WULF News

Nolin River Wildlife volunteer Jerry Mraz says it typically costs about $6,000 a month to run the Hardin County-based wildlife rehab facility, and 2024 was a particularly busy year. “This year has been just… We were overwhelmed with orphans and we had a very long baby season,” Mraz said. “We were receiving baby raccoons, I mean infant/two-week-old raccoons, clear into October.” The late arrivals means those raccoons will need to […]

The National Weather Service in Louisville says confidence is growing that winter weather set to arrive in the area this weekend will be “significant and impactful.” “We're looking for a weather system to move into the area on Sunday with precipitation starting over Central Kentucky Sunday morning,” said NWS Louisville Forecaster Andrea Schoettmer. “That precipitation will likely start off as some snow and then change over to a wintry mix […]

The death of a Kentucky man from rabies has state health officials issuing a reminder to residents. The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services says the individual that died was a Northern Kentucky resident who received treatment in Kentucky and Ohio. The source of the individual’s exposure to rabies is unknown at this time and may have occurred during international travel outside the United States. The Kentucky Department for […]

Ownership fees for electric vehicles in Kentucky will see a 5 percent increase as the new year begins. The Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet says beginning January 1 legislation that increases the electric vehicle ownership fee and separate legislation that eliminates the ownership fee for hybrid vehicles went into effect. The new annual ownership fees will be $126 for electric vehicles, $126 for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, $63 for electric motorcycles, and […]

Several area residents are among the most recent appointments made by Governor Andy Beshear to multiple Kentucky boards and commissions. Central Kentucky Community Foundation President and CEO Davette Swiney was reappointed to the Endow Kentucky Commission, which according to statute is “responsible for the planning, implementation, and direction of a strategic and collaborative philanthropic partnership to focus on building endowment funds that will address community needs through community foundations.” Sierra Enlow of […]

If you are in need of assistance with wrapping up your last-minute Christmas gifts, help is available this weekend with Empowered Life. “We are doing a gift wrap fundraiser,” said Empowered Life President Christi Schovel. “We’re asking anyone who needs gifts wrapped to come to 225 College Street. We’re just right down the road from the police station in the Project Learn building, and we will wrap their gifts for them […]

The suspect in an October double homicide has been formally indicted on the charges he faces. Dustin M. Caudill waived his case to the Hardin County Grand Jury during a court appearance November 6. The grand jury this week indicted Caudill on two counts of Murder and one count of First Degree Arson. The Elizabethtown Police Department said Caudill confessed to shooting 41-year-old Blake France of Greenville and 43-year-old Anthony Garrett of Elizabethtown […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their final meeting of the year Thursday afternoon. Hardin County Sheriff John Ward reported that his office made 193 arrests and issued 176 citations in October and November. When discussing his office’s budget request for calendar year 2025, Ward said the county’s supplement for the budget is the same as last year. “Our revenue will increase through the fees, but the judge asked us to […]

The statewide unemployment average saw a slight increase in November. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the statewide unemployment average for November was 5.1 percent. That’s a slight increase from the 5.0 percent rate reported in October and from the 4.3 percent rate reported in November of 2023. Kentucky’s unemployment average for November also came in higher than the national unemployment average, which the U.S. Department of Labor reported at 4.2 percent. […]