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Today's News

  • Yard sale to benefit veteran's family

    Chris and Silke Schmittou, of Magnolia, met while Chris was still enlisted in the U.S.  Army.

    Originally stationed in Germany, Chris was deployed to Iraq to help fight in the War on Iraq. After serving for five years, Chris was forced to retire due to significant injuries to his hip.

    Now 37, Chris, his wife and four children live life as comfortably as possible. Due to his injury, Chris has difficulty walking as the wound still causes him to have severe pain in his knee.

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  • Legal Aid Clinics

    The Legal Aid Society, 416 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd., Louisville, will hold free legal clinics in July, August and September. Each session will be held at that location unless otherwise stated.
    A reservation for each clinic is required. Contact the Legal Aid Society at (502) 584-1254 to make your reservation.

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  • Fundraisers

    Spaghettioke
    Awesome Events and the LaRue County Fairgrounds will have a spaghetti dinner and karaoke 4-9 p.m. July 18. Dinner will include spaghetti with meat sauce, salad and garlic bread for $5.99. Karaoke is 6-9 p.m. For more information, call Marie at 270-325-3041.

    Yard sale

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  • ECTC holds pinning ceremony

    Elizabethtown Community and Technical College’s Practical Nursing Program held its annual Pinning Ceremony on May 17 on the ECTC Campus. Eleven students graduated from the program and now are eligible to take their NCLEX-PN licensure exams. Eight have already passed the exam, while three are planning to take it soon.

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  • Craftsman guides New Haven church project

    The stately beauty of the great oaken doors was there all along, but it was buried beneath layers of  paint and needed the caring hands of a master craftsman to bring it out again.

    The Rev. Troy Overton knew just the man.

    Harold Bowling, who will be 77 in August, was baptized at St. Catherine Catholic Church in New Haven as a child and had been a parishioner there most of his life.

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  • Church Calendar -July 17, 2013

    Methodist records
    needed
    Hodgenville United Methodist is preparing a celebration of 175 years of Christian stewardship. Church librarian Gary Gardner is looking for any early church records and photographs of past church buildings and members. He can be contacted at 270-766-9106, or gifts can be anonymously returned to the church by mailing to Gardner at P.O. Box 28, Hodgenville, KY 42748.

    Oak Hill holds VBS

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  • The Apostle Paul suggests the best way to live

    “The Lord is near.” Paul makes this statement in Philippians 4:5 as he speaks of the second coming of Christ.

    In light of Christ’s soon return what should we do? The apostle makes suggestions.

    First he says, “Let your gentleness be evident to all.” The way of Christ is gentleness and kindness. Some want to throw their weight around and are not nice, kind and gentle. Paul said in light of the soon return of Christ, we need to be kind and gentle to all people.

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  • Office Hours

    Hodgenville City Hall
    8 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Monday – Friday

    Land of Lincoln Planning and Zoning
    8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Monday – Friday
    Closed for lunch
    Electrical permits sold 8-9:30 a.m.

    LaRue County Attorney
    7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Monday – Friday
    Closed noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday only

    LaRue County Board of Education
    7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Monday – Friday

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  • Labeling an entire subgroup is a mistake

    A few weeks ago, the buzz on some news outlets and online was about Michael Jeffries, the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch. It wasn’t really news, but rather statements Jeffries made to Salon magazine in 2006 in reference to the clothing brand not including women’s sizes bigger than large.

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  • Statistics are brutal when they hit home

    One-in-five Ethiopian babies will die before reaching age 5.

    Some websites say it is one-in-11.

    Either way – what a brutal statistic.

    According to the National Institute of Health, Ethiopians have large families that suffer from a lack of basic needs such as food, clothing, housing, and health care and education.

    Too many children – not enough resources. It’s no wonder so many Ethiopian children die so early – while others are orphaned.

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