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  • Rehabbing Newberry's

    Two downtown Elizabethtown properties that cost $85,000 to purchase will require more money to rehab.

    Heath Seymour, executive director of the Elizabethtown-Hardin County Heritage Council, said he believes the investment would prove worthwhile because it will produce a product the city could lease, rent or sell at a competitive price.

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  • Up on the roof
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  • Photo: Making hay while the sun shines
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  • Seven women indicted since April on benefits fraud charges

    Over the last four weeks, at least seven Hardin County women have been indicted for fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars in public benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

    In April, Elizabethtown woman Joyce McCarthy, 48, was indicted for misrepresentation or failure to report a change to obtain public assistance benefits. Three weeks later, five more women — Angela Marie Varner, Amanda McQuillen, Deidre McCray, Chariti May and Stephanie L. Skirvin — were indicted on the same charge.

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  • This week: Our precious loss, 25 years later

    The News-Enterprise coverage this week includes:

    Monday

    • Lee Williams lost his family in the crash but says God has given him a second chance
    • Wreck changed school buses and DUI laws

    Tuesday

    • Memories of a “perfect day” marred
    • After all hope ended, Carey Aurentz emerged from the wreckage

    Wednesday

    • 25th anniversary memorials
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  • Bus crash anniversary coverage begins in Sunday's edition

    A second-hand school bus struck by a drunken driver's pickup truck burst into flames against the night sky.

    It's been 25 years since 27 people - including 24 children - died on the curvy stretch of Interstate 71 in Carroll County. Most of the 40 other children on board required hospital care. Some still carry obvious scars from the fiery crash and all deal with some form of emotional scar.

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  • Bus crash anniversary coverage begins in Sunday's edition

    A second-hand bus struck by a drunken driver burst into flames against the night sky. It's been 25 years since 27 people died on the curvy stretch of Interstate 71 in Carroll County. Most of the 40 other children on board required hospital care. Some still carry obvious scars from the fiery crash and all deal with some form of emotional scar.

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  • Deputy commander to receive promotion

    The deputy commander of Fort Knox and Cadet Command will be promoted to brigadier general Tuesday afternoon.

    A ceremony for Col. Erik Peterson is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Cadet Park on Brooks Field in front of Cadet Command headquarters.

    The public is invited to attend.

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  • Fiscal Court plans first reading of budget

    First reading of the budget proposal for county government is on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of Hardin Fiscal Court.

    Judge-Executive Harry Berry recommended a $31.4 million operational budget and for $16.3 million in capital projects, which includes six new ambulances, work at Pearl Hollow Landfill and a new county government complex near Ring Road.

    The meeting, which begins at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on the third floor of the courthouse, will open with a required public hearing on county road aid and economic assistance funds.

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  • Radcliff City Council to hold special meeting

    A special meeting of Radcliff City Council will be conducted Monday afternoon at City Hall prior to its scheduled work session.

    The franchise bid for electrical service  is on the agenda as well as a closed session to discuss possible sale or aquistion of property, litigation or business development.

    The work session, which does not include decision-making votes by the council, will follow. It has a separate agenda that includes lists of items for a surplus auction, rental rates for the amphitheater in City Park North. tree limb disposal and stormwater.

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