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  • Youth job fair to prepare future career seekers is April 26

    Young people will have the opportunity to network with employers April 26.

    Residents of the eight-county Lincoln Trail area from 16 to 21 years old are invited to a youth job fair from 4 until 6 p.m. at the John Hardin High School commons.

    Several employers, including United Parcel Service of America Inc., Job Corps, the U.S. Army, Manpower Inc., Rally’s Hamburgers Inc., The Reserve Network and Hired! Apprenticeship Program are expected to attend and speak to attendees.

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  • Extension of TIF program could reap benefits for county

    A House bill extending the Tax Increment Financing program in the state of Kentucky may ultimately benefit a portion of Hardin County near Fort Knox.

    Local officials say they hope the passage of HB 310, which was signed into law by Gov. Steve Beshear, will provide an additional means to attract new business and industry to the area.

    Under the provisions of HB 310, more areas within the state now qualify for tax increment financing districts, which in essence redirects taxes from the land back into the development of the property.

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  • Teen keeps mother's memory alive through exhibit, fundraiser

    When Kelly Jeffries succumbed to cancer in December 2009, her legacy included — among other things — her art and a teenage daughter determined to keep her memory alive.

    On Sunday, the two will come together, as Skylar Jeffries, 16, holds an exhibit of her mother’s artwork from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Brown-Pusey House in Elizabethtown.

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  • E-scrap collection under way

    Hardin County government hopes you’ll reconsider before tossing that cell phone in the trash or kicking that bulky television or desktop computer to the curb for trash haulers.

    An alternative created by the county in coordination with local industries is the annual electronic scrap event, which continues until 3 p.m. Saturday at AGC Automotive Americas on Auto Glass Drive off Leitchfield Road near Elizabethtown.

    The event is open to Hardin County residents only, and participants must present a valid form of identification to prove their residence.

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  • Partnership promotes college credit transfers

    Leitchfield resident Pamela Collins now has one less worry on her mind.

    With the signing of a document on Thursday, Collins knows all of the credits she has earned as a health and human services student at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College will follow her to Lindsey Wilson College.

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  • Time to file: Tax deadline approaching

    For some area tax preparation businesses, the final days leading up to Monday’s filing deadline are the busiest days of the year. For others, those days represent a small spike in business after the filing rush at the beginning of the year.

    The federal filing deadline was pushed back this year from its traditional April 15 date because that day falls this year on Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in Washington, D.C.

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  • Guthrie, Williams to headline Lincoln Day dinner Saturday

    Hardin County Republicans will reconnect with their roots to former President Abraham Lincoln this weekend during a forum designed to showcase the latest crop of political contenders.

    The annual Hardin County Lincoln Day Dinner will kick off at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Historic State Theater in Elizabethtown with a social hour in which visitors can meet and chat directly with candidates or their representatives. Dinner starts at 6 p.m.

    Tickets are $40 in advance or $50 at the door, said Mike Phillips, vice chairman of the Hardin County GOP.  

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  • Hardin Fiscal Court to meet today

    Hardin Fiscal Court's regular meeting has been scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today at the H.B. Fife Courthouse in Elizabethtown.

    Deputy Judge-Executive Jim Roberts said the meeting was delayed because members of Hardin Fiscal Court were on a business trip in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Hardin Memorial Hospital for most of the week. In addition to serving on the court, magistrates have a dual role as trustees of the hospital.

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  • Festival parade committee selects education theme

    The theme for this year's Heartland Music Festival parade will be "Education ExCELs in the Heartland."

    Community members were asked to submit entries that had to do with the larger theme of education. Festival organizers hope that the ExCEL winners, educators who have been recognized by WHAS and LG&E/KU, will be grand marshals for the festival parade.

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