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Today's News

  • Inmate's mother sues after apparent suicide

    ELIZABETHTOWN

    The mother of a teen found hanging in a Hardin County jail cell in August 2007 is now suing county government and Jailer Louis Lawson for wrongful death of her son.

    When Rico Clayton, 19, was found dead in his cell Aug. 26, 2007, jail staffers said the young inmate appeared to have committed suicide.

    Earlier this month, Sharon Clayton, mother to the deceased, filed a wrongful death claim against the county, placing blame on the jail and county government for her son’s death.

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  • Finally, a degree of satisfaction

    HODGENVILLE -- When Richard Masters was a Cub Scout in the early 60s, slipping pennies into a little blue collectors’ folder, he didn’t imagine what a cool task awaited him as an adult — designing the first new cent in 50 years.

    Masters based his drawing for the tails side of the penny on an 19th Century cabin that sat on Abraham Lincoln’s family farm just south of town.

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  • Few students tested at school show evidence of drug use

    BY THE NUMBERS

    HARDIN COUNTY SCHOOLS

    Year/Tests/Positive Results

    2004-2005: 1,171-3

    2005-2006: 1,242-4

    2006-2007: 1,514-2

    2007-2008: 1,337-0

    ELIZABETHTOWN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

    Year/Tests/Positive Results

    2004-2005: 566-0

    2005-2006: 593-1

    2006-2007: 578-1

    2007-2008: 597-1

    *2008-2009: 164-0

    * As of Sept. 12

    By KELLY RICHARDSON

    krichardson@thenewsenterprise.com

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  • PREP VOLLEYBALL: Central Hardin edges Marion (09/30)

    The News-Enterprise The Central Hardin Lady Bruins improved to 13-0 against 5th Region foes with a 26-24, 25-21 victory over visiting region rival Marion County on Monday. Senior setter Tiffany Allen led the Lady Bruins (22-8) with 20 assists and one kill, while senior middle hitter Kelsey Villwock chipped in with eight kills and two aces. Sophomore outside hitter Cassidy Sorrells,

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  • SBDM Council meeting dates

     

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  • Sept. 30, 2008: Our readers write

    Quiet on the Ring Road front

    The plans for moving Hardin County government offices from downtown to a proposed location on Ring Road seem to have been shelved for now, but I believe they are very much in the long range plans and for good reasons are being kept under wraps.

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  • First Baptist Elizabethtown celebrates 42nd Pastor's Anniversary

    The Rev. Bernard and Gloria Bishop   First Baptist Church, located at 107 Bishop Lane, Elizabethtown, will celebrate the 42nd Pastor’s Anniversary of the Rev. B.T. Bishop and his wife, Gloria, at the 11 a.m. service Sunday. Special guests will be the Rev. William Smith and First Baptist Church Mountain Park of Birmingham, Ala.

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  • Landfill changes management

    Hardin County

    The Pearl Hollow Landfill will be closed from Saturday until 6 a.m. Monday.

    The site will be closed for the changeover in management from Rumpke to Santek Landfill Solutions, Solid Waste Coordinator Bob Hall said.

    When the landfill reopens, the gate rate will increase by $1.50 a ton — to $28.25. The minimum charge of $15 will remain the same.

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  • GIRLS' PREP SOCCER ROUNDUP: Lady Bruins tie Bardstown (09/30)

    The News-Enterprise Freshman forward Lauren Norton scored off an assist from senior midfielder Katie Meredith with just 80 seconds left in the game to help the homestanding Central Hardin Lady Bruins rally for a 1-1 tie with the Bardstown Lady Tigers on Monday night. “I thought we played pretty well. I thought we looked good throughout the first half and most of the second half

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  • Feds need to act, many Ky. politicians say

    By BOB WHITE

    bwhite@thenewsenterprise.com

    ELIZABETHTOWN – Whether talking to former U.S. Senators Wendell Ford and “Dee” Huddleston, or Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his 2008 Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford, all agree the federal government must step in to aid the nation’s economic recovery.

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