WULF News

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second meeting of the month Monday. The council approved a municipal order for the city to accept a donation of 10.56 acres of land from Shamrock Properties XXII LLC. located in the Ski Subdivision (Section One) that Shamrock Properties is developing at 200 Wise Lane. “Shamrock properties desires to donate the open space area to the city to allow for the preservation of open space, […]

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College has been recognized as one of the best places to work in Kentucky. ECTC says the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management selects the Best Places to Work in Kentucky based on an assessment of employee policies and procedures along with the results of an employee survey. ECTC has received the biennial honor three times in a row beginning in […]

Eligible voters will head to the polls Tuesday for special elections to fill vacancies in the Kentucky House of Representatives for District 24, which includes parts of LaRue and Hart counties, and District 26, which includes three precincts in Hardin County. The House District 24 special election will be contested by Democrat Johnny Pennington, Republican Courtney Gilbert, and independent write-in Craig Astor. Republican Peyton Griffee is unopposed in the House District 26 race. […]

Lawyers for Crystal Rogers investigation suspect Brooks Houck are objecting to the special prosecutor’s motion to consolidate the cases against Houck and suspects Steven Lawson and Joseph Lawson into one trial, and allege that prosecutors targeted the Lawsons in order to target Houck. The motion filed with the Nelson Circuit Court Friday states that Houck needs to be tried separately from the Lawsons due to the “exposure of a myopic […]

Area teens ages 14 to 19 are invited to attend the second annual Hardin County Teen Job Fair, to be held this Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the North Hardin High School gym. Family Fun Ice Cream Parlor owner and Radcliff City Council Member Michelle Mitchell organized the job fair after seeing a need from area teens applying for jobs at the ice cream parlor and from area businesses […]

The next round of lane closures for work on Interstate 65 in Bullitt County starts Monday. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the right two lanes of I-65 South from mile marker 113 near the Bullitt County welcome center to mile marker 112 near the Clermont/Bardstown exit will be closed from 7 a.m. Monday until noon on Tuesday. Ramps to and from Kentucky Route 245 will remain open. Crews will be […]

Law enforcement has confirmed there is no threat at the Hardin County Justice Center after a report of an active shooter Friday morning. “Shortly after 9 a.m. this (Friday) morning, we were contacted by a sworn member of the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office concerning an ‘all call’ page that had been disseminated throughout the Hardin County Justice Center phone system with the report of an active shooter within the building,” […]

Unemployment rates across the Lincoln Trail District saw another slight uptick in January compared to the year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates rose in 115 counties from January 2023 to January 2024, with the state unemployment average for January 2024 reported at 4.8 percent. Six counties in the Lincoln Trail District saw unemployment rates in January that were higher than both December 2023 and January 2023. Nelson County’s […]

As folks get ready to put on their green and celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day this weekend, officials are reminding Kentuckians: buzzed driving is drunk driving. “In the wake of the upcoming Saint Patrick’s Day holiday, I want to remind those who choose to consume alcohol to please do so responsibly, and have a sober driver in place prior to taking the first sip of their green beverage of choice,” said […]