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Lane closures in place on I-65 south in Bullitt County this weekend

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Drivers are being alerted to lane closures on Interstate 65 South in Bullitt County this weekend.

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Five says two lanes of I-65 South from north of mile marker 117 to mile marker 113 near the Bullitt County Welcome Center will be closed from Friday at 7 p.m. to Sunday at 7 p.m.

The KYTC says the ramps to and from KY 44 will remain open during the lane closures, as will the off ramp from I-65 South to KY 480. The on ramp from KY 480 to I-65 South will be closed.

Crews will be repairing concrete slabs on the interstate at multiple locations, with the lane closures in place to allow time for the concrete to cure.

Drivers should expect traffic shifts, obey lane restrictions, and use caution when traveling through the work zone. This work is weather permitting. Follow KYTC District Five on Facebook for project updates.

Voter registration deadline is Monday

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This weekend is your last weekend to register to vote ahead of the November 5 general election.

“The deadline to register to vote is 4 p.m. on October 7,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. “You can do that by coming by our office or visiting govote.ky.gov. The absentee request portal is open at that same website, govote.ky.gov, or you can come by our office or you can call our election staff at 270-765-6762.”

GoVote.KY.gov also allows you to check on your absentee ballot status, find polling locations, look up sample ballots, and find more election information. 

Smith says voters should also be wary of the potential for scams as they go online for election information.

“There are a lot of third-party websites that look very official,” Smith said. “They’re run by private organizations or purported non-profit organizations. They cannot request your absentee ballot. You cannot request an absentee ballot through them. They’re collecting your name, your address, your Social Security number, and your birth date, and we don’t know what they’re doing with them.”

Smith says official election information would never come from a .com or a .org website. Contact your county clerk’s office for more election information.

Grayson County Chamber of Commerce collecting items for hurricane victims

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The Grayson County Chamber of Commerce is still collecting relief items for victims of Hurricane Helene in Tennessee and North Carolina.

“We really started seeing everything online, and myself and Tiffany Decker, who is the tourism director, were up late one night talking and she said we need to do something and so we did,” said Grayson County Chamber Executive Director April Spalding. “We’ve been absolutely blessed, with already one load leaving and our front lobby is completely full again.”

A full list of items the chamber is looking to collect can be found on their Facebook page.

“We need sanitary wipes,” Spaliding said. “We’re looking for baby formula, wipes, diapers, trash bags. We really need some storage containers because ours are already full of items. Pet food, any non-perishable items, things like toothbrushes, toothpaste, hygiene, batteries, Gatorade packs, anything you can think of that you would need, that’s what we’re in need of.”

Items for the next delivery need to be collected by October 7.

“They can take it to the Center on Main, which is at 425 South Main Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and then anything after hours can be dropped to our neighbors next door at the Leitchfield Police Department,” Spalding said.

Spalding said the chamber has drivers volunteering to make additional runs, so items will still be collected to be delivered after the October 7 delivery.