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Design alternative selected for Glendale connector project

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The preferred alternative for the Northeast Glendale Connector Project has been selected.

According to the Glendale Mobility Study’s website at www.glendalestudy.com, a modified version of Alternative Three was selected. The KYTC says “The new connector northeast of town between Mud Splash Road and KY 1136 would be a two-lane road, including a series of roundabouts to calm traffic and provide connectivity to the local roadway network and businesses.” The design includes a 10-foot-wide shared use path along the southern side of the road to maintain as much of the existing tree canopy as possible, and a raised median was removed from the design.

“Nailing down this preferred alternative just gives us some more definition as we move ahead with the next step of the process, which will be the ultimate design, and then right of way and utility work, followed by construction,” said KYTC District Four Public Information Officer Chris Jessie. “At this point, we don’t have a good timeline that we can present because these next steps depend on budgets and funding. As these funds become available, we’ll certainly update the general public and post that information on the GlendaleStudy.com website. That’s a good go-to for everybody to find out the latest it’s going on on the project.”

The KYTC says the alternative was selected based on public and stakeholder feedback along with project costs, benefits, and impacts.

Central City soldier who went MIA in 1943 to be laid to rest

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A Kentucky soldier who was declared missing in action during World War II will be laid to rest in Muhlenberg County Wednesday.

The U.S. Army Human Resources Command says U.S. Army PFC Kenneth Dunbar Burgess of Central City will be interred at the Rose Hill Cemetery on May 7. Tuckers Funeral Home will host visitation at 9 a.m. with services at 11 and burial with full military honors to follow.

Burgess was assigned to Company B, Fourth Ranger Battalion, “Darby’s Rangers,” in the Mediterranean Theater. During Operation AVALANCHE, he was reported MIA on September 25, 1943, following a patrol toward the village of Sala, Italy. Burgess was 29 years-old.

The HRC says “Burgess was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on September 13, 2024, after his remains were exhumed in March 2022 from the U.S. Military Cemetery, Nettuno – now Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Rome, Italy, for laboratory analysis and identification.” A rosette will be placed next to Burgess’s name on the Wall of the Missings at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery to note that he has been accounted for.

Burgess’s obituary can be found on the Tuckers Funeral Home website.

Two dead after crash in Warren County

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A collision in Warren County resulted in the death of a Grayson County couple Friday.

Kentucky State Police Post Three says shortly after 6 p.m. on May 2 the Warren County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from troopers with investigating a two-vehicle collision with possible entrapment on the 8,800 block of KY 185.

The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle operated by 62-year-old Pamela Hayes of Caneyville was travelling south on KY 185 when she lost control of the vehicle and collided with a northbound vehicle operated by Elizabeth Kemp of Bowling Green.

Hayes and her passenger, 60-year-old Ronald Hayes of Caneyville, were both pronounced dead at the scene by the Warren County Coroner. Kemp and a juvenile passenger in her vehicle were transported to the Bowling Green Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The KSP’s investigation is ongoing.

Sheriff’s office warns residents of bank scam texts

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The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a reported scam attempt. 

The sheriff’s office says several area residents have reported scam text messages claiming to be from Chase Bank. The messages often say there is a payment pending or an account issue and includes a link for the user to log in.

The sheriff’s office says these messages are phishing scams meant to steal personal and banking information. If you receive such a message, never click the link. Do not respond to the message and delete it immediately.

If you do have a Chase account, log in directly through the official website or app, not through a text link. If you notice anything suspicious, contact the bank’s fraud department. 

The sheriff’s office says these scams largely originate outside of the United States, which means they are difficult to track. 

More information on ongoing scams can be found on the Better Business Bureau’s Scam Tracker.