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School day extended for eclipse

LaRue County’s public schools will release students 15 minutes later than regular dismissal time on August 21, the day of the upcoming solar eclipse.

All schools have provided opportunities for students with signed parental permission to view the rare event that afternoon.

Information is being sent this week to parents informing them that in order for students to participate, the school must receive permission forms signed by the parent or legal guardian.

Emily Skaggs new LCMS...

Beginning this fall, the Girl’s Middle School Basketball program will enter the 2017 season with a new head coach and her name is Emily Skaggs.

Emily is a former LaRue County Hawk girls’ basketball player and a 2006 LCHS graduate. Throughout her playing career at LaRue County, she had the opportunity to gain basketball knowledge under several coaches including Lisa Drake, Peter Distefano, Renata Kuchowicz, and Travis Wootton.

AgStravaganza - Faith, Family,...

A perfect summer evening with over 350 community members joining together to share a meal on the square in downtown Hodgenville, KY, was the scene Saturday evening August 12, 2017.

Lee named HFD chief

Current Acting Hodgenville Fire Chief Chuck Lee was recently appointed as the chief by Hodgenville Mayor Kenny DeVore.

DeVore announced his appointment at the Hodgenville City Council meeting on Monday, August 14.

“Chuck is extremely dedicated with several decades of experience,” DeVore said. “He has been chief before and he has also been our water plant operator. He is more than qualified for the position.”

LCHS football Boys in Blue event
The enigma of LCHS boys soccer

One of the greatest running backs of all time, Emmitt Smith, once was quoted as saying, “I’m an enigma, an unknown. You can’t really figure out what I’m going to do next. I like it like that.” Hawks Senior Soccer player Timmy Sutherland has taken on that enigma personality over the last three years.

LCHS Head Boys’ Soccer Coach Bill Hawkins confirms Sutherland’s personality.

Ag. commissioner visits...

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles visited Hodgenville on Thursday, August 10, speaking to members of the Rotary Club while traveling with his chief of staff, Keith Rogers, in this area.

Rogers, who grew up in the Sonora area, said the commissioner had met with the Kentucky Agricultural Council in Elizabethtown earlier in the day. Before the Rotary meeting the two also met with LaRue County Judge-executive Tommy Turner and others at the courthouse in Hodgenville.

While there, Quarles spoke about the economic impact agriculture has on the state.

Fiscal court sets tax rates

LaRue County Fiscal Court set its tax rates for 2017-18 in a meeting at the courthouse in Hodgenville on Tuesday, August 8.

The rates set are: Real Property: 22.60 cents per $100 assessed value; Personal Property: 29.35 cents; Watercraft, Motor Vehicles, and Aircraft: each set at 25.15 cents.

“I recommended and the fiscal court accepted that we not take the four percent rate, which would have allowed the county to increase its revenue by four percent from the previous year,” said Tommy Turner, LaRue County Judge-executive.

Jail log - August 9, 2017

Bookings at the LaRue County Detention Center from Friday, July 28 to Friday, August 4

 Abigail Brooke Warren, 21, of Hodgenville, probation violation, she was released from LCDC.

Alena Thurman, 38, of Jamestown, careless driving, failure to or improper signal, no registration plates, driving on a dui suspended license, drug paraphernalia, she was released from LCDC.

LC Royals win tourney