Today's News

We are seeing a definite increase in the number of people growing their own gardens and doing their own food preservation. All Extension offices are getting an increase in requests for information regarding home canning and freezing. We have free publications at the Extension Service office.

A man charged with the murder of a Greensburg woman is set for trial today in LaRue Circuit Court.

David McFarland, 45, told police he shot 22-year-old Sabrina Shirley – his former stepdaughter – after she became violent at his home July 11, 2007. Shirley, a mother of two toddlers, was not carrying a weapon.

Inside the house, officers found several broken picture frames and a fire extinguisher. McFarland said Shirley sprayed the extinguisher in the house.

A former LaRue County School District employee has filed a civil suit against the LaRue County Board of Education in LaRue Circuit Court.

Melissa Enlow, a LaRue County Middle School lunchroom supervisor, was terminated June 15. Her suit claims violation of Kentucky’s Whistleblower Statute which protects public employees from reprisals if they divulge information of a suspected law violation.

According to the suit, Enlow began employment with the school district as a part-time custodian in 1998, became a lunchroom worker in 2000 and eventually a supervisor.

Two Hodgenville residents have been charged with providing alcoholic beverages to several teenagers.

According to Lt. Steve Johnson, city officers responded to a report of an intoxicated juvenile entering a residence on Beechtree Drive about 8 p.m. Friday. The teen was “so intoxicated alcohol poisoning was suspected,” Johnson said, and the family was taking the child to Hardin Memorial Hospital for evaluation.

During the investigation, three more teens “showed up” under the influence, Johnson said.