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Thrift in Leitch invites the community out for its grand opening on Saturday. Located just off the square in Leitchfield, this is a small local vintage clothing and style shop featuring pre-loved clothing and accessories. The owner is 19-year-old Morelia Falcon, who says she has made many sacrifices to get here.

“I’ve been selling vintage clothing for the past few years, but it wasn’t until a year ago that I decided to quit my full-time job and go full into selling vintage. So a year ago, I moved into my sister’s basement, and kind of ran just an online shop. On Saturday from 12 to 6 EST, we are going to have our grand opening and just hang out with people at the shop. We are ecstatic to actually let people come in and see what we’ve been working on for the past year.”

For more information, visit their Thrift in Leitch Facebook page.

After two years, the Larue County annual clean up days are back. The event will be held tomorrow and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Larue County Maintenance Garage across from Larue County High School. Jill Gray, the Solid Waste Coordinator for Larue County, urges the community to come out to this important event. 

“Our landfills fill up fast enough as it is. Sometimes there are things that people can use or there are some things that need to be handled a little differently. We try to recycle as much as we can because it saves landfill space but it also saves money because you don’t just get to throw all that stuff in the landfill for free. So we do try to keep as much going back to be able to be reused and recycled.”

A list of what will be accepted can be found on the City of Hodgenville Facebook page.

An Elizabethtown man who was teaching at Moore High School in Jefferson County was involved in an incident with a student on Monday. William, Bill, Bennett has been identified as the teacher in question on multiple videos widely circulating on social media. It is unclear from the footage how the incident began, but Bennett can be seen in a physical encounter with a male juvenile. Bennett posted on his Facebook today that he has an attorney and has been advised not to speak regarding the situation. He did state that he feels like the whole narrative has not been made public due to complete school footage or actual statements not being released. Jefferson County Public School Spokesperson Renee Murphy did not identify the teacher by name, but said he has been reassigned to a non-instructional role and an investigation is underway. 

Bennett previously served 2 terms as an Elizabethtown City Councilman. He ran unsuccessfully in 2020.