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  • Lightning strike reduces poplar tree to splinters

    Some residents on Chestnut Street in Elizabethtown were treated to the sights and sounds of thunder and lightning as it roused them from slumber early Wednesday morning, but they woke up with more than they bargained for.
    John and Tracie Craig greeted the morning with a shock as they found a roughly 60-feet-tall tulip poplar tree shattered in their backyard, a result of a powerful lightning strike earlier in the morning.

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  • Lacy Thomas wrote the book on birdhouses

    An Elizabethtown craftsman is trying to expand the population served by the Hardin County Library system to include small birds, such as chickadees and house finches.

    Lacy Thomas, a regular patron of the library, donated a birdhouse to the library’s main branch on Jim Owen Drive, as a way to provide for the natural world and giving back to one of his favorite places in the community.

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  • Killion waves probable cause hearing, released on reduced bail

    The case of a Radcliff man arrested on charges of providing minors with alcohol and committing an illegal sex act with a minor younger than 16 will go before a grand jury.

    Jake Alan Killion, 20, waived his probable cause hearing when he appeared Wednesday in Hardin District Court.
    Killion, who has pleaded not guilty, was arrested July 7 and charged with one count of first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor and two counts of third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor.

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  • Emergency Management opens cooling center in Elizabethtown

    HARDIN COUNTY — Hardin County Emergency Management has opened a cooling center at Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown as the county continues to battle oppressive heat.
    Doug Finlay, deputy emergency management director, said the center is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through Saturday, though Emergency Management will re-evaluate the center’s availability Friday.
    The center offers water, lemonade and other cold drinks and a small assortment of snacks for those seeking shelter from the heat.

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  • Markham: Radcliff Village will change city’s dynamic

    Joe Markham’s vision to revamp the Radcliff Square Shopping Center at the intersection of Lincoln Trail and Dixie boulevards is not simply a business deal designed to bottle the successes of Fort Knox’s transformation. It also could be described as a labor of love to give Radcliff a competitive edge in the region.

    Markham, a Utah-based real estate developer and North Hardin High School graduate, shared this vision Tuesday night with Radcliff City Council and a chamber full of interested residents eager to hear the details of the plan at Radcliff City Hall.

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  • Bringing history to life on the sidewalks

    Local pioneer Samuel Haycraft Jr., Gen. George Armstrong Custer, President James Buchanan and other historic figures walk the streets of Elizabethtown each Thursday night.

    Haycraft led the way last week for about 40 guests touring Elizabethtown history during one of the summer’s Downtown Charlie Logsdon Walking Tours that have taken place for the past 24 years.

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  • Vine Grove places restrictions on sexually oriented businesses

    Vine Grove City Council replaced the city’s ordinance regarding sexually oriented businesses such as strip clubs and adult bookstores during its meeting Monday.

    Although alcohol sales are not legal in the city and it has no sexually oriented shops, the new ordinance prohibits the sale of alcohol at sexually oriented businesses.

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  • Elizabethtown nonprofit receives funding from Kentucky Arts Council

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    The Music and Arts Center of Cultural Learning recently received more than $2,000 in operational support from the Kentucky Arts Council.
    “We really needed it, and it came just at the right time,” Director Victor Collins said.
    The Elizabethtown center, which provides music and arts programs for children, will use the $2,681 it received to purchase new instruments for the orchestra as well as to pay for classes for 10 scholarship students, Collins said.

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  • E’town police arrest suspects in Boost Mobile robbery

    Two Radcliff men have been arrested in connection to the June 27 robbery of Boost Mobile in Elizabethtown and investigators expect more arrests will be made.

    Elizabethtown Police Department arrested Anthony Carter, 26, on July 13, said Virgil Willoughby, EPD’s public information officer. Carter is  charged with one count of first-degree robbery.

    Willoughby said police did not reveal Carter’s connection because they were searching for Terrell Boyd, 18, who allegedly robbed Boost Mobile, at 600 N. Miles St., with Carter.

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  • HMH partners with Studer Group

    ELIZABETHTOWN — Hardin Memorial Hospital is looking to enhance a patient’s view of its services and has recruited help to do so.
    HMH President and CEO Dennis Johnson said Tuesday the hospital is partnering with The Studer Group, which specializes in improving clinical outcomes such as service and patient satisfaction.

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