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Today's News

  • PREP ROUNDUP: Panthers rout Taylor (05/17)

    Sophomore Zeke Pinkham hit two home runs and drove in eight runs to lead Elizabethtown to a 15-3 victory over visiting Taylor County on Thursday.

    Pinkham continued his torrid spring with a grand slam and a three-run blast in the five-inning triumph, helping the Panthers (23-9) win their third straight.

    Seniors Garrett Morgan and Cannon Pender and freshman Hunter Sullivan had three hits apiece to spearhead a 14-hit attack. Morgan and sophomore Cody Bridges each scored four runs.

    Sullivan earned the win on the mound to improve his record to 7-2.

  • PREP SOFTBALL: Lady Hawks rout E'town (05/17)

    Heading into the postseason, LaRue County coach Aaron Howell liked what he saw from his Lady Hawks on Thursday.

    They pounded out 20 hits, scored 13 runs and backed junior pitcher Brigitte Skaggs with solid defense to roll to a 13-2 win over homestanding 5th Region rival Elizabethtown.

    When the Lady Hawks are playing like this, Howell said they are a dangerous team.

  • BOYS' PREP TENNIS: Difficult day at State for area boys (05/17)

    LEXINGTON — All three area doubles teams knew they had their work cut out for them in going up against seeded opponents in the KHSAA State Tennis Tournament.

    When you add in a withdrawal, a third-set loss and a busted racket, area singles players didn’t have much luck either.

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  • Schmidt Family Foundation supports Greenspace

    On May 2, Jan Schmidt, representing the Schmidt Family Foundation, presented a substantial check to Greenspace Inc., Elizabethtown’s non-profit organization that builds and maintains the Greenbelt system of hiking and biking trails throughout the city. Schmidt and her late husband, Bill, have long been strong supporters of Greenspace. Accepting the check for Greenspace were Treasurer Ed Sprague and Board Member Joan Noel.

  • Sims speaks at Radcliff Rotary Club meeting
  • Hardin District Judge Shumate addresses DAV Chapter 003 members

    Hardin District Judge Kimberly Winkenhofer Shumate was a special guest of DAV Chapter No. 003 at its March meeting at Pritchard Community Center. Shumate addressed members and described the new Veterans Court that soon will be piloted in Hardin County. She advised Jefferson County was selected to serve as the urban model while Hardin County was selected for the rural model of the first Veterans Courts in Kentucky.

  • Patton Museum staff brings different experiences, resources to collections

    Every staff member of the Gen. George Patton Museum of Leadership is working to revamp the space where tanks and armor used to reside. Curator Nathan Jones said the team is diverse, representing different functions of the museum world.

    Jones often is mistaken for the museum’s director, the administrative leader of the staff who supervises daily operations. He defers those questions because his job title is more academic in nature.

  • Preserving the past for future display

    Curator Nathan Jones stops and ponders the oldest item in storage at the General George Patton Museum of Leadership, which is less than a month from its public reopening.

    The museum’s namesake, Gen. George S. Patton, toured European palaces during his time in the military, often stopping to admire and praise artifacts on display. Jones said Patton’s kind words led to loads of souvenirs, including knight’s armor and a sword dating back to the 1600s, which is set for display at Fort Knox in June.

  • Injured puppy ready for adoption

    Hardin County Animal Control is ready to adopt out a 6-month-old dog that broke its leg earlier this month when police say the canine’s owner caused it to fall 5 feet.

    Athena, a brown Chihuahua mix, wears a thick, red cast on her front left leg, but animal control officials said you wouldn’t know it by her energy level.

    “If you set her down, she’s nothing but a blur,” kennel technician Kathy Alberts said Wednesday.