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Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul said it has been a long road, but the addition of a ninth-full time ambulance unit for Hardin County EMS to be housed at the West Hardin Fire and Rescue station in White Mills is an important step in making the county safer. “This is the first time our residents will have access to a full-time ambulance crew dedicated to serving this area, and this is not […]

Celebrate the season with Bernheim Forest as they host their Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “The Holiday Open House is a fun and festive day of shopping and celebrating in the forest,” said Bernheim Forest Director of Marketing and Communications Lynette Cox. “Visitors will enjoy holiday music, refreshments, and hourly giveaways while they shop for the perfect gift.” The event is free […]

Hardin County EMS will be celebrating Monday. “We have a pretty big event coming up with the ambulance, the ninth ambulance, that we are going to celebrate at the White Mills station of West Hardin Fire and Rescue, and we’re going to have a ceremony there, a roll-in ceremony, on Monday, December 1, at 8:30 a.m.,” said Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul during Tuesday’s Hardin County Fiscal Court meeting. Hardin […]

A Hardin County couple remains incarcerated after they allegedly threw a man from a balcony in Elizabethtown, leading to the man’s death. Shawn Durbin and Nancy Durbin face charges of Complicity to Commit Murder following an incident in Elizabethtown earlier this month. “At around 8 p.m. on November 3th, officers responded to 109 East Memorial Drive on the report of an adult male in cardiac arrest after reportedly being thrown […]

Travel this Thanksgiving is projected to hit record numbers. AAA is projecting 81.8 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home now through Monday, up 1.6 million travelers from last year and setting a new overall record. According to AAA, Thanksgiving is the single busiest holiday for travel compared to others such as Memorial Day and Independence Day. After falling to 56.8 million during the pandemic in 2020, travel […]

Area residents spending the Thanksgiving holiday in central Kentucky will likely not be seeing snow in the forecast, but after moisture from Tuesday clears the area they will see colder temperatures. “We’re going to stay pretty cloudy as the system passes to our north with some low-level cloud cover,” said Meteorologist Kyle Wilkins with the National Weather Service in Louisville. “Southern Kentucky will likely stay clear, but clouds will probably extend […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The magistrates voted down a resolution concerning the sale of land near the Pearl Hollow landfill. Hardin County Judge/Executive Ketih Taul said the resolution would have directed the county to pursue the sale of the property to the Kentucky Heritage Land Trust for $500,000. Taul said carveouts in the sold acreage would be made for the landfill, prime […]

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is seeking public input on improvement plans for KY 44 in Bullitt County KYTC District Five will host a public meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9 at Calvary Christian Church (11829 Hwy 44 E, Mt. Washington, KY 40047) to present preliminary design plans for the KY 44 Roadway Improvements Project. The meeting will be an open house event with no formal presentation. According […]

The Kentucky Department of Public Health on Monday announced the death of a Kentucky infant from pertussis. This marks the third infant death in Kentucky in the past 12 months due to the disease, commonly known as whooping chough. According to the KDPH, as of November 19 there have been 566 cases of whooping cough in Kentucky, and health officials anticipate that number will climb in the final weeks of the […]