Education

Almost 200 graduates walked the line into a new phase of their lives Monday as the school year ended at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College.

The commencement ceremony for ECTC took place at Central Hardin High School. There were 186 graduates who participated in the ceremony, of 898 students graduating from the college this year.

David Wallace, retired chairman of Nabors Completion & Production Services Company, gave the commencement address. He is a 1974 ECTC graduate and was named a distinguished alumnus in 2010.

A former J.T. Alton Middle School teacher was indicted on 30 charges this week stemming from allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a student.

Anthony Durrant, 46, of Rineyville, was indicted on 14 counts of a use of a minor in a sexual performance, five counts of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, eight counts of unlawful use of electronic means to induce a minor to engage in sexual or other prohibited activities, one count of sexual abuse and one count of tampering with physical evidence, according to the indictment.

Officer Roger Ramsey sat in his cruiser at 8 a.m. at the top of the Central Hardin High School parking lot. With a cup of Circle K coffee in hand, he observed as students parked and socialized before the first bell rang.

It was a quiet April morning until Ramsey noticed Assistant Principal Mike Lawson staring at something in the parking lot.

Speaking over a radio, Lawson informed the officer he saw a suspicious gray pick-up truck, which had been driving around the lot for several minutes without parking.

A student faces charges and a suspension after falsely reporting seeing someone with a gun at a local middle school Wednesday morning.