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Today's News

  • COLUMN: What's going on at the Chamber of Commerce?

     What’s going on at the Chamber?

    In case you missed it, we had a great luncheon last month. Thank you to our February luncheon sponsor Bluegrass Pipeline and non-profit sponsor, United Way of Central Kentucky and sustaining sponsors Magnolia Bank, LaRue Insurance, Lincoln National Bank, Bluegrass Pipeline, LaRue County Schools, and Fort Knox Federal Credit Union. 

    Lincoln’s General Store catered a delicious lunch.

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  • Cancer survivor dinner is March 25

     The third annual Relay for Life Cancer Survivor Dinner is on tap for Tuesday, March 25 at First Baptist Church Hodgenville. The dinner open to all cancer survivors and their guests, but reservations are required by Friday, March 14 by calling 270-234-3309. The survivor’s meal is free, but guests will be charged $10 each at the door.

    The night promises a great meal, lots of fellowship, and a video on the newest cancer treatments with the cyberknife.  

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  • Wiley named KHEAA outreach counselor

     Toni Wiley has been named the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority outreach counselor for LaRue County.

    Wiley was previously the KHEAA outreach counselor in the southern part of the state.

    “I’ve loved serving the 13 southern counties but am looking forward to helping students closer to home,” Wiley said. “I want to help our students get the most KEES money they can and become more prepared for life after high school.”

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  • ON EDUCATING LARUE: TALK OF THE HAWK

     From articles on diesel pickup engines to things to do while snowed in, the online publication “Talk of the Hawk” provides a cross section of student ideas at LaRue County High School.

    Teacher Summer Garris’s creative writing class produces the publication which comes out four times during the school year. The 12 students in the class are sophomores, juniors, and seniors. 

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  • BIRTH: Grandparents welcome Kaylee Grace

     Jerry and Melinda Rock of Hodgenville announce the birth of a granddaughter, Kaylee Grace Rucker.

    Kaylee Grace was born at 11:25 a.m. on Jan. 23, 2014, at Hardin Memorial Hospital. She weighed 9 pounds 5 ounces and was 20-inches long.

    Her parents are William and Tiffany Rucker.

    Paternal grandparents are Dale and Teresa Rucker.

    Kaylee Grace was welcomed home by sisters Mackenzey and Paige.

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  • Lady Hawks fall to E'town

      A stellar season came to an end for the Lady Hawks Sunday as they fell in the 5th Region championship, 73-56, to Elizabethtown’s Lady Panthers.

    LaRue’s Ladies defeated E’town 65-58 in their last regular season match-up. Sunday was a different story as the Lady Panthers never trailed and led by double digits for all but the opening 5:05 at Nelson County's Cardinal Gym. It was E’town’s seventh region title.

    The Lady Hawks didn't make a field goal in the opening 7 minutes as they dug themselves a 16-2 hole.

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  • COLUMN: Don't forget God's benefits

     In Psalm 103:2 we are admonished to “forget none of His benefits.” 

    Have you counted your benefits from the Lord lately? We sometimes forget how God has graciously blessed us. A tag on the front of a car parked at the Golden Corral last week said it all – “BLESSED.” One word sums it up for us.

    Someone said, “It is time to wake up, look up, pray up, and praise up.”

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  • PHOTO: GOP chili supper

     Sixty people attended the GOP chili supper March 7.

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  • Lady Hawks win

    The Lady Hawks defeated Marion County 65-54 Saturday in 5th Region play.

    The Region championship game will be played 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Nelson County. LaRue will play  E'town.

    BARDSTOWN — The LaRue County Lady Hawks were in search of a lift in the second half and it came from an unsuspecting place.

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  • PHOTO: Shepherd honored

    Elizabethtown Rotary Club President Val Claycomb presents the 2014 Jack Snyder Award to Doug Shepherd. The Club gives the award each year to an individual in the agricultural community who demonstrates excellence in the field. Shepherd is the University of Kentucky extension agent for Hardin County.

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