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The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday.
The court approved an ordinance approving annual standing orders to pre-approve certain recurring expenses.
“We had one of these similar last meeting,” said Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul. “This is kind of a continuation of that of some items. They are all ARPA project funds for DLG, so that’s what’s on this one.”
Hardin County Jailer Josh Lindblom said January saw 461 intakes, 441 releases, and an average daily count of 554. Detention center inmates worked 10,124 hours, including the collection of 596 bags of trash along 50.2 miles of county roads.
Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director Mike McNutt said 394 dogs were adopted in January, 171 were returned to owners, and 71 were rescued. McNutt said the shelter did not hit the required benchmark for no-kill status in 2024, and the euthanasia rate at the shelter is up to 14 percent.
“We’re doing everything we can,” McNutt said.” It’s just, when you don’t got homes and you still are mandated to take in animals, a lot of these animals that we’re talking about are either sick, elderly or aggressive, and I’ve told y’all before, if I wouldn’t put it in the backyard beside my grandson, I’m not going to put it beside one of the citizens.”
The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet February 25.
Silverleaf Sexual Trauma Recovery Services Executive Director Dr. Jillian Carden says the organization provides multiple services to any individual in the Lincoln Trail Area Development District who has experienced sexual violence at some point in their life.
“A 24-hour crisis line, hospital response, we provide advocacy and legal advocacy for them where we assist victims who may be going through the legal or court process, we offer therapy services, and we offer prevention and education,” Carden said.
Carden provided an update on the organization to the Elizabethtown City Council during their work session Monday. Carden recounted services provided in 2024, with 39 percent of clients coming from Hardin County.
“So in that year we saw 2,251 individual unduplicated clients in our eight-county service area, and provided over 2,000 therapy sessions, 462 forensic interviews, 625 crisis services,” Carden said.
Carden said support from Elizabethtown has helped the organization triple in size and take on an 144 percent increase in clients served in the last five years. That support allows for the expansion of programs such as the Prevention and Education Team, which connected with more than 44,000 participants in 2024.
“That’s going to include little bitties for preschool where we have a puppet (his name’s Terry) with a coloring book, all the way up through college, professionals, and community members,” Carden said.
More information on Silverleaf’s services is available via their website, and their Crisis Support Line can be reached 24/7 by calling 270-234-9236.
The Louisville Orchestra will be making several area stops during their Kentucky tour this summer.
The orchestra has announced the schedule for the 2025 edition of their “In Harmony – The Commonwealth Tour of Louisville Orchestra”. The 2025 tour will be split into three parts, with each featuring different spotlighted performers and musical selections.
The tour of Central Kentucky in July will feature three area stops. The orchestra will perform at the Freeman Lake Park Bandstand in Elizabethtown for the first time on July 9, on July 10 the orchestra will perform at Felix E. Martin Jr. Hall in Muhlenberg, and on July 13 the orchestra will perform at the Stephen Foster Story amphitheatre in Bardstown.
The orchestra says the July tour will be “an Americana-themed celebration of the outstanding talent within the orchestra, with several featured soloists drawn from its ranks.” Musical selections for the July leg are to be determined.
The In Harmony tour is a multi-season community-building project which has received financial support from the commonwealth as a way of connecting with Kentuckians across the state. The 2025 tour will mark the debut of the orchestra’s new mobile stage which they say will allow access to more locations for performances.
Visit www.louisvilleorchestra.org for more information.
The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in Hart County Monday afternoon.
According to KSP Post Three, troopers were called to the intersection of KY 88/Hardyville Road and Birchwood Lane shortly after noon on February 10.
The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle driven by 70-year-old Phillip Hodson of Canmer was travelling east on Hardyville Road when it crossed the centerline into the westbound lane where it collided with a van.
Hodson was declared dead at the scene by the Hart County Coroner’s Office. Three passengers in the van were transported to T.J. Samson Community Hospital and two other passengers were airlifted to the University of Louisville Hospital.
The KSP’s investigation is ongoing.