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Today's News

  • WHITE CITY; Pleasant Grove’s history predates Civil War

    Pleasant Grove Baptist Church was established 161 years ago on Sept. 11, 1852, nine years before the start of the Civil War.

    In the church history it is recorded that a group of believers met in the middle of a cluster of sycamore trees, which is how the church got its name.

    The original church building was built of logs in 1853, but was replaced with a new building dedicated on May 5, 1897.

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  • WHITE CITY; What’s in a name?

    The small community of White City is about five miles outside of Hodgenville on Bardstown Road. It was established sometime in the 1800’s as an unincorporated community.

    It was registered in the U.S. Department of the Interior’s geographical database on Sept. 20, 1979.

    According to Robert M. Rennick, author of Kentucky Place Names, White City was given its name from a man who visited the area.

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  • Iron Horse Festival 2013
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  • Honoring a fallen officer and friend

    Hodgenville Police Department held a candlelight service Monday to honor Officer Mark Taulbee who died Sept. 16, 2012.

    Taulbee lost control of his cruiser while in pursuit of a subject. He died of injuries sustained in the crash.

    Supporting Heroes helped to organize the service on Lincoln Square.

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  • County plagued by farm accidents

    On. Sept. 11, emergency service workers were honored around the nation for their service in honor of Patriot Day. The holiday is held in memory of the 2,977 people killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks.

    In LaRue County, many local firefighters, EMTs and officers, spent a hot afternoon extricating a worker from a fallen tobacco barn on Mount Sherman Road.

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  • BIRTH: Dobson

    LaRue County High School Soccer Coach Derek Bell and Tammy Bell would like to announce the arrival of their first grandchild, Tamryn Jolene.

    Mother Amanda Dobson gave birth to a future Lady Hawk at 11:33 a.m. Sept. 14, 2013, at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Tamryn Jolene weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces and was 18 inches long.

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  • BIRTH: McBride

    James, Kacey and big brother Jaden, 5, McBride, announce the birth of Jaxen Kenden McBride.

    Jaxen Kenden was born at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville. He weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long.

    Maternal grandparents are Henry And Theresa Warren of Hodgenville.

    Paternal grandparents are Jerry and Brenda McBride of Buffalo.

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  • ENGAGEMENT: Scott - Eastridge

    Erik and Myra Scott of Elizabethtown announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Taylor Scott, to Jay Eastridge, son of Pat and Donetta Eastridge of Sonora.

    The bride-to-be is a 2012 graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in nursing. She is a registered nurse in the newborn nursery at Hardin Memorial Hospital.

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  • Earl Lobb celebrates 99th

    Earl Lobb of Hodgenville will celebrate his 99th birthday Sept. 18, 2013.

    He was married to Mary Louise Mather Lobb for more than 50 years.

    They have one daughter, Joyce Mae Lobb Rock. He is pictured with his dog, Rex.
     

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  • Senior Activities - September 18, 2013

    EHLRTA to meet
    The Elizabethtown, Hardin, LaRue Retired Teachers’ Association will meet 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19 in the atrium of Severns Valley Baptist Church, 1100 Ring Road. Lunch is $10. Legislator Dennis Parrett will share a Frankfort update. The community service project is money for the Back Pack Program. For more information, call 270-737-8063.

    Senior Citizens music

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