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  • Funeral held for shooting victim

    A message of hope was offered Monday to friends and family of Toni Ballard.

    Ballard, the victim of Thursday’s shooting on Bardstown Road, was buried in the Boston Christian Church Cemetery.

    Stuart Jones, senior minister of First Christian Church in Elizabethtown, officiated at Ballard’s funeral. Jones worked to reassure those that gathered using Biblical promises about what awaits people after death.

    “This isn’t the end,” he said at the Boston chapel of Kappel Funeral Home.

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  • First Christian Church members apply teachings in community

    After several weeks of lessons, members of First Christian Church received their test Sunday.

    Members spread throughout the community Sunday in an effort to assist Elizabethtown residents and to bring service to the forefront of the minds of the church’s membership.

    Community Service Sunday was the culmination of a sermon series called The Ripple Effect, which discusses the effect that small actions can make in a large environment.

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  • Mister White Wrench: Animal markings an identification 'tool'

    When registering a horse, its owner must note what kind of marking is on the animal’s head – for identification.

    To help with this task, there is a list of common shapes including a “stripe” down the muzzle and a “snip” between the nostrils.

    “Wrench” isn’t one of them.

    This spring’s foaling season recently produced a Payneville filly that looks like a Craftsman ad. When registering it, owner Amanda Hudson plans to take a combo approach: stripe/star/snip.

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  • Economic development news coming Wednesday

    An economic development announcement expected to mean jobs for Hardin County is scheduled for Wednesday.

    The Elizabethtown Industrial Foundation joined with the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and Elizabethtown city government to issue invitations for a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the First Federal Gallery of the Historic State Theater.

    Details have not been released but news of a new manufacturing facility coming to Elizabethtown is expected.

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  • Shooting victim remembered as a 'sweet soul'

    She was a woman who loved her family, loved her friends and loved her dog.

    Toni Michelle Ballard, the victim of a Thursday shooting on Bardstown Road, is remembered by friends as someone with an upbeat attitude, even when circumstances weren’t positive.

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  • Jane Beshear tours USA Cares headquarters

    Kentucky’s first lady received a royal tour Friday when she arrived at USA Cares’ headquarters in Radcliff.

    Joined by Radcliff Mayor J.J. Duvall, USA Cares founder Roger Stradley and his staff gave Jane Beshear a glimpse into the mission of the local military charity from its start in 2003 to its national prominence today. Beshear was in town visiting several sites in and around Fort Knox.

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  • Tunnel to Towers runs to honor fallen 9/11 firefighters

    USA Cares plans to honor the heroics of a Brooklyn firefighter on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

    The Radcliff-based military support charity has partnered with the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run Foundation and Blue Star Mothers of America to host Tunnel to Tower runs across the United States on Sept. 11. The goal is to send a firefighter from each run to New York City on Sept. 25 to participate in the Stephen Tunnel to Towers Run.

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  • Photos: We are the (yellow brick) road crew
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  • Train stalls on Tunnel Hill Road

    Firefighters use an extinguisher Saturday to battle a fire in the engine of a CSX diesel locomotive at a crossing on Tunnel Hill Road. Capt. Ben Green of the Central Hardin Fire Department said there were no injuries and said a rod blew through the side of the engine block near the fuel tank.

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