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Nolin RECC officials recapped the electric co-ops activities and business figures from 2023 during their annual membership meeting Thursday afternoon. Nolin District 3 Director Rick Thomas said the co-op ended 2023 with 36,814 active accounts. “If you’ve kept up with that the last few years, that number’s been going up and it’s pretty obvious,” Thomas said. “Part of it, you’ll see new houses and things going up, but right now the […]

An online law enforcement operation has landed a Bullitt County man in jail. 23-year-old Blake Nathaniel Hoots of Mount Washington was charged with seven counts of Distribution of Matter Portraying a Sexual Performance by a Minor Under 12 Years Old, a Class C felony, following his arrest Tuesday. According to the Kentucky State Police, Hoots was arrested as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation. The […]

If you are attending, or are thinking about attending, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, you can take a look at campus ahead of the school year.  New and prospective ECTC students are invited to attend Open House Days, which will be held from 12 to 6 p.m. each Tuesday in July. ECTC says attendees will have the chance to learn about the college’s student support programs, talk to college staff about […]

The Meade County Ethics Commission reviewed an ethics complaint filed against Meade County Jailer J.J. Scarborough during a hearing Tuesday night. Attorney Peter Hill served as legal advisor to the ethics commission during the hearing. He said the complaint alleged three violations of the standards of conduct section of the county’s ethics ordinance. “The sum, kind of the essence of the complaint, was that there was a conflict of interest by the […]

The Meade County Water District sent out a request to customers to help conserve water this week as increased demand due to the hot and dry weather has put increased stress on the district’s distribution system. “We have a maximum pumping capacity of about 1.3 million gallons per day, and our demand is at about 1.3 million gallons per day, so we’re kind of teetering a little bit there,” said Meade County […]

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is alerting motorists to a road closing in Bullitt County.  Kentucky Route 480 or Cedar Grove Road will be closed from near County Road 1634 to near Woodsdale Road. The road will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday as crews work to replace cross drains along the route. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Three says following the cross drain replacement, crews will place a […]

Chief Meteorologist Brian Schoettmer with the National Weather Service in Louisville says temperatures will remain above typical June averages for some time. “So it looks like a fairly prolonged period of above normal temperatures,” Schoettmer said. “Normal for areas around Louisville this time of year would be 86 degrees, and we’re expecting basically all week and into the weekend highs, a lot of them, in the mid 90s, and then as we […]

The Radcliff City Council met for a regular meeting Tuesday. The council approved the 2024-2025 city budget ordinances on their second readings. “That is our last and second reading of the budget, so thank you all so much,” said Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall. “That is our 2024-2025 budget, so thank you all for your hard work and hopefully there’s some things in there we’ll be able to get done this year.” The […]

Great events, exciting rides, entertaining shows, and delicious food await you at the fairgrounds in Hardinsburg as the 2024 Breckinridge County Fair gets officially underway Wednesday. “We’re really looking forward to it,” said Breckinridge County Fair Chairman Jacyln Walden. “We’re going to have a great week. The weather looks a little warm but, overall, perfect for a county fair. We’ve got our carnival setting up right now. We’ve got our shows pulling […]