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Investigators with the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office have identified three suspects they believe solicited thousands of dollars from local businesses in a scam to sell calendar advertisements.

The sheriff’s office began investigating in May after receiving several complaints concerning a man attempting to solicit money for advertisements in a calendar for the Hardin Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, according to police.

I-65 wreck slows down traffic,...

A multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 65 has shut down traffic along the northbound lanes.

The accident happened between the 96 and 97 mile markers at about 9:30 a.m. with seven vehicles involved. Traffic currently is backed up past the Exit 94 mile marker. Only the right-hand lane is open.

At least one person was trapped in a vehicle and has been airlifted from the scene.

See Tuesday's print edition of The News-Enterprise for more details.

BOYS' PREP BASKETBALL:...

From the time his former basketball coach gave him his first coaching job in 2007, Josh Henderson wanted one thing: to become a head coach some day.

On Thursday, Henderson finally got his chance.

After six seasons as an assistant coach under Paul Childress at LaRue County, Henderson was officially tabbed to take over as coach of the Meade County Green Wave.

John Hardin selects new principal

The John Hardin High School site-based decision-making council has selected one of the school’s assistant principals, Lynne Gibson, to be the new JHHS principal.

“The John Hardin leadership wants to move from being a good school to a great school. Lynne is up to the challenge,” Superintendent Nannette Johnston said in a statement. “We are excited for her and the John Hardin High School family.”

MLB: Diamondbacks claim former...

Nate Adcock wasn’t without a Major League Baseball club for very long.

One week after being designated for assignment by the Kansas City Royals, the former North Hardin star right-handed pitcher was claimed off waivers by Arizona Thursday afternoon. The Diamondbacks then optioned Adcock to Triple-A Reno.

Mother files wrongful death suit

The mother of a Magnolia man shot and killed by a LaRue County Sheriff’s deputy in December has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the deputy, the LaRue County Sheriff’s Office and LaRue County government in U.S. District Court.

The civil suit filed by Carolyn Chaudoin, mother of Thomas Earl Ferguson and administrator of his estate, said deputy James E. Williamson used excessive force and displayed negligence when he fatally wounded her son.

Lynne Gibson named John Hardin...

The new principal at John Hardin High School is a familiar face to the school’s staff and students.

Lynne Gibson, an assistant principal at John Hardin, replaces Alvin Garrison. Garrison is leaving at the end of the month to take over as superintendent at Covington Independent Schools.

Gibson was one of the first teachers hired at the school when it opened in 2001, and said, “my heart and my soul is in this school.”

“There’s nowhere I’d rather be, nothing I’d rather be doing,” she said.

E'town men plead guilty in...

Two Elizabethtown men pleaded guilty Tuesday in Hardin Circuit Court to attempting to rob a gas station near Interstate 65 in December.

Chase A. Dunaway, 19, and Nathaniel J. Restivo, 21, were arrested Dec. 7 after Elizabethtown police responded to Plaza 94 at 2022 N. Mulberry St. in reference to a robbery, police said.

Originally indicted on charges of complicity to commit first-degree robbery, the two men pleaded guilty to amended charges of complicity to commit second-degree robbery, which is a Class C felony.

A hall of old things no more

Friday’s reopening of the Gen. George Patton Museum of Leadership will be a cause for celebration for Fort Knox, the Army and the state, Director Christopher Kolakowski said.

The museum will return following a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Gov. Steve Beshear and Maj. Gen. Jefforey Smith, commander of Cadet Command and Fort Knox, are scheduled to speak and tour the museum following the ceremony. Music will be provided by the 113th Army Band.

Tributes to Tim Walker