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Today's News

  • Shock probation denied for shooter

    ELIZABETHTOWN - A request for shock probation for a man convicted on six counts of wanton endangerment in May was rejected by a Circuit Court judge last week.

    According to court documents, Hardin Circuit Court Judge Kelly Mark Easton denied a request from Marcus Edwards, 31, for shock probation which he filed earlier this month.

    Edwards originally was charged with attempted murder after shooting a gun in a Radcliff apartment inhabited by James Robinson III, Robinson's estranged wife and a few children.

  • Nothing says summer like giant tomatoes

    Stories from the Heartland by JOHN FRIEDLEIN

    ELIZABETHTOWN — Come late September, Virgil H. Yates may need a ladder to pick his tomatoes.

    Two of his plants have grown together to form a 12-foot tower.

    “All the neighbors around here know about it,” he said.

    They check on its vertical progress every few days and then they’ll likely return home with free tomatoes. Yates, of course, is flush.

  • HMH lauded

    By MARTY FINLEY

    mfinley@thenewsenterprise.com

    HARDIN COUNTY – Hardin Memorial Hospital was named one of the 100 Top Hospitals: Performance Improvement Leaders in a Thomson Reuters study.

    The hospitals recognized all showed the ability to improve efficiency, raise clinical outcomes and progress financially, according to the study.

  • Aug. 19, 2008: Obituaries

     

  • Leo Pike: One life, many contributions

    By JOSHUA COFFMAN

    jcoffman@thenewsenterprise.com

    VINE GROVE — A Hardin County man who was a career soldier and a leader of the Fort Knox Federal Credit Union received an award from the Army honoring his contributions.

    Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Leo Pike, 83, was inducted into the Ancient Order of St. Christopher, the patron saint of the Army’s Transportation Corps.

  • Farewell, No. 6

    By JOSHUA COFFMAN

    jcoffman@thenewsenterprise.com

    FORT KNOX — For the sixth time in five years, the 233rd Transportation Company is heading out to support the war in Iraq. About 100 troops will fly to the Middle East within the next week and complete preparations for its combat duty, scheduled to end in 12 months or when the mission is complete.

    They will link up with 200 subordinate soldiers from Forts Stewart and Benning, Ga. Roughly four-fifths of the company previously has served in combat.

  • Bluegrass benefit

    The second Rineyville Bluegrass Festival was held Saturday. It's a benefit for the Community Park.

  • Citizens Police Academy begins fall session next week

    Staff Report

    ELIZABETHTOWN — People interested in learning what police work is like have an opportunity to enroll in Elizabethtown Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy class slated to begin Aug. 25.

    During a one-night-per-week, six-week class, the academy allows residents the chance to experience many of the same things police officers and detectives do throughout the course of their jobs on the beat.

  • PREP SPORTS: North Hardin or Fort Knox guaranteed to win tonight in volleyball (08/19)

    The News-Enterprise

    The North Hardin and Fort Knox prep volleyball teams haven’t had much luck this season, but one of the two teams is due for some good news tonight.

    Since Fort Knox (0-2 overall, 0-1 district) plays at North Hardin at 7 tonight, either the Lady Eagles or the host Lady Trojans will notch their first district win of the season.

  • Aug. 19: Services

     

    Terry “Mike” Milliner, 69, of Big Clifty, died Aug. 14, 2008. A celebration of life service is at 2 p.m. CDT Aug. 23, at Clearview Baptist Church in Leitchfield.