Today's News

For the third straight year, the LaRue County School district has met all goals on the No Child Left Behind national assessment, according to Amanda Reed, instructional supervisor.

Results were released today from the NCLB that assesses progress in math and reading among students in grades 3-8, sophomores and juniors. Under the NCLB, a school and district must make all of its goals in order to show adequate yearly progress.

The LaRue County Hawks ruined Elizabethtown’s homecoming Friday, taking away a 35-7 win. The victory brought LaRue’s record to 4-1.

Assistant coach Josh Jaggers’ Hawk defense kept Elizabethtown wondering if they were even going to cross the goal line. LaRue held Elizabethtown to only 208 total yards.

The final day of the seasonal flu shot clinic is Thursday, Oct. 1, at the LaRue County Extension Service office on Old E’town Road. The shots will be given from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.

The vaccine costs $23 unless you have Medicare B, Medicaid or Humana State Insurance.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends seasonal flu vaccine for:

• Annual vaccination of children age 6 months to 19 years;

• Pregnant women;

• People older than age 49;

Merrill Kurtz IV is the new associate pastor for children and family ministries at Ovesen Heights Baptist Church.

He is a graduate of Boyce Bible School and is attending Southern Seminary in Louisville.

His responsibilities include developing programs to minister to children and families as well as fill the pulpit as needed.

He and his wife, Lora, and their son, Joseph, reside in Elizabethtown.