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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.

Pat Helm, director of emergency medical services, informed LaRue County magistrates meeting at the courthouse in Hodgenville last week that his department will be purchasing reflective vests to comply with a new federal regulation.

“It applies to any emergency responder or construction worker,” Helm said. “It’s a carryover from what the state is doing.”

Helm said state workers already are wearing the lime-green vests, which he believes might be the most reflective. Other color choices include yellow or orange-red.

A Monday morning fire destroyed a house at 60 Grover Thompson Road in the eastern part of the county near Taylor and Green county lines. Firefighters on the scene declared the unit a "total loss."

No one was injured in the blaze.

See Wednesday's print edition for more details.

Recommended changes to the state penal code — including an increase in the dollar amount of what constitutes felony theft — and the state’s drug laws proposed by committees of the Kentucky Criminal Justice Council were shared Monday with a legislative subcommittee.

The proposals, which are intended to reduce the state’s growing prison population, could lead to legislative changes in the next regular legislative session beginning in January. However, they must first be approved by the Council later this month and delivered to Gov. Steve Beshear by Dec. 1.