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North Hardin High School students Michael and Mackenzie Logan need your help, and you can help them by letting them help you.
“We knocked on doors, we introduced ourselves, we tried to persuade this message that we are two high school students trying to raise money and we are willing to help you with anything it takes to help you help us,” Michael Logan said.
The Logan Siblings are raising money for the North Hardin German class’s trip to Europe in spring of 2025, and in order to do so the two are offering their services for whatever jobs people need done.
“I do babysitting,” Mackenzie Logan said. “We’re good with dogs. We have dogs of our own, so we love pets. We can clean house. We can do some yard work. We ain’t afraid to get dirty. I can drive, so if people need groceries bought for them, like elderly people, and they don’t want to deal with the online shopping and stuff, but they don’t want to go out and travel, we can also offer that as well.”
The two have set a fundraising goal of $12,000, with a deadline set for this October. In addition to working, the two are planning a yard sale for April, and are hosting a Scentsy scent circles fundraiser that ends this week.
“They’re air fresheners that basically can go in your car, your backpack, anything like that,” Michael Logan said. “She gives them to us, we make the orders, and then out of the $20 that it costs to buy the scent circle, $7 of that goes to me and my sister for our trip.”
The siblings have their sights set on the 2025 trip because it will be their only opportunity to participate in the trip together, and both are excited for the experiences the trip will offer.
“I’ve never really traveled anywhere,” Mackenzie Logan said. “I thought that would be really nice. I always am into learning something new, and I’d love to try some new food.”
You can meet the Logan Siblings at the E-Town Lions Club’s pancake breakfast at Elizabethtown High School on March 23. Find the Logan Siblings Facebook profile to learn more, donate, or inquire about the siblings’ services.
Current eighth graders heading to Central Hardin High School for ninth grade next school year will be attending classes at a satellite campus.
“Near the beginning of this school year, we shared, through multiple channels, videos and letters to eighth grade families, so current eighth graders, that when those current eighth graders become Central Hardin High School freshmen, that they may have to relocate to a satellite campus in their freshman year in order to expedite construction at the Central Hardin campus,” said Hardin County Schools Community Relations Specialist John Wright. “We sent that out as a possibility, and now that favorable bids have come in for Phase 2 of construction of Central Hardin High School, that will happen.”
The Bruin Academy will be located in the former Lincoln Trail Elementary School building on Bardstown Road. In a release sent out by HCS, the district says it considered multiple factors including convenience, travel logistics, and location. Students participating in electives and extracurriculars will still have access to those activities at the main campus, with counselors working on transportation schedules.
Wright said the district is dedicated to giving every student a positive experience.
“We know it will work, and we are committed to making sure that next year’s freshman at the Bruin Academy receive every opportunity that they would have were they, literally, on the Central Hardin High School campus,” Wright said.
A form for parents and community members to ask questions and express any concerns is available on the HCS website.
The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.
The court approved on second reading the county’s ordinance for the certification of recovery residences in the county, which is modeled after the ordinance recently approved by the City of Elizabethtown.
“This ordinance will go into effect, if we approve it today, go into effect July 1, 2024,” said Hardin County Judge-Executive Keith Taul. “We also, at the last meeting, approved an inter-local agreement with Elizabethtown for the enforcement of that.”
That’s Hardin County Judge-Executive Keith Taul.
Hardin County Coroner Pat Elmore gave his office’s annual report for 2023. The coroner’s office handled 1,066 total cases, which included 962 deaths due to natural causes, 70 accidents, and 8 homicides. Elmore said there was at least one positive note in the data.
“Our overdoses were actually down from 55 to 37,” Elmore said. “We’re looking at some things about that. We feel like there may be some early interventions with NARCAN being available more readily. That’s going to help. We hear it a lot here in our office, we’ll hear where they’re going out on that response, and we feel like those are being revived, so that’s one positive thing we had there.”
The court heard annual reports from Hardin County Water Districts Number One and Two, with both utilities discussing revenue status and projects for the past and coming year. Water District One General Manager Justin Metz said estimated consolidated revenue for 2024 totals more than $21.8 million. Water District Number Two General Manager Shaun Youravich said water revenue for 2023 came in at about $17 million, which was $1.9 million higher than budgeted, but the sewer numbers show a negative net income, which was anticipated.
“Our revenues do cover expenses, we’re just not fully funding depreciation,” Youravich said. “Of course, we have a very young sewer division. In fact, it was $16 million worth of infrastructure and 47 customers. So I don’t expect to cover, fully, depreciation until we start to grow our customer base, which we’ll do, or until we begin collecting sewer waste from the battery facilities in Glendale.”
Water District Number Two is working with the Kentucky Public Service Commission on a rate increase to cover depreciation, which would see the average customer’s monthly fee increase from $28.88 to $34.32. Youravich said the water district has not instituted a full rate increase since 2007.
The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet March 12.
One person is dead following a crash in Hardin County.
The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office says at approximately 7:20 a.m. Tuesday deputies responded to the 1600 block of North Pleasant Hill Road following a reported multi-vehicle accident.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle driven by Destiny McClawley of Upton was traveling west on Pleasant Hill Road when the vehicle went left of center, striking an eastbound vehicle operated by Taylor Riggs of Upton.
McClawley was pronounced dead at the scene. Riggs and two juvenile passengers in McClawley’s vehicle were transported to Baptist Health Hardin for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.