Today's News

By MARTY FINLEY

mfinley@thenewsenterprise.com

HARDIN COUNTY –  A group of human resource workers, accompanied by family members, boarded a bus Wednesday from the Alexandria, Va., area and departed for Kentucky. Their moods and expectations varied, but as Human Resource Command Manager Lloyd Gibert attested Thursday afternoon, everyone was surprised upon arrival.

“We’ve changed a lot of opinions on what Kentucky has to offer,” Gibert said.

  By JOHN FRIEDLEIN

jfriedlein@thenewsenterprise.com

ELIZABETHTOWN — A broom-making demonstration is among the events planned for Saturday’s final monthly celebration of the season at the Hardin County Farmers’ Market.

Other highlights include a discussion about cheese making, hamburgers from a Greensburg cattle company and ice cream made by a Warren County dairy farmer.

Gasoline prices have been at all time highs throughout the summer. Unfortunately, they’re likely to hover near $4 per gallon for some time locally because of recent hurricanes that disrupted production on gulf oil rigs and at coastal area refineries. Local unemployment has risen to 7.5 percent, up two percentage points from the same level a year ago and higher than the state average.