramp onto the bypass northbound. One-lane traffic in each direction will continue on U.S. 62. The new work means a new round of detours for motorists […]