Today's News

By BOB WHITE

bwhite@thenewsenterprise.com

RADCLIFF — Police and Fort Knox Federal Credit Union officials are warning residents throughout the region not to fall victim to a telephone scam which could result in an empty bank account.

According to Radcliff city spokesman Bryce Shumate, several Radcliff residents received calls Sunday night advising them to provide private account information to rectify a bogus problem with their Visa debit card and the account from which it deducts.

By JOSHUA COFFMAN

jcoffman@thenewsenterprise.com

ELIZABETHTOWN — It was a record year for A Taste of the Heartland.

Surpassing a goal of $30,000, organizers raised more money than in any of the three previous years.

In all, about $32,000 was brought in Friday night from ticket sales and auction items. The $50-per-person dinner netted $22,000 and nearly $10,000 was raised from art pieces sold to attendees.

Blake Ryan is transformed into the Beast by make-up artist Cassie Slaughter as he prepares Saturday for the Youth Theater of Hardin County's final performance of "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" at the Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center in John Hardin High School.

By JOHN FRIEDLEIN

FLINT HILL — Used to be, you could breeze past a McDonald’s window for a fried apple pie.

No more. The fast-food chain has been baking them for 16 years.

Daisy Knight, however, helped save the flaky dessert from extinction last week when the 101-year-old taught two generations of her relatives how to make them.

“We wanted her to pass that family tradition down to us,” granddaughter Melissa Hartmann said.