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  • Band of Hawks add to tradition with fourth at state

    Continuing its tradition of excellence, the LaRue County Band of Hawks qualified for the finals Saturday at the State Marching Band Contest and finished fourth overall in Class AAA.

    LaRue’s score of 85.05 earned the fourth-place spot in the field of 16 in state semifinal round early Saturday at Meade County High School to earn a chance to perform on the championship stage Saturday evening at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in Louisville.

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  • Three Hodgenville Elementary students cast in play

    Hodgenville Elementary School Art Club students Logan Strange, Airyl Heath and Katie Roberts are going to be performing at the Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center this weekend in the play Rumpelstiltskin. 

    Fifteen students from the club went to the audition, where 180 children from area schools tried out for parts; only 60 students were chosen.

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  • Relay for Life kick-off is Saturday

    The LaRue County Relay for Life kickoff is set for Saturday.

    The annual relay, organized by the American Cancer Society, is held in the spring. It allows people to pay tribute to those who have lost their battle with cancer, as well as honor cancer survivors and caregivers. At the community celebration, individuals and teams camp out, play games and take turns walking around a track, relay-style, to raise funds to fight cancer.

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  • I-65 slowdown

    Maintenance repairs will be made on northbound Interstate 65 beginning Wednesday between Exits 91 and 94 in Elizabethtown, the Department of Highways announced.

    Message boards will be in place advising the public of the change in traffic flow. Motorists are asked to take precautions in the work zone and can expect minimal delays.

    The actual starting date and duration of the work may be adjusted if inclement weather or other unforeseen delays occur.

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  • IRS looking to give money to missing taxpayers

    The Internal Revenue Service is looking for Kentucky taxpayers who are missing 2,740 economic stimulus checks totaling about $1.5 million and 873 regular refund checks totaling nearly $784,000 that were returned by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors. The average undelivered stimulus payment is $554 and the average undelivered refund is $898.

    In LaRue County, eight economic stimulus payments and one refund were undeliverable.

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  • Scouts canvass neighborhoods for Food Drive

    The 21st annual Scouting for Food Drive is under way, said Scott Nutt, program chairman for the Frontier District of the Boy Scouts of America, which includes LaRue County. Some 2,400 Scouts and 7,000 adult volunteers, throughout the nine-county area will participate in this food drive.

    The Scouts canvassed local neighborhoods last Saturday and left door hangers or flyers requesting that residents place non-perishable food items on their doorsteps Saturday, Nov. 15.

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  • 5 of 6 re-elected seen as confidence in city

    Five of six members of Hodgenville City Council won re-election and will be joined next year by Bonni Clark, who retired after 27 years working in City Hall.

    Strong support for the incumbents is viewed by Mayor Terry Cruse and others as an endorsement of city government’s direction.

    “If people were really displeased it wouldn’t have gone that way,” Cruse said Tuesday night.

    Councilman Jim Phelps Jr. agreed that “the council that’s there is doing a good job.”

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  • LCHS deals with cyberstalking

    When Hodgenville Police Chief John Cottrill received a call to investigate a possible threat Thursday at LaRue County High School, he assumed he would be dealing with a handwritten letter.

    Instead, he learned a student had been playing an interactive video game at his home and became concerned at comments made by another online player. The student reported the incident to Principal Paul Mullins who turned the matter over to police.

    Cottrill and Mullins agree it was the right move.

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  • ECTC helping Clayton employees

    Elizabethtown Community and Technical College has partnered with Lincoln Trail Area Development District to provide assistance to Clayton Homes' employees in Hodgenville. The manufacturing company announced its closure last month. Approximately 140 employees are affected.

    Rapid response sessions were held Oct. 29-30 at Clayton's, where employees learned about unemployment, insurance and educational opportunities.

    ECTC is offering three free classes to employees affected by the closure. Interviewing techniques will was Wednesday at Clayton Homes.

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  • Chelf, Smith return to school board

    A nickel doesn’t stretch as far as it once did.

    Voters overturned a nickel-growth tax in January but returned two incumbent LaRue County School Board members to office Tuesday who approved the measure. The two re-elections came despite an aggressive campaign by a slate of opposition candidates.

    Local businessman Ronnie Chelf, who won by 26 votes in District 2, said the tax proposal overshadowed the school district’s accomplishments and his record of service in the eyes of some voters.

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