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The Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek was the top vote-getter in a historic preservation contest sponsored by Hampton Inn.

The Save-A-Landmark contest drew more than 45,000 online votes in an 18-day period in November and featured historic sites in nine states. The winner was announced Monday.

The other Kentucky projects under consideration were the Belle of Louisville and the Louisville Water Tower.

Nationwide, city and county governments are experiencing budget woes during the latest economic turndown.

The City of Hodgenville is no exception as Mayor Terry Cruse estimates a possible shortfall of $225,000 by fiscal year’s end. Cruse delivered the grim news Monday night to Hodgenville City Council.

Cruse asked City Clerk MaDonna Hornback to “run a six-month checkup” to see where the city stands on budget.

“We’re not in a crisis, but I wanted you to know where we stood,” Cruse said.

No loss on a field, court or diamond could ever be as difficult as the loss Meade County High School felt Thursday.

At 7:15 a.m., Meade County senior volleyball and basketball player Chelsea Stinnett was pronounced dead at the scene after being involved in an automobile collision on KY 1239 between Midway and Payneville, about five miles outside Brandenburg, according to a Kentucky State Police report.

A free Christmas concert featuring a nationally known recording artist will be offered Sunday evening in Elizabethtown.Westside Baptist Church presentsthe worship concert, “Let Us Adore Him,” at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Performing Arts Center of T.K. Stone Middle School, 323 Morningside Drive, Elizabethtown. It will feature Heather Payne, formerly with the contempory Christian group Point of Grace.

There is no charge for the concerts and tickets are not required. A love offering will be taken.