WULF News

Archery deer season opens this Saturday, so Kentucky Fish and Wildlife is reminding hunters to review regulations in place regarding chronic wasting disease. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture confirmed a case of CWD in a captive deer at a farm in Breckinridge County in October 2024, which prompted the creation of a CWD surveillance zone consisting of Breckinridge, Hardin, and Meade counties. Eight new cases of CWD were confirmed at the same […]

Visitors and employees heading into Fort Knox now have limited access to an additional gate. The Wilson Gate is scheduled to reopen for limited weekday hours beginning Tuesday, September 2. “We’ve done some analysis and garnered some military support from all the commands across Fort Knox, and we now have enough guards trained to reopen Wilson Gate in a limited capacity,” said Fort Knox Garrison Commander Colonel Dave Holstead. The […]

Workers in favor of unionizing at BlueOval SK appear to be on their way to victory, but the decision could still swing Either way. According to a statement from the company Thursday, the results of the National Labor Relations Board election this week stand at 526 yes votes, 515 no votes, and 41 challenged ballots. BlueOval SK said in the statement: “BlueOval SK will urge the board to count each eligible vote […]

Due to extremely dry conditions of ground cover, LaRue County Judge/Executive Blake Durrett has issued a burn ban for the unincorporated area of the county. “As listed, it is no fire for recreational or ceremonial purposes, so those are your backyard fire pits or barbecues,” Durrett said. “No fire set for construction purposes, so you know how people would burn construction debris. No weed abatement, so no controlled burns for weed control. […]

Students at Elizabethtown and Central Hardin high schools have been engaged in a friendly competition between schools and grades this week. “Whichever grade brings in the most food gets popsicles, so that obviously gets a lot of kids to bring in stuff,” said EHS senior Rachel Bell. “I know a lot of freshmen have brought it in, and it’s become overall a competition that was cool to see who can bring in the […]

Layna Adcock says Candace and Clinton Martin are dedicated parents, but their world was turned upside down when their one-year-old daughter Olivia was diagnosed with leukemia in July. “You know, they’re trying to work off and on when they can, but it’s hard when you have to take your daughter to the oncologist,” Adcock said. “She’s at Norton Cancer Center, and then she’s got to go in for strong chemo […]

Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland recently put out the data from the latest Map the Meal Gap study, and FAKH Marketing and Communications Manager Manda Barger says the numbers show the need for support. “Throughout our 42-county service area, 17 percent of our neighbors are facing food insecurity,” Barger said. “That means that there’s one in six of our neighbors, they could be your friends or your family, that are struggling […]

An $150 million construction project will result in traffic impacts on Interstate 65 in Louisville. Governor Andy Beshear on Wednesday announced that the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet awarded a contract to Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. for the replacement of three bridges on I-65, the first phase of the I-65 Central Corridor Project. According to a release from KYTC District Five, the project is “a bridge replacement and rehabilitation initiative to ensure safe […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The fiscal court approved property tax rates for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. “The real estate tax rate of 10.8 cents per each $100 of assessed value, the personal property, business inventory, non-Kentucky-registered watercraft and aircraft rate of 12.3 cents per $100 of assessed value, and then the motor vehicle and watercraft tax rate of 11.5 cents on each […]