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  • All that jazz: Army specialist returns home for trio of performances

    U.S. Army Spec. Jake Stith returned to his hometown this week with a guitar in hand and some jazz swagger.

    Stith, a Rineyville native, kicked off a trio of performances in Hardin County on Thursday at Rineyville Elementary School, where his mother teaches preschool and he once roamed the halls as a student.

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  • Holt House will be center of activities Saturday

    With heightened interest thanks to the Civil War sesquicentennial and a recent Robert Redford motion picture, organizers of the Holt House Community Days expect increased attendance this weekend.

    The third annual event is from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. CDT Saturday on the grounds of the historic home of Judge Joseph Holt, the most famous native of Breckinridge County.

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  • Delabar earns win with Mariners

    Former Central Hardin High School baseball standout Stevie Delabar has enjoyed quite a week with the Seattle Mariners.

    The 6-foot-5 right-hander made his first appearance as a major league player on Sunday and then earned his first career win Wednesday night in a 2-1, 12-inning victory over the New York Yankees.

    Delabar worked the top of the 12th inning and retired the side in order. In two innings of work with the Mariners, he has not allowed a hit, walk none and recorded two strikeouts.

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  • Town hall meeting scheduled tonight in Radcliff

    Radcliff residents have an opportunity to bounce ideas off of one of their city leaders tonight.

    Councilman Edward Palmer hosts a town hall meeting tonight at 6:30 at Sign of the Dove Church at 1189 Sunset Drive.

    Palmer said he is hosting the meeting to hear concerns and needs of the community and interact with those he represents.

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  • Murder, incest cases lead August indictments

    The cases of Lonnie Daugherty, charged with murder, and Aubra Green III, charged with multiple counts of incest, rape and sodomy, lead the August grand jury indictments.

    Daugherty, 37, was indicted on one count of murder and one count of second-degree cruelty to animals.

    The Indiana man is accused of strangling his wife, Michelle Daugherty, and their cat June 25 in a Holiday Inn Express room in Elizabethtown.

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  • Area tops in economic growth

    The area has topped another list for financial growth, primarily because of the Base Realignment and Closure initiative.

    The Elizabethtown Metropolitan Statistical Area was first on a list of 366 statistical areas for percentage growth in gross domestic product, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

    That measures the market value of goods and services produced by a community.

    The 14.4 percent increase for 2010 represents a 13.5 percent jump compared to 2009’s increase.

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  • Police seek help identifying suspects in school break-in

    Kentucky State Police are investigating a burglary at North Hardin Christian School in Radcliff earlier this month.

    According to a news release, the unknown suspects "were able to circumvent security measures" at 12:38 p.m. last Wednesday. While inside, they took credit cards from a purse in an unoccupied classroom.

    After leaving the school, the suspects took the credit cards to stores in Elizabethtown and used them to purchase several items, including an iPad 2 and gift cards, according to KSP.

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  • 2011 Septemberfest could be last in Elizabethtown

    James McDonald and Steve Brumbelow unpacked their collectables Wednesday with friendly chit-chat.

    A conference room at the Baymont Inn and Suites on Commerce Drive in Elizabethtown slowly filled with bottles of Coca-Cola from as far back as 1904, posters promoting the drink from the 1950s and before, Coca-Cola clocks and various other collectables bearing the cola’s name.

    The men started their collections with one Coca-Cola bottle more than 20 years ago, said Brumbelow of Snellville, Ga.

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  • Local pilot, flight instructor honored by National Weather Service

    The National Weather Service on Wednesday honored two local men for their service during a rash of tornadoes in April, including one that heavily damaged the Hardin County Fairgrounds near Glendale.

    Pilot Roy Cantrall and flight instructor Glen Norman were presented with a plaque at Addington Field in Elizabethtown for their aerial photography, capturing images of damage from tornadoes that struck portions of Hardin and Grayson counties, said Brian Schoettmer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Louisville.

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