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Today's News

  • Smokers have help to quit today

    By JOHN FRIEDLEIN

    jfriedlein@thenewsenterprise.com

    HARDIN COUNTY — While it may take a village to raise a child, it also may take a village to get somebody to quit smoking.

    Those who choose not to puff today won’t have to go it alone. It’s the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great American Smokeout, a time when local anti-smoking advocates make an extra push to help keep people from lighting up.

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  • Holiday fire hazards abound

    By BOB WHITE

    bwhite@thenewsenterprise.com

    ELIZABETHTOWN – While most view the cute candles, cozy fireplaces, glowing Christmas lights and green indoor trees as beautiful ways to celebrate and decorate throughout the holiday season, fire officials warn of the dangers each can pose.

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  • Kroger makes donation to America's Second Harvest

    Managers Chris Swearinger and Mark Abshear present Gary Miles with the $20,000 donation from Kroger.

    Recently Elizabethtown Kroger managers Chris Swearinger and Mark Abshear presented American’s second Harvest of Kentucky’s Heartland Food Bank Executive Director Gary Miles and donation of $20,000. The funds were raised by the 14 Kroger stores in Hardin, Meade, Taylor, Marion, Russell, Wayne, Muhlenberg, Warren and Christian counties as part of Kroger’s “Bringing Hope to the Table” promotion.

     

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  • Dollars and Sense

    Some parents spend years saving for their children’s college education, while others scramble to search out scholarships and loans at the last minute. No matter which approach you’ve taken, there are a number of tax breaks available for qualifying taxpayers paying education bills. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to offset your education costs.

    Great tax credits

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  • Life or something like it

    I love Thanksgiving. And it’s not for the turkey and fixings. Although my sister Mia’s cornbread terrine is pretty special.

    It’s really about getting together with my brother and sisters and their families. I’m not sure who suggested the tradition, but for the past 15 years or so, my brother and two sisters and our children and our mom, who lives with me, have been going to one house or the other’s for Thanksgiving.

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  • National Chrysler raffle benefits charitable organizations

    The News-Enterprise

    ELIZABETHTOWN — The Swope Chrysler dealership in Elizabethtown today will be the site for a national program called “Challenger for Charity.” A 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 will be on display and visitors to the dealership can purchase raffle tickets for a drawing for the vehicle.

    Tickets cost $5 each or six for $25. The dealership is open from 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

    The vehicle had been taken around the country to various Chrysler dealerships the last several months for the raffle.

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  • E'town's second-largest employer announces cuts

    By BOB WHITE

    bwhite@thenewsenterprise.com

    ELIZABETHTOWN – Hardin County’s second-largest private employer, automobile glass company AGC Automotive Americas, announced Wednesday that more than 100 employees will be cut from its 625-person work force by the end of December.

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  • Rineyville report of abduction isn't first in area

    By BOB WHITE

    bwhite@thenewsenterprise.com

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  • The first lady visits Hodgenville

     

    By JOHN FRIEDLEIN jfriedlein@thenewsenterprise.com

    HODGENVILLE — First lady Laura Bush on Tuesday visited the Abraham Lincoln birthplace park to kick off a fundraising campaign for sites significant to the 16th president’s life.

    Bush had planned on traveling to the park on Lincoln’s 199th birthday this past winter to launch a two-year bicentennial celebration, but canceled the trip because of an ice storm.

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  • Nov. 14 Editorial: A void left to fill

     

    Since September, certain members of this community likely have felt lost and unwanted. They are the young and the young at heart who sought emotional, social, intellectual and physical support through Wesley Hilltop House.

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