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Heels Together votes on 2025 grant award recipients

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Members of Heels Together, a women-led initiative of the Central Kentucky Community Foundation, met for their annual investors banquet Tuesday evening.

The banquet was an opportunity for investors to hear about the impact of their philanthropic activity in the previous year and to hear from the 2025 grant award finalists.

“All the presenters have a vision, and with our support we can grow these ideas into reality,” said Lindsey Alicna. “As we celebrate a night of impactful projects, let us remember that each contribution we make is a seed of growth in this community. We are here to invest in the kind of future we want to see for ourselves, certainly our daughters if you have daughters, and then certainly our next generations.”

The initiative has raised an endowment of more than $600,000, and Becky Ates said the support of the initiative has been felt in many places.

“Since 2015, we’ve funded 31 initiatives to 17 different organizations, totaling just under $300,000 benefiting over 1,300 women and girls,” Ates said.

Grant winners included Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland which received $7,500, Helping Hand of Hope which received $10,000, and PURE, Inc., wWhich received $12,000.

Learn more about Heels Together by looking for their page under the Community Initiatives section at www.ckcf4people.org.

Thursday last day to support ECTC Thanksgiving food drive

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Thursday is the last day to support Elizabethtown Community and Technical College’s Family Scholar House Thanksgiving Meal Drive.

“It really supports ECTC students and their families,” said ECTC Director of Philanthropy Chrissie Angell. “You know, it can be a burden for them to have to provide a Thanksgiving meal, and so this just really helps us ease that burden so that they can focus on their coursework, and when they come back from Thanksgiving this year, they’re going to have two weeks left of the semester, so we want them to be able to really use that time to be with their family, but also make sure that they finish strong.”

The goal of the drive is to assist at least 100 students.

“People can find a list of items, a collection site, drop off locations, and even if they want to give monetarily (that helps us purchase the meat for the meals), they can find that at ectc.us/thanksgiving,” Angell said.

The Thanksgiving drive is held in conjunction with Family Scholar House. Contact Angell for more information on other ways to support ECTC students.

Appeals court vacates and remands ruling on Glendale solar project

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The Kentucky Court of Appeals has issued a ruling in a case involving a company looking to develop a solar farm and agrivoltaics operation in Glendale.

According to a decision rendered on October 24, the court vacated and remanded Hardin Circuit Judge Larry Ashlock’s October 2024 order denying CPV Stonecrop Solar LLC’s petition for declaration of rights.

According to the decision, Stonecrop obtained option agreements to lease property from several property owners in Hardin County, under the terms of which the company could lease 640 acres of property to build an 82-megawatt agrivoltaics operation on land zoned for agricultural and rural use. Stonecrop argued in their petition to Hardin County Planning and Development Commission Director Adam King in January of 2024 that the county’s Planning Commission had no jurisdiction on the matter because “the agricultural supremacy act and the Right to Farm Act were applicable” as an agricultural land use was involved.

The company filed a petition for declaratory judgement in Hardin Circuit Court, and in October 2024 Judge Ashlock determined that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction and ruled that the Stonecrop project must first go through the Planning Commission’s administrative process and legislative review by the Hardin County Fiscal Court. 

The appeals court said in their opinion that it was within the circuit court’s jurisdiction to determine if the agrivoltaics operation constitutes an agricultural use, and therefore the court may hold evidentiary hearings “to discern the relative facts.” The appeals court stressed in their opinion that they are making no determination on agricultural uses, only on the dismissal of the petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

According to a release from the circuit court, the Hardin County Planning and Zoning Commission has 30 days to seek further review by the Kentucky Supreme Court.

KSP investigating officer-involved shooting in Nelson County

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The Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Monday afternoon in Nelson County.

The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that on November 10 a man called 911 advising that his son was firing a weapon in his residence in a threatening manner. The suspect, 37-year-old Terry Carney Jr. of Bardstown, then left the home in his truck.

Deputies with the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office located Carney and attempted a traffic stop. The KSP says Carney “rammed a deputy’s cruiser with his truck, and an officer fired at the vehicle.” Carney fled the scene and a vehicle pursuit ensued that ended when Carney drove his truck off the roadway, coming to rest in the 400 block of Woodlawn Road. The KSP says Carney exited the vehicle holding his weapon and fired it. Officers fired their weapons and Carney sustained fatal injuries.

The KSP has statewide jurisdiction and investigates officer-involved shootings throughout Kentucky as requested by law enforcement. An autopsy will be conducted by the Office of the State Medical Examiner in Louisville. The KSP’s investigation is ongoing.

One dead after weather-related crash in West Point

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One person is dead following a collision in northern Hardin County.

Hardin County Sheriff John Ward says deputies responded to the 20,000 block of U.S. 31W/Dixie Highway in West Point shortly before 6 a.m. Monday.

“The preliminary investigation indicates that Unit 1, a 2004 Ford Ranger operated by Joseph White, age 24 of Muldraugh, was traveling northbound on Dixie Highway,” Ward said. “Unit 2, a 2024 Toyota Camry, operated by Robert Vinegar, Jr., age 24 of Louisville, Kentucky, was traveling southbound.”

Ward says due to weather-related road conditions, White lost control of the vehicle, which crossed into the opposite lane and collided with Vinegar’s vehicle. A secondary collision then occurred when another vehicle struck Vinegar’s vehicle.

“Both operators were transported to the University of Louisville Hospital with life-threatening injuries,” Ward said. “Mr. White was later pronounced dead at the hospital.”

The collision was one of several weather-related incidents that occurred around the area Monday.

“As a reminder, weather and road conditions can change very quickly,” Ward said. “Please use caution when traveling, especially during early morning hours.”

The investigation by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office’s Reconstruction Unit is ongoing.