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Today's News

  • Mayor Walker died of heart attack

    Elizabethtown Mayor Tim Walker died suddenly Friday morning from a heart attack brought on by a cardiovascular disease, said Chief Deputy Hardin County Coroner Kenneth Spangenberger.

    Spangenberger pronounced Walker dead at 5:33 a.m. Friday at Hardin Memorial Hospital. He was 54.

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  • Officials remember, mourn the loss of Mayor Tim Walker

    City employees talked about their fondness for Elizabethtown Mayor Tim Walker during a news conference Friday morning and discussed what the city will need to do to move forward.

    Walker, 54, was pronounced dead at 5:33 a.m. Friday by Hardin County Deputy Coroner Kenneth Spangenberger at Hardin Memorial Hospital after he died at his home.

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  • Building Permits

    The following building permit information has been obtained from Hardin County Planning and Development Commission and the cities of Elizabethtown and Radcliff planning and development offices. The name of the applicant, applicant’s address and use of permit are listed.

    Video Outpost, 200 St. John Road, Elizabethtown. Use: canopy.

    Grill It, 2018 N. Mulberry St., Elizabethtown. Use: interior.

    Big E Inc., 101 Huckaberry St., Elizabethtown. Use: single-family dwelling.

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  • Property Transfers

    The following property transfers are listed as given on deeds at the Hardin County Clerk’s Office in Elizabethtown.

    Catherine Louise Lucas to Tammy and Douglas Lucas, 711 Tabb Road, Cecilia, $165,000.

    Ronald C. and Donna G. Booker to John and Kathleen Haley, lot 5 Reservation Farm, county, $275,000.

    The Home Place of Kentucky LLC to David Todd and Lois Marie Peterson, 119 Sawgrass Ave., Vine Grove, $260,000.

    T-Co Construction LLC to Ashley D. Woosley, 116 Lowball Lane, Vine Grove, $155,900.

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  • Batschelet takes command of USAREC

    After serving for years in Europe in a joint command with other military branches, Maj. Gen. Allen W. Batschelet said he is happy to be working in the U.S. again as he stood on Brooks Field at Fort Knox.

    “When you come back to an all-Army community, it’s like you’re coming back to family,” said Batschelet, who took charge of U.S. Army Recruiting Command from outgoing commander Maj. Gen. David L. Mann on Thursday during a change of command ceremony.

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  • HCP holds auditions for "Little Shop of Horrors"

    Hardin County Playhouse will hold auditions Monday and Tuesday for their forthcoming production of “Little Shop of Horrors.”

    Auditions are 6:30 p.m. both days at the Plum Alley Theater in the Historic State Theater complex in Elizabethtown.

    Needed for the production are four men, ages 25-65, and four women, ages 16–35. Those auditioning will not need to prepare material, but should be able to sing in the rock, gospel and blues style of the show.

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  • Old Time Fiddler’s Contest hits a high note

    TOPIC: Old Time Fiddler's Contest
    OUR VIEW: A sizzling debut

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  • SWIMMING: State open water championships are Sunday at Freeman Lake (06/14)

    About 100 swimmers are slated to compete Sunday in the first Kentucky Open Water Championship at Freeman Lake Park in Elizabethtown.

    Action gets started at 9 a.m. and eight events will be contested. Age groups 15-and-over, 13-14 and 11-12 will compete in 400-meter races, while age groups 9-10 are 200-meter races.

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  • PREP FOOTBALL: Panthers get another line of protection (06/14)

    From youth football all the way through the NFL, football teams are constantly looking for any way to help prevent head injuries. In a violent sport, it’s easier said than done.

    With concussion awareness growing by the day and many teams expanding the protocol after a head injury, the Elizabethtown football team believes it took a major step in advancing that process Thursday afternoon.

    The Panthers gathered at Carnes Family Dental to get fitted for Pro-form mouth guards, which are supposed to help prevent concussions.

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  • VFW and Ladies Auxiliary support Rachel’s Project

    Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 10281 and Ladies Auxiliary recently joined other community organizations in supporting “Rachel’s Project.”

    Rachel Ritchie, a 9-year-old Vine Grove resident, made a presentation to Vine Grove City Council members in February to get an ADA-accessible playground so all children could play together without some physical differences being so easily noticed.

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