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Today's News

  • Wrestling award given in Parker's memory

    Though Daniel Parker’s life ended in an automobile crash last November when he was only 22 years old, his memory and wrestling prowess will live on as LaRue County High School has created the Daniel Parker Statistical Leader Award in his honor.

    The award is a continuing plaque that will have new plates added each year.

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  • Youth football camp planned today

    A youth football camp will be held from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. today at New Haven City Park for kids ages 5-14.

    Registration is $25 per camper. Registration remains open..

    Call 549-1010 with any questions.

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  • City plans second free movie

    The second free Movie Night, sponsored by the City of Hodgenville and The LaRue County Herald News, is Saturday.

    The event coincides with the Goodtime Cruisers classic car cruise-in which will spotlight muscle cars.

    The movie begins at 7 p.m.

    Last month’s movie “Stuart Little” was geared toward children. This weekend’s movie is the classic suspense film “North by Northwest.”

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  • Girls' basketball camp scheduled in July

    A girs' basketball camp will be offered 9 a.m.-noon July 6-10 for grades 2-8. Cost is $35 per participant.

    The camp will be directed by James “Boo” Brewer with help from the LaRue County High School girls coaching staff and others.

    For more information, contact Brewer at 270-735-5994 or Andrea Self at 401-1075.

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  • Public invited to help name school

    Nelson County residents are being asked to help name the planned new high school and choose its colors and mascot.

    The second high school in the district will be built on Ky. 245 bear Cedar-Fil. Communities attending the new school will include New Haven, New Hope, Howardstown and Boston.

    The committee charged with overseeing the naming process is asking for suggestions from the public.

    “We think this is very important for our community,” said Tom Dekle, Nelson County Schools communications director.

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  • Kentucky author is keynote speaker at Christian writing conference

    Landmark News Service

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  • Free Movie Night set for Saturday

    The second free Movie Night, sponsored by the City of Hodgenville and The LaRue County Herald News, is Saturday.

    The event coincides with the Goodtime Cruisers classic car cruise-in which will spotlight muscle cars.

    The movie begins at 7 p.m.

    Last month’s movie “Stuart Little” was geared toward children. This weekend’s movie is the classic suspense film “North by Northwest.”

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  • K-9 officer now nationally certified

    Andy, the K-9 officer of the LaRue County Sheriff’s Department, is now a nationally certified drug dog.

    Andy and his handler, Deputy Russell McCoy, attended a day-long session in Murfreesboro last week. The 3-year-old Belgian Malinois did a “great” job at locating the different kinds of drugs hidden at the training center, McCoy said.

    Although Andy has worked numerous drug cases in LaRue and surrounding counties, his designation as a “National Narcotics Detective Dog” gives his nose for drugs more credence in matters of search and seizure.

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  • Poor attendance follows graduates to court

    On May 29, 194 students graduated from LaRue County High School.

    On June 3, bench warrants were issued for six of them who decided to skip a required court appearance.

    Their offense? Missing too many days of school.

    District Judge C. Derek Reed issued the $1,000 cash bench warrants to compel the 18- and 19-year-olds to abide by an agreement he made with each of them at an earlier court date: Show proof of graduation in court on June 3 and misdemeanor charges of intentional breach of compulsory attendance law would be dropped.

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  • Fiscal Court awards blacktop, oil bids

    Bault Oil Co. of White City won the fuel and grease contracts with LaRue County Fiscal Court as bids were opened June 9 at the courthouse in Hodgenville.

    Other bid winners were oil - Apollo of Winchester; asphalt emulsion - Asphalt Materials of Elizabethtown and Marathon Petroleum of Louisville; asphalt blacktop – Scotty’s of Elizabethtown; rock - Hanson Aggregate of Upton.

    In other business, magistrates concurred with Planning and Zoning’s approval to rezone one acre at 891 Veirs Road belonging to Clyde Veirs from A-1 to R1-A.

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