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The national president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW will spend part of Monday in Vine Grove.
Cortina Barnes will speak at VFW Post 10281 on Briggs Lane in Vine Grove, take part in a brunch and visit Kentucky Veterans Cemetery-Central as part of her stay, said Connie Burke of the Post 10281 Ladies Auxiliary.
“It’s a big deal for us,’’ Burke said.
She said this is the second visit by a national VFW president in the last few years to Vine Grove.

Traffic safety evaluations by the sheriff’s office will be held on Hardin County roadways over the next few months.

According to a Hardin County Sheriff’s Office news release, the safety checks most often will be held at night when impaired driving traffic is at a maximum. Officers also may initiate checkpoints at other times and places during the month.

The primary focus of the safety checks is to reduce the incidence of drug- and alcohol-impaired drivers on roadways. Officers also will check for child safety seats and seat belt use.

Prosecutors finished their case against Brent Burke at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, and the defense began its case by trying to get a witness testimony approved and briefly questioning a few witnesses.

Burke is on trial for the death of his estranged wife, Tracy Burke, and her former mother-in-law, Karen Comer, which occurred in September 2007 in Comer’s home in Rineyville. This is the fourth attempt at a trial.