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Today's News

  • Bardstown officer shot

    A Bardstown Police officer, Jason Scott Ellis, 33, of Chaplin, was shot and killed sometime before 2:40 Saturday morning as he was on his way home from work.

    Kentucky State Police officers are investigating the shooting, which happened on the Exit 34 ramp on the Blue Grass Parkway at the Ky. 55 section of Bloomfield Road. Ellis, a K-9 officer, was in uniform and was found lying outside the police car he was driving. His dog was not with him.

  • Sunday hail damages vehicles

    A hailstorm hit Hodgenville and outlying areas Sunday afternoon, damaging a few cars and plants.
    Some described the largest hail as “ping-pong ball size,” while reports of “baseball-size hail” were also given but have not been substantiated by emergency service workers.
    The Ovesen Heights area received a 20-minute shower of marble-sized hail – with a few “shooters” spotted.

  • POLICE SEARCH FOR DRIVER OF TAN TRUCK IN POSSIBLE ABDUCTION ATTEMPT

    Hodgenville City Police continue to search for the driver of a small, tan GMC pickup.

    The white, slim-built male may have attempted to abduct a child who was walking home from school on Lincoln Boulevard last week.

    Police Chief Steve Johnson received a second report of a truck matching the description Monday on South Greensburg Street.

  • City's sewer lines smokin' clean

    Workers with Insituform Technologies, LLC, have hit the streets in Hodgenville, as part of the city’s stormwater/sewer rehabilitation project.
    Some streets have been blocked or limited to one lane while workers steam and clean lines. After the lines are cleared, a blue sealer is inserted to prevent stormwater from entering cracks in the pipes.

  • LCHS principal chosen as Garrard superintendent of schools

    Paul Mullins, principal of LaRue County High School, will be the new superintendent of Garrard County Public Schools.
    Mullins’ appointment was announced about 5 p.m. Thursday by the Garrard (pronounced “Garrett”) County Board of Education.
    Mullins informed his staff of his decision Thursday. He sent out a mass email and spoke to others individually.

  • Students compete in Special Olympics

     Six students from Hodgenville Elementary School competed in Special Olympics Kentucky Area 4 Spring Regional Events in Louisville on May 11.

    More than 200 athletes competed in track and field events. Participates competed against other athletes of the same gender, age and ability.

    Each HES student competed in the 50 meter dash and the softball throw.

    Emma Grace Pepper took first place in the 50-meter dash and third place in the softball throw.

    Makayla Pearman took fifth place in the 50-meter dash and fifth place in the softball throw.

  • Homeschooled student joins elite ranks

     Sixteen-year-old Millie Ronkainen did a double take when she came home from her job at Perfect Fit Alterations and spotted a letter from the Kentucky Governor’s Scholar Program lying on the living room coffee table.

  • Relay brings in $57,847.31

    LaRue County Relay for Life teams raised $57,847.31 this past year for cancer research and education – which exceeded the county goal of $57,000.

    The annual Relay was held May 17-18 at Hodgenville Elementary School.

    Members of the community joined together on the track of Hodgenville Elementary School, to walk in honor of those who have been diagnosed, those who are still fighting, those who survived and for those who have passed on due to cancer.

  • LaRue County Fair moved to June 14-22

    The longest-continuously running county fair in Kentucky will be one of the earliest this year.
    The LaRue County Fair, historically held the first week of August or the last week of July, is scheduled for June 14-22.
    Ann “Snookie” Morrison, president of the LaRue County Fair Board, said the earlier date made it possible to book “a better carnival.”
    Kissel Brothers Shows will supply 14 to 15 carnival rides, games and food booths.
    Morrison said the company is comparable to the carnivals at Nelson and Hardin County Fairs.

  • Drug overdose is leading cause of death in state

    Most Kentucky adults don't know that drug overdose is the leading cause of death in the state, but those in the east do.

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