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  • Coca-Cola Museum says goodbye

    The world’s largest private collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia is returning to the open market.

    The Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia closed its doors Tuesday at 109 Buffalo Creek Drive in Elizabethtown and the Schmidt family plans to place its immense collection of rare Coca-Cola artifacts on public auction starting in September.

    The collection, which is estimated at around 80,000 items, is valued at more than $10 million.

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  • Next Burke trial set for Sept. 7

    The fifth attempt at a trial for former U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Sept. 7 at the Hardin County Justice Center.

    Burke is accused of killing his estranged wife, Tracy Burke, and her former mother-in-law, Karen Comer, in September of 2007 in Rineyville.

    The fourth trial ended in a mistrial April 4 after a jury declared that it couldn’t reach a verdict.

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  • Schmidt Coca-Cola Museum closing its doors

    The Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia, which opened in 1977, is closing its doors for good. The Schmidt family plans to auction its mammoth collection of Coca-Cola merchandise over the next few years and invest the proceeds into the Schmidt Family Foundation, which will be used to benefit local and national charities chosen by the family, said Larry Schmidt, the museum's president.

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  • Design, construction could be combined for tennis courts

    Elizabethtown Planning Director Ed Poppe said Monday the city is considering an unusual approach to constructing new tennis courts on a site at Freeman Lake Park behind Lakeshore Plaza shopping center.

    Poppe said the scope of work for the project is in development and plans are in the works to bid the design and construction as one package. Normally, the work is split up and handled by different companies.

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  • Thunderstorm warnings issued for early morning storms

    The ongoing series of heavy showers spawned new threats early this morning.

    The National Weather Service issued a number of thunderstorm warnings, including two covering portions of Hardin County and LaRue County. Over the course of the predawn hours, warnings also were issued for Grayson, Hart, Green, Nelson and Bullitt counties.

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  • Fish and wildlife supports sandhill crane hunting

    The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has come out in favor of limited hunting of the eastern population of the sandhill crane, which can be spotted in many areas of the county during migration through parts of Kentucky.

    John Brunjes, migratory bird biologist with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, wrote an article in support of limited hunting in response to opinion pieces opposing a proposal before the department that would allow limited harvest of the birds.

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  • Photo: Good day for fishing
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  • Local pet could send couple to Idol finale

    Two Elizabethtown residents will appear on television Wednesday morning to compete for a trip to attend the American Idol finale next month in Hollywood.

    Mazie, an English bulldog from a Sonora breeder, and her owner, Todd Alexander will be on WDRB-TV’s “Fox in the Morning” as part of the station’s Pet to Idolize contest competition.
    Alexander said the picture of Mazie in her plain, brown collar stood out among thousands of pictures of pets dressed in costumes, sportswear and other clothes.

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  • April rainfall totals nearly a foot

    If April showers really do bring May flowers, then allergy sufferers could be on overdrive in a few weeks.

    As of noon Monday, nearly 11 inches of rain had hit Hardin County over the first 25 days of the month, and more rain was in the forecast for this week. Monday, residents were greeted by a torrential rain by late afternoon.

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  • Update: Wet weekend followed by forecast of more storms

    Soaked soil was unable to absorb much of the heavy weekend rains complicating flooding problems across the region.

    Hardin County's Mesonet weather station recorded 3.25 inches of rain over the weekend. More rain and occasional thunderstorms are likely today, Tuesday and Wednesday, according to forecasters. An additional three-tenths had fallen by 7 a.m. today on top of the April total of 11.58 inches as of midnight Sunday.

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