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911 still available as multiple wireless customers report service outages

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Area wireless customers are among those impacted by a nationwide service outage Thursday.

“This morning, we’ve had a report of multiple outages in the area of cell phones, mainly focused towards AT&T, that’s our biggest provider with the most outages,” said Hardin County Emergency Management Director Joey Scott. “Verizon has some outages. T-Mobile and Cricket Wireless have also been affected, as well.”

Emergency responders still have access to their communication lines and 911 is still accessible.

“If you need to call 911, you still can,” Scott said. “You just need to be using your Wi-Fi or a landline. At this time, we haven’t got any kind of timeframe on when this is going to be back up and running, but we are monitoring it from the state EOC side as well as the local EOC side.”

AT&T said in a statement that it is aware of the outages and is working to restore services.

Nolin River Wildlife needs milk for influx of babies

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Nolin River Wildlife Director Mary Key says spring is one of the most critical times at the wildlife rehab as that’s when baby animals tend to arrive in abundance.

“A baby animal comes to us after it’s either been injured or orphaned, most likely orphaned, and you know, it’s really usually people-related,” Key said. “It’s somebody trapped and relocated mom, or shot mom, or run over mom, so I think it’s really important that we work as a community to help out these guys.”

A surprise quick start to baby season means the refuge needs assistance keeping up its supplies.

“Usually we start late March, early April, but we’ve already had two litters come in in February, which is unheard of, so we were slow to ask for donations this year because we weren’t expecting things to happen so quickly, but we use so much Esbilac puppy formula, and goat formula for the deer, and it’s our biggest expense and the thing that we end up using a lot of our money donations for,” Key said.

Everything donated to the refuge goes directly towards the refuge’s mission of rehabbing and returning animals to their natural habitats.

“Every bit of the donation and everything they contribute goes directly to the animals,” Key said. “We don’t have any paid employees. It all goes directly to taking care of the animals.”

To learn more about how to donate, or to contact the refuge to learn about how you can support efforts to collect milk for the animals, find Nolin River Wildlife on Facebook.

Radcliff Police Department makes arrest in vehicle break-ins investigation

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The Radcliff Police Department has made an arrest in its investigation into area vehicle break-ins, and more arrests should be on the way.

The RPD stated in a Facebook post Wednesday that a 17-year-old male has been charged with six counts of first degree Wanton Endangerment and two counts of Theft of a Firearm for offenses that occurred in the city of Radcliff, with additional charges pending for offenses in other jurisdictions.

The RPD says it began investigating a series of vehicle break-ins in Radcliff, Vine Grove, and several addresses outside city limits in Hardin County in the late summer/early fall of 2023. Several firearms were stolen in the thefts, along with in some cases the vehicles.

The initial arrest was made after several months of investigation, compiling data, collecting evidence, and the execution of multiple search warrants. Multiple law enforcement agencies including the Vine Grove Police Department and the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office contributed to the investigation.

The juvenile suspect is currently incarcerated. The investigation is still ongoing and additional arrests are anticipated.

Heart of Kentucky Chorus hosting Guest Night Thursday

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If you enjoy singing and are looking for a chance to share and practice those talents, the Heart of Kentucky Chorus invites you to their Guest Night taking place Thursday evening.

“At 7 o’clock, we’re having a Guest Night at East Hardin Middle School,” said Heart of Kentucky Chorus Vice President Amanda Heady. “We’re going to be meeting in the cafeteria there, and we would love it if anybody that’s interested in singing would like to come on out and join us. We’re going to have some refreshments, some pizza, drinks, things like that, and we guarantee you to have a good time.”

The chorus is open to singers male and female, high school age and up.

Visitors to Guest Night will get to hear about and participate in what the chorus has meant to members such as Bob Swope.

“I’ve enjoyed the chorus now for a number of years,” Swope said. “I like to sing, and we have a wonderful group. It’s much like an extended family, really, that also love to sing. Fortunately, we have an awesome director in Aaron Dale. He has a way of getting some pretty fantastic sounds out of some rather average voices (laughs), and he makes it a lot of fun, too.”

Guest night is a no pressure way to learn more, and to have a good time.

“We’ll have some good food, as well as opportunities for our guests to learn a few tags and sing along with the chorus.” Swope said. “There’s no obligations or commitments expected. If you like to sing, come on out and join us.”

The chorus hosts their regular rehearsals Thursday evenings at East Hardin Middle School. Find the Heart of Kentucky Chorus on Facebook for more information.

Elizabethtown High School leads nation with four Beta Club scholarship winners

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Elizabethtown Independent Schools is celebrating four Elizabethtown High School seniors for their recent achievement.

EHS Beta Club members Mason Baldwin, Jessica Chen, Olivia Paulsen, and Kate Shirts were each named winners of 2024 National Beta Scholarships, with each student receiving a $1,000 scholarship from the National Beta Club.

“It’s a student group that obviously academics is a huge part of it, but it’s also based on your character, leadership, and your service,” said EIS Director of Communications Chuck Jones.

EHS was the only school in the country to have four national winners.

“I think it speaks volumes for the school district that there’s four Elizabethtown High School seniors that won scholarships through National Beta, so it’s just such a strong program and they always do well, but this year they did exceptionally well,” Jones said.

Jones said watching these four students succeed is not a surprise.

“All four of them have worked extremely hard and they already know what their goals are ahead of them, and they just continue to drive towards those goals,” Jones said. “They have a desire and work ethic that is pretty unmatched.”

Baldwin plans to attend the University of Kentucky to study biology, Paulsen plans to attend the University of Louisville to study bioengineering, Shirts plans to attend Brigham Young University to study elementary education, and Chen is undecided but hopes to attend a New York-area school to study computer science.