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Country music star Darryl Worley and opening act Storefront Congregation are scheduled to perform Saturday at Fort Knox’s Eastman Park and Amphitheater in a free concert.

Worley, of Memphis, Tenn., has had three No. 1 hit singles since arriving on the music scene in 1999 when he signed with DreamWorks records.

The artist who created the murals depicting the history of local medicine on display at Hardin Memorial Hospital has died.

A funeral for Joseph Victor Petro Jr., 78, was Monday at the Chapel in Old Morrison Hall at Transylvania University in Lexington. He died June 7.

Petro created the murals at HMH in 1983. They are nine feet tall by 75 feet wide, and are scattered throughout the lobby of the hospital.

Police identified the two women killed Monday when a black sedan ran into a tree along the Western Kentucky Parkway near Elizabethtown.

Marion A. Petrie, 80, of Fairview in northern Kentucky and Yolanda Davis, 38, of Cincinnati were passengers in the black Chrysler 300 involved in the single-vehicle crash, Kentucky State Police said.

The wreck occurred near mile marker 132 on the parkway about four miles from the U.S. 31W Bypass in Elizabethtown.

When parents have to leave the care of their children in someone else’s hands, there can be concerns about the capability of the care provider.

The American Red Cross is helping put those fears to rest by offering babysitting training courses to students ages 11 to 15.

On Tuesday, the Hardin-LaRue County chapter began a two-day babysitting training course to help 14 students better understand the responsibilities of caring for a younger child.