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Today's News

  • Williams receives flag from Rep. Guthrie

    Since 1937, U.S. flags flown over the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. have been presented to honor the works of civic organizations and individuals. One such flag was presented to Fort Knox Federal Credit Union Director Emeritus Howard A. Williams. The Capitol flag was obtained through Kentucky Second District Congressman Brett Guthrie.

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  • PHOTO: Sweethearts

    Rachael Hammons and Molly Abbott enjoyed a Sweethearts candy sorting, graphing and counting activity at Hodgenville Elementary School. 

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  • PHOTO: 100th Day

    Students at Saint Catherine Academy in New Haven celebrated the 100th day of school. Students dressed up as a 100-year-old person or in a way to represent the number 100. From left, Nicholas Culver, Hayden Clark, Eric Reiter,  Lily Smith and Macaul Bryan.

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  • PHOTO: Chili Cook-off
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  • PHOTOS: Leadership LaRue at Frankfort

    The LaRue County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class visited Frankfort last week. The group met with legislators: Rep. Terry Mills, Rep. Michael Meredith, Senator Carroll Gibson, and Senator David Givens. The class also watched a hearing before the State Supreme Court. We wrapped up the trip at the Kentucky History Center.


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  • PHOTO: Intrepid helpers

    Intrepid Home Health staff are pictured presenting a $500 donation to Warm Blessings Soup Kitchen in support of efforts to assist people struggling with issues related to poverty as well as the meal delivery program for seniors.  Front from left are Teri Eastridge, Colleen McLaughlin, Leslie Englert, and Eric Volgt, second row from left Lisa Pullin, Heather Hack, Debbie Burns, Jessi Marchand, Deborah Lawrence, Linda Funk, Warm Blessings executive director; back,  Lucy Smith, Shannon Hagan, Jessica Daugherty, Debbie Brock and Angela Horton.

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  • Teen injured in crash

    Austin Lewis, 18 of Magnolia, wrecked his 2005 Nissan Altima Tuesday, Feb. 10, on Tanner Road in Hodgenville. According to Deputy Brian Smith, Lewis had left school and was headed to work when the accident occurred. Smith said the vehicle rolled “two to three times before coming to a rest upside down on the side of the road. Lewis was transported to Hardin Memorial Hospital complaining of neck pain.

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  • Identical twins celebrate 90th birthday

    Considering that the chances of being identical twins are three in a thousand, the fact that identical twins Wilma Bradshaw and Ilma Whittaker will celebrate their 90th birthdays March 1 is even more astounding.

    “We were born on our grandparents’ (Kenneth and Genora Miller’s) farm March 1, 1925,” said Wilma. “Dr. (Leigh) Maupin came out in a horse and buggy to deliver us and stayed all day.”

    Parents Harry and Alpha Gardner celebrated having the family’s first set of twins on that cold winter Sunday. 

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  • Winter's blast hit fast

    The President’s Day Snowstorm dumped almost a foot of the fluffy stuff on the area in a short period of time beginning early Monday. And it was still coming down as The LaRue County Herald News was being printed.

    The newspaper was “put to bed” several hours early in an effort to ease the remainder of the production and delivery process.

    Governor Steve Beshear declared a state of emergency just before 5 p.m. Monday.

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  • News of Record: Feb. 18, 2015

    Marriages

    The following marriage licenses have been issued in LaRue County.

    Lisa Dawn Buchanan, 43, and Randall Cleveland Morgan, 43, both of Hodgenville

    Bailey Kay Brown, 19, and Anthony Michael Carothers, 26, both of Hodgenville

    Susan Nicole Wease, 22, of Upton, and Steven Ray Wheeler, 31, of Hodgenville

    Margaret Elizabeth Lyons, 55, of Buffalo, and Michael David Sego, 44

    Agnes Marie Riggs, 57, and Johnny Jeffrey Riggs, 56, both of Hodgenville

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