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Today's News

  • Gream offers variety in 'Kentucky Art Lady' shop

    Janet Gream is quick to point out her downtown Elizabethtown business is called Kentucky Art Lady, not “the” Kentucky Art Lady.
    Gream didn’t want the name of her gallery to focus on her or have her name in it. The name of her shop doesn’t refer to anyone in specific.
    “My daughter came up with it,” she said of the name.
    The work of local and regional artists fills the business. Baskets, paintings, drawings, pottery, soaps and even socks are some of the handmade arts and craft items in her store.

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  • COLUMN: Always ask for God's counsel

    The men of Israel made a big mistake when they “did not ask counsel of the Lord.” Because of this, they entered into a covenant that was not approved by God, and yet one they felt they had to honor, even when they discovered they had been deceived.

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  • LCHS Drama Club to perform in 'The Nerd'

    The LaRue County High School Drama Club is in production for spring performances of The Nerd, a comedy by playwright Larry Shue. The cast includes seniors Ian Mather, Timmy Gibson, Jeshua Logsdon, Angelia Whitlock, Maegan Davis, junior Jake Lutze, and sophomore Curtis Milby.

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  • COLUMN: God is gracious to forgive all our sins

    The judge asked, “How does the defendant plead?” Without hesitation the accused answers, “Guilty as charged.”
    This is not true today in the movies, on television, nor in real life.  Most of the time the accused pleads innocent whether they are guilty or not.

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  • RELAY FOR LIFE: Kathy Ross reflects on 'C' word survivors

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  • COLUMN: May is Foster Care Awareness Month

    May is National Foster Care Month, a time to shine the light on the foster care experience. Let’s start with some facts and figures:
    • More than 6,800 Kentucky children and youth are in out-of-home care, with 75 to 80 percent of those in foster care. Most are placed in temporary foster care due to parental neglect or abuse.
    • The average age of a child in care: 10.7 years.
    • More than 73 percent of the children/youth in care are white; 19.3 percent are black and 4.3 percent are Hispanic.

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  • COLUMN: Death of bin Laden is another 'Film Unfinished'

    Most everyone can remember what they were doing on Sept. 11, 2001.
    It was Tuesday and at The LaRue County Herald News, we were busy putting together that week’s edition. We don’t have a TV in the office and radio reception is poor so we were oblivious to the reports of terrorist attacks to the north.
    Mid-morning we received a phone call from a lady who insisted that a plane had just hit the Twin Towers and “both Pentagons.”

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  • Farm Service Agency opens in new location

    The United States Department of Agriculture Service Center in Elizabethtown has moved to a newly built location at the intersection of Lincoln Parkway and Sportsman Lake Road. The USDA center houses the Hardin/LaRue Farm Service Agency, the office of Rural Development, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Resource Conservation and Development program.
    Services began to reopen last week after the move.
    The office formerly was on Westport Road in Elizabethtown and the lease was up for the space in the building.

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  • Kiper earns Bachelor of Science in elementary education

    Amy McCorkle Kiper will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education at a commencement ceremony 6 p.m. May 14 at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.
    She will graduate with a 3.89 G.P.A. and is a member of the Gaumma Beta Phi sorority and Presidential Dean’s List.
    There will be a gathering of family and friends to celebrate her accomplishments on May 21.
    She is the wife of Darrell Kiper and daughter of William and Antonella McCorkle of Hodgenville.
    She is a 2005 graduate of LaRue County High School.
     

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  • Fiscal Court: Session includes deep water and budget

    LaRue County’s proposed 2012 budget will not cut funding to any agency, County Judge-executive Tommy Turner told magistrates meeting at the courthouse in Hodgenville May 10.
    “Overall, I’m pleased with the budget,” Turner said. “While most counties have to cut funding, this budget allows us to be able to pave roads and build bridges.”
    The $7,467,353 total is about a million dollars larger than last year’s ($6,466,117). Turner said about 10 percent comes from real property taxes while 90 percent is from other sources.

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