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Today's News

  • UPDATE: Nashville couple found dead after I-65 crash

    After clearing the scene of a single-vehicle crash Thursday that killed an elderly Tennessee woman on Interstate 65, firefighters found the body of her husband more than 970 feet south of the crash.

    The man had left the vehicle and walked the edge of a creek bed where the Toyota sedan had fallen.

    The couple later was identified as 75-year-old Claire R. Kahane and 78-year-old Charles S. Kahane of Nashville, said Norman Chaffins, spokesman for Kentucky State Police Post 4 in Elizabethtown.

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  • Man struck, killed by train

    A fatal collision Wednesday night left papers bearing the names of Harold Haire’s friends and family scattered across railroad tracks near Cox Lane in Elizabethtown.

    It was through those papers that Hardin County Coroner Dr. Bill Lee said he was able to identify the Elizabethtown man’s next of kin.

    Haire, 53, was struck by a CSX train after 11 p.m. Wednesday, according to officials. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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  • Census population estimates: E’town breaks into Ky.’s top 10

    Once perched on the periphery of Kentucky’s most populous cities, Elizabethtown’s size has reached a new level.

    The city has outgrown Henderson to become the state’s 10th largest, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates released Thursday for the year ending July 1, 2012.

    Elizabethtown’s population has increased by 804 residents since the 2010 census, rounding out a population of 29,335 compared to Henderson’s 28,911, according to the estimates.

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  • Radcliff Elementary students teach lessons in diversity

    A small huddle of students sat cross-legged on the gym floor as they listened to Rose Choi, 10, share details of her native culture.

    A year ago, Rose and her family immigrated to the United States from South Korea. Today, she and her brother are students at Radcliff Elementary School and her family owns Song’s Restaurant on North Wilson Road.

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  • Police: Radcliff man arrested after fight with brother

    A Radcliff man faces a felony assault charge after police say he seriously injured his brother Wednesday night during a domestic altercation at a Kenilworth Court apartment.

    Kori D. Hurt, 26, was arrested on charges of second-degree assault, fourth-degree assault and second-degree cruelty to animals.

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  • Artifact show is Saturday in E’town

    The Green River Archaeological Society’s annual artifact show offers a visual history lesson.

    Displays featuring collections of prehistoric Native American artifacts are open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown. The event is free and food and refreshments will be served.

    The organization is one of 21 state societies that make up the Central States Archaeological Society. Collectors from as far away as Georgia, Illinois and Tennessee are showing their collections Saturday, show host Don Reynolds said.

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  • Berlin Wall exhibit provides palette for Fort Knox artist

    Tressa Croce Breton will leave some important graffiti behind when she and her husband leave Fort Knox.

    A professional artist by trade, Breton created the artwork for a display of the Berlin Wall for the General George Patton Museum of Leadership.

    The display consists of a representation of the wall that includes graffiti and artwork ranging from accomplished artists to everyday people, she said.

    “I wanted to show the variety of the population and represent everyone,” Breton said.

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  • Fort Duffield to honor soldiers, history

    Fort Duffield is combining its memorial service and living history program for the first time this Memorial Day.

    The Civil War site overlooking West Point has hosted a Memorial Day service for more than 20 years, said Connie Morris, secretary of the Fort Duffield Heritage Committee.

    The committee decided to combine the service and living history program, she said, to create a full-day event in hopes of drawing a larger turnout.

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  • Local graduations to air live on TV

    Local graduations are set to air live on Hardin County Educational and Community Television, a division of Hardin County Schools, and Brandenburg Channel 1.

    “Now families from across the world can see students receive their diplomas,” said HCEC-TV director Gina Ryan in a news release.

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  • Photos: Sculpting the future
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