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Today's News

  • Beauty school promotes environment, student skills

    A local beauty school is promoting the environment and its students’ skills with a special event Saturday night.

    Empire Beauty School on Westport Road in Elizabethtown is hosting a student-organized hair show called “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” at 7 p.m.

    Fashions are expected to feature newspapers, trash bags, aluminum cans and other materials that can be reduced, reused or recycled to help the environment, said Elizabethtown student Jaclyn Gartner, who is helping with the show.

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  • Motorcycle wreck on U.S. 62
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  • HCS approves tentative budget

    Hardin County Schools’ officials expect a smaller general fund for the upcoming fiscal year.

    The HCS board approved the tentative budget for fiscal year 2014 on Thursday night at its regular meeting. The district expects a reduction in state funding but an increase in local tax revenue. The tentative budget is the second step of a three-step cycle; the draft version of the budget was approved in January.

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  • Kentucky begins with kids in mind

    ISSUE: Investing in early childhood education
    OUR VIEW: Critical priority worthy of investment

    Beginnings are the best place to start.

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  • Stitchers Quilt Guild members gather for April meeting

    The Stitchers Quilt Guild held a showcase of mini quilts during the April meeting. Members brought miniature quilts they made for show and tell. The Stitchers also have a mini group that meets every other month and works on a different miniature pattern each time.

    Mini quilts will be on display at the annual Heart of Kentucky Quilt Show on Sept. 20 and 21 at Pritchard Community Center.

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  • Building Permits

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

    Brian and April Tribus, 515 Green Crest Drive, Cecilia. Use: swimming pool.

    Anglin Frank Jr., 1600 Harris School Road, Rineyville. Use: deck.

    Brad Kindervater, 4 Split Rail Subdivision, county. Use: single-family dwelling.

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  • Unity Baptist makes Hart honorary deacon

    Unity Baptist Church in Stephensburg will celebrate Bob Hart day at 11 a.m., May 19, by recognizing him as an honorary deacon with a special service and fellowship meal in his honor.

    Hart is being recognized for his faithful service as a member and deacon since 1998. Brother Bob also has been a member of Ovesen Heights Baptist Church in Hodgenville and New Hope Baptist Church in Elizabethtown.

    Hart is a native of Hardin County and is a World War II veteran. He has worked for most of his life in Hardin and LaRue counties.

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  • Living Faith lends a hand to students

    Members of Living Faith Baptist Fellowship in Elizabethtown recently visited Tammy Simpson’s second-grade class at Owsley County Elementary School. They brought a bag of books for summer reading for each of the 22 students in the class, as well as other items for the children’s summer enjoyment.

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  • Summit United Methodist meets in new church
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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.

    Ottis and Patsy D. Tucker to Kerry and Donna S. Silverman, lots 4-8 Dupin Loop Subdivision, county, $79,000.

    John Kapteyn and Amber St. Clair-Kapteyn to Tiffany N. Jones, lot 75 LaVista Estates Subdivision, county, $127,000.

    Secretaryof Housing and Urban Development to Cassandra Clark, 1317 Kentucky Drive, Elizabethtown, $58,000.

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