WULF News

Hardin County Schools, Elizabethtown Independent Schools, and the Central Kentucky Community Foundation are encouraging Hardin County residents to sign up for or support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. According to a release from HCS, when families register, the library mails a free age-appropriate book each month to children from birth to age five. Registered children will receive a new book in the mail each month free of charge. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library […]

The Kentucky Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission is now accepting entries for the 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay, Visual Arts, and Poetry contests. According to a release from the Kentucky Heritage Council, the contests are “an exciting opportunity for students to express their creativity and honor Dr. King’s legacy by promoting unity, equality, and justice for all people in Kentucky, the United States, and the world.” The […]

The Radcliff City Council met for a special called meeting and work session Tuesday. A second public hearing was held on a rezoning application for 238 Cedar Oak Drive in Vine Grove to rezone that property from Commercial to Residential-4, which would accommodate the development of about 80 single-family homes by Silver Gate Properties. The council tabled a rezoning ordinance for the property after Fort Knox raised concerns with the development’s proximity to the […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday. The court approved three ordinances on their second readings. The first approved a budget amendment to accommodate ambulance upgrades and bridge and road repair money. The second amends the county’s standing order to pre-approve recurring expenses to include lease payments on ambulance equipment. The third updates definitions in the county’s flood damage prevention ordinance to match state definitions. […]

Registration is open for Helping Hand of Hope’s annual Christmas assistance. “This is just a program that’s very dear to all of our hearts here at Helping Hand of Hope, and we couldn’t do it without the love of the community, and we just want to do ‘for good’ in the community and have this available for our neighbors that are really struggling this holiday season,” said Helping Hand of […]

The United Way of Central Kentucky has not one but two community events happening this Friday. The United Way invites the community to come out to their Movie on the Lawn Series this Friday, October 17, where they will be hosting a free outdoor screening at their headquarters, located at 604 North Main Street in Elizabethtown. This Friday’s movie is 1991’s The Addams Family. The movie will begin at dusk. Guests can enjoy […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for a special meeting Monday. The council approved a municipal order which accepted a $1,846,000 bid from Dirt Works Unlimited for the Diecks Drive Improvement Phase One Project. Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory noted that this phase of the project is actually for work on Village Drive. “We budgeted $2 million for this project and it came in about $150,000 under budget, which is always a good thing, […]

The peak season for deer activity on Kentucky roadways has arrived, and state transportation officials are reminding drivers to stay alert for wildlife when traveling. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has issued their annual “Antler Alert”, stating that nearly half of wildlife collisions in Kentucky occur in the last three months of the year during deer mating season. The KYTC says there were more than 3,400 highway crashes involving a deer strike […]

October is Fire Prevention Month, and fire officials are reminding residents to make sure their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are in working order. “Those are two very important devices in your home,” said Radcliff Deputy Fire Marshal Tommy Crane. “Basically, they smell the smoke and detect the carbon monoxide even when we can’t or when we’re asleep.” Press that button and make sure the batteries in your smoke alarm […]