WULF News

The Elizabethtown City Council met for a special meeting Monday evening. The council approved, on their second readings, the ordinances that set city taxes for the 2024-2024 fiscal year. The franchise tax rate for all eligible bank deposits is set at .025 percent, the tax rate for real and personal property is set at 11 cents per $100 assessed value, and the tax rate for all motor vehicles and watercraft is set […]

Quicksie and The Wolf, in partnership with the Swope Family of Dealerships and Central Kentucky Race Management, invite the community to participate in the inaugural Step Out Against Domestic Violence Walk/Run 5k. “Our stations are always looking for opportunities to try to get involved and help the community where we can,and we knew that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and really we were just brainstorming on a way we […]

Voter registration in Kentucky continues to see big increases ahead of this November’s presidential election. The Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office says Kentucky added 15,239 new voter registrations and removed 3,793 voters from the rolls in the month of August. Of the registrations removed from the rolls, 2,792 were for deceased voters, 349 were for convicted felons, and 480 were for voters that moved to another state. The secretary of state’s office […]

Hardin County Schools says there is no threat to student safety after a student at North Hardin High School brought a toy gun to the building this morning. “A student arrived at school this morning and told a fellow student that they were in possession of a weapon,” said Hardin County Schools Community Relations Specialist John Wright. “The second student acted extremely responsibly and notified a staff member. That staff member […]

Hardin County residents can take advantage of Saturday’s Free Dump Day event at the Pearl Hollow Landfill. From 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents can bring all waste materials that are not regulated or defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws as hazardous, infectious, biomedical, explosive, toxic, radioactive, volatile, and/or flammable. All loads must be tarped and secured. The event is for Hardin County residents only. No contractors or commercial […]

Area residents are invited to a special event this weekend at the North Hardin Christian Church. “We have a concert by the Southern Plainsmen out of Louisiana, and they’ll be performing at the North Hardin Christian Church this coming Sunday, September 8, at 6 o’clock,” said North Hardin Christian Church Pastor Ronald Hockman.  Hockman says the concert has become an annual event for the church. “They have been doing this for […]

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System says it expects to welcome more than 85,000 students to its campuses this fall, which the system says is an 8.4 percent increase from last year and will set a 10-year record. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College President and CEO Dr. Juston Pate says ECTC has also seen substantial growth. “The college has really had a record period of growth since 2017,” Pate said. “Our graduation […]

Deer hunting season in Kentucky opens this weekend, and hunters should familiarize themselves with state regulations including measures to protect the deer population from disease.  Archery deer hunting season opens on September 7, with crossbow hunting opening on September 21. Both the archery and crossbow seasons then run through January 20. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife says they expect the deer harvest for the 2024-2025 season to be around 140,000 deer, […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday. The first reading was held on ordinances that establish city taxes for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The franchise tax rate on all eligible bank deposits will be set at .025 percent. The tax rate for real and personal property will be 11 cents per $100 assessed value. The tax rate on motor vehicles and watercraft will be 11.6 cents […]