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The Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Kentucky and South Central Indiana is hosting an event this weekend for area residents looking to clear some waste. 

The BBB will host their annual shred and electronics recycling event this Saturday, October 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at RML Shredding, located at 1925 Production Drive in Louisville.

According to the BBB, individuals can bring up to four boxes of old documents for shredding along with old electronics for secure recycling. Visit the BBB’s website for a full list of recycling-eligible items.

The shred and recycling event is free and open to the public. The BBB will be accepting donations which will go towards the organization’s Consumer Education Fund, which supports scam prevention programs, the BBB Charity Review program, student scholarships, and more. Visit their website for more information.

While you protect your personal information by shredding old documents, the BBB is also reminding Kentucky residents to protect themselves from scams. Visit the state’s new website, stopscams.ky.gov, for more information on scams and how to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Unemployment rates across the Lincoln Trail District saw declines in August. 

The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates decreased in 119 counties and increased in one when comparing August 2025 with August 2024.

The state unemployment average for August was 4.3 percent. That’s down from both the 5.6 percent average in July as well as the 5.3 percent average reported in August of 2024.

Hardin County’s unemployment rate for August was just above the state average at 4.6 percent. That is down from the 5.9 percent rate reported in July and from the 5.4 percent rate from August 2024.

Grayson County posted the highest August unemployment rate in the district at 5.4 percent, followed by Breckinridge County at 5.1 percent. Washington County posted the lowest unemployment rate in the district, and tied for the tenth lowest rate in the state, for August at 3.8 percent, followed by Nelson County at 4 percent.

Learn more about how the unemployment rate is calculated and find more labor market information by visiting kystats.ky.gov.

Area law enforcement was included in the latest round of federal funding aimed at fighting drug crimes in the commonwealth.

Governor Andy Beshear on Thursday announced more than $1.4 million had been awarded through the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. The program allows “Kentucky’s law enforcement agencies, drug task forces, and nonprofit organizations to purchase critical resources, provide drug prevention programming to community residents, offer counseling to crime victims, ensure officers receive specialized training, and work with individuals leaving incarceration for successful reentry skills.”

“Each of these organizations is receiving over $100,000,” said Governor Beshear during Thursday’s Team Kentucky Update. “Thank you to these groups for all they’re doing. With three straight years of declines in overdose deaths, we can finally see real hope, especially after last year where we saw a 30 percent decline. We’re still losing too many people. Each one, a child of God, loved by their family and their friends. Let’s keep working until we end this epidemic that arose in our lifetime, and I think we have an obligation not to leave it to our kids or to our grandkids.”

Included in the latest funding recipients are the Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force, which received $196,307, and the Kentucky State Police, which received $333,595.

Learn more about the grant program on the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet’s website.