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Today's News

  • Local legislators decry political excesses of redistricting

    During impromptu remarks at a breakfast gathering Thursday, two local legislators pledged to ensure northern Hardin County gets a fair shake when the General Assembly redraws its boundaries.

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  • Missing Elizabethtown man found after search efforts

    Search and rescue efforts helped authorities in West Point find an Elizabethtown man who is part of a newly formed volunteer search and rescue team.

    Elizabethtown resident Drew Holmberg was reported to West Point police as missing and possibly injured at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday after he and his brother were fishing in the Ohio River area, West Point Police Chief Butch Curl said.

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  • Hosparus earns award based on family feedback

    According to families of its patients, you can’t beat Hosparus of Central Kentucky.

    The organization, which celebrates the opening of its memorial gardens later today, recently was recognized as a top 100 hospice based on an independent research firm’s analysis of surveys filled out by patients’ loved ones.

    Deyta’s Hospice Honors Award is given to 100 of the more than 1,200 partnering hospice agencies using the Family Evaluation of Hospice Care survey, according to a news release.

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  • Heart of Hope Homeless Shelter: Radcliff facility nears completion

    A homeless shelter being built in the basement of Powerhouse of Praise and Deliverance Center in Radcliff has a new anticipated completion date.

    Organizers think the Heart of Hope Homeless Shelter could be finished by the beginning of July. Original plans called for the shelter to be finished last winter, but the project ran low on money and faced minor plumbing setbacks.

    Board members think some planned fundraisers and a new organizer will keep things on track for the July completion.

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  • Hooray for Heroes is Saturday

    With much of Hardin County turning out to honor soldiers, organizers of Hooray for Heroes have added shuttle service to accommodate crowds in Radcliff.

    The eighth annual Hooray for Heroes celebration is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday next to Stithton Baptist Church in Radcliff. An evening segment with a USO theme will honor World War II veterans. It is scheduled from 7 to 8:45 p.m. in the church auditorium.

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  • Abrams' 'Star Trek' lives long and prospers

    One word describes how J.J. Abrams translates his love of the science fiction genre into the images on the screen: Genius.

    Abrams has made a diehard “Star Wars” fan not only appreciate “Star Trek” but love his vision of the famous franchise.

    “Star Trek Into Darkness” takes a clever blend of the old beloved series and twists it into his new version of the “Star Trek” timeline flawlessly.

    There even is a Tribble. 

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  • Hydrating for the future

    ISSUE: Water agreement signing ceremony
    OUR VIEW: Deal delivers water for growth

    When we reach for the handle, we expect water to instantly pour out of the tap.

    Little consideration is given to the work behind that water. In fact, most of us take it for granted — except maybe once a month when the bill arrives.

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  • GIRLS' PREP TENNIS: More "Snow" in the State forecast (05/17)

    LEXINGTON — When she finally got to take the court for the first time Thursday during the opening day of the KHSAA State Tennis Tournament at the University of Kentucky, Elizabethtown senior doubles player Mary-Chapin Snow had time to almost finish a 272-page book.

    Maybe that book — Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects, which Snow actually called a quick read — seemed long, but then again, so was her wait.

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  • PREP TRACK: Meers, Johnson hope to get Trojans off to a good start at Class 3-A state (05/17)

    Dante Johnson and Bryce Meers want to help North Hardin make history by becoming the first school to win both the boys’ and girls’ team titles at the KHSAA State Track & Field Championships.

    And if all goes according to plan for the dynamic duo, they’ll get the day started off with a bang in Saturday’s Class 3-A state meet at the University of Louisville’s Owsley Frazier Cardinal Park.

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  • PREP ROUNDUP: Panthers rout Taylor (05/17)

    Sophomore Zeke Pinkham hit two home runs and drove in eight runs to lead Elizabethtown to a 15-3 victory over visiting Taylor County on Thursday.

    Pinkham continued his torrid spring with a grand slam and a three-run blast in the five-inning triumph, helping the Panthers (23-9) win their third straight.

    Seniors Garrett Morgan and Cannon Pender and freshman Hunter Sullivan had three hits apiece to spearhead a 14-hit attack. Morgan and sophomore Cody Bridges each scored four runs.

    Sullivan earned the win on the mound to improve his record to 7-2.

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