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State education officials are encouraging colleges and universities to recognize prior learning experiences. The Council on Postsecondary Education says the Kentucky Student Success Collaborative has launched a year-long initiative aimed at encouraging Kentucky colleges and universities to award academic credit for knowledge gained through work, military, or life experiences. The CPE says practices like credit for prior learning signal that higher education is for everyone and not just recent high school graduates. […]

The National Weather Service in Louisville says storm surveys show multiple EF-1 tornadoes touched down around the area Sunday. “The longest track one actually touched down in Meade County over near the community of Midway and passed near Brandenburg and Otter Creek, came across part of Fort Knox, and went on into Bullitt County,” said NWS Louisville Meteorologist Ron Steve. “We’ve also confirmed another one near Flaherty that went into the Radcliff […]

Crews will be working on Interstate 65 during overnight hours the next several weeks. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four says work began Tuesday night on an asphalt repair and preservation project along an 18-mile stretch of I-65 South between Munfordville and Sonora. The KYTC says southbound I-65 traffic will be reduced to one lane in various configurations between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. over the next several weeks. After southbound work […]

Breckinridge County Schools has confirmed their district calendar for the end of the school year. “Last Friday afternoon, our school board met and approved an amended calendar where our last day of school for students is Thursday, May 15, and set our graduation ceremony for the class of 2025 to take place on Friday, May 16 at 7 p.m. at Tiger Arena on the campus of Breckinridge County High School,” said […]

More than 25 community resource providers will be at American Legion Post 113 in Elizabethtown from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, April 11 as the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office hosts their Community Resource Fair. “We're trying to get as many resources together as possible to help any victim of crime, just to meet them where they are and give them the opportunity to grow,” said HCSO Victim Advocate […]

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said during his Team Kentucky Update Thursday that one of the factors in the way of enacting House Bill 15, which lowered the age Kentuckians must be to apply for a driver’s permit from 16 to 15, is the age of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s licensing system. “The system we use to ultimately issue those permits in the process is about 40 years-old,” Beshear said. “It […]

The United Way of Central Kentucky is inviting project proposals for their annual Day of Action campaign. The United Way says the Day of Action campaign brings volunteers together to address community needs by working on meaningful projects. The organization will mobilize volunteer teams that will support the projects from June 16 through 20. The United Way is encouraging schools, churches, and organizations in Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, LaRue, and Meade counties to […]

It is spring break for many area school communities, and Elizabethtown Parks and Rec has several events planned to help families get out during their time off with their Spring Play in the Park series. “This is our third year doing the program, and what it is is for families that are maybe just staying home in town doing a staycation for the week of spring break,” said E-Town Parks and […]

The American Red Cross of South Central Kentucky will be installing free smoke alarms and reviewing critical fire safety information with Elizabethtown-area households from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 26. “It’s part of our national Sound the Alarm event where we go in and work to make homes safer,” said American Red Cross of South Central Kentucky Executive Director Jennifer Capps. “We’ll send out teams of two to three […]