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  • Bondurant’s is a life well served

    By Ron Benningfield
    The LaRue County Herald-News

    When former district judge James Bondurant was a young man, he had two main goals: to marry the prettiest girl on earth and to become a country lawyer.

    The 81-year-old judge who has spent most of his life as a LaRue County resident, says he has accomplished both. He found the prettiest girl in the former Kaye Keyes of Lexington, whom he married in 1952. And, before becoming a judge, he practiced law in Hardin and LaRue counties, fulfilling his second goal.

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  • Glendale Christian Church broken into again

    Glendale Christian Church security cameras caught the same man ransacking the building for what the congregation believes is the fourth time in the last two years early Monday morning.

    Despite the video footage and police investigations, the suspect is at-large, Brother Mike Bell said.

    “We got him. We know what he looks like, but we can’t catch him,” Bell said.

    This time the suspect was in the church between 12:30 and 3 a.m. Monday, he said.

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  • Streetscaping in Radcliff
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  • Community Yard Sale planned today in Radcliff

    Radcliff has a bounty of new community events on tap over the next month aligning with a campaign promise issued by Mayor J.J. Duvall to bolster community spirit.

    The series of events starts Saturday with a Radcliff Community Yard Sale and will run through late September, when Radcliff launches a new parade.

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  • E'town to approach AG again for classification clarification

    Elizabethtown is once again looking to the Attorney General’s Office in regards to classification.

    The Elizabethtown City Council on Monday called on City Attorney D. Dee Shaw to send correspondence on behalf of the city regarding laws governing classification, particularly the likelihood of the city retaining the restaurant tax through a grandfather clause if it reclassifies to second-class status.

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  • Elizabethtown property tax rate could remain stable

    If Finance Director Steve Park has his way, Elizabethtown’s real property tax rates will remain the same this year.

    Park on Monday approached Elizabethtown City Council and recommended it set this year’s rate at 11.6 cents per $100 of assessed value.

    The rate, if approved, would remain in line with the rate approved for the last several years.

    Park said the amount of revenue produced from the rate will be slightly below budget, but he believes the city can easily recoup the money through the year.

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  • UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Subway

    Under Construction will appear each Thursday on the Money page to highlight building projects around the area.

    What is it? Subway restaurant
    Location: 4000 S. Dixie Blvd.
    When will it open? Construction on the lot started in early May. A late November opening is anticipated
    Square footage: 2,203 feet
    Number of employees: About 15
     

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  • E'town man pleads not guilty to sexting charge

    An Elizabethtown man pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of soliciting sex from a minor via cellphone in Hardin District Court.

    Jakeb L. Meredith, 21, is accused of sending a picture of his genitals to a girl who is younger than 16 years of age, according to the arrest citation. The picture was accompanied by a sexually graphic text message indicating intent to engage in intercourse with the recipient, according to the citation.

    Meredith was arrested Friday at Budget Holiday Motel on East Dixie Avenue, according to the citation.

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  • Having a ball in Radcliff

    Radcliff residents Barb and Jim Hawkins came back from a vacation at The Villages, Fla., with a different kind of souvenir.

    They had spent time in the Florida sun dashing along an area the size of a badminton court with a net a couple inches lower than one used for tennis.

    They volleyed Wiffle balls with rackets that looked like large versions of table tennis paddles, Jim Hawkins said.

    “Everybody really likes it,” he said. “There are people there who have given up tennis to play it. It’s just a really good game.”

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  • Now that's a big pumpkin

    Retirement means something different to everyone.

    To Frank Mudd of Flaherty, it means growing big pumpkins — really big pumpkins.

    Mudd won the Kentucky State Fair’s Largest Pumpkin Contest on Friday. His pumpkin weighed 1,046 pounds, beating the second-place finisher by 50 pounds.

    “That’s a pretty good sized pumpkin,’’ he said.

    Mudd, who retired from Fort Knox in 1997 and has had gardens on his 3 acres of land, never intended to get into the art of growing behemoth items like pumpkins and watermelons.

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