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Hardin Memorial Health officials have given an update on the sale of the hospital to Baptist Health. County authorities say the closing which was scheduled for December 1st has now been postponed until February after a lawsuit was brought against the fiscal court. We spoke with hospital president Dennis Johnson about the benefits of the sale last year. Baptist Health has managed the hospital for more than 20 years.

A former presidential candidate will be in Hardin County next month. Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee will speak at the PAC at John Hardin high school on February 2nd. Huckabee ran in the 2008 and 2016 Republican presidential primaries and is the father of white house press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Tickets begin at $40 and can be purchased on the PACs website.

An Elizabethtown man faces more than 150 charges relating to child pornography after an investigation by the attorney general’s office. 20 year old Christopher Carroll was taken into custody last week after authorities say he created multiple fake social media profiles in order to obtain nude images from minors. Authorities say the investigation of Carroll, who worked as a dispatcher, began in September of last year. Carroll was held in the Hardin County Detention Center on a 100 thousand dollar bond.

An event in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr will take place in Radcliff today. The event is open to the public. More details can be found at wqxe.com

A Rineyville woman is dead after a crash in Indiana this week. 18 year old Olivia Kustes was driving in the northbound lanes of I-65 when the rear driver’s side wheel came off of 51 year old Peter Gaetano’s pickup truck. The wheel crossed over the median wall and hit Kustes car head on. Kustes was pronounced dead at the scene by the Clark County Coroner’s Office. No other details have been released at this time.

A Grayson County man shot in late November after chasing burglars from his property was killed in a separate incident this week. Authorities say 59 year old Johnnie Hayes was shot in Ohio county late Wednesday. As previously reported, Hayes and 39 year old Wanda Ferguson were shot on Richland road as they followed two burglars off his property in November. In December authorities say a bomb was found in a barn on the property. The incident remains under investigation.

The Elizabethtown Sport Park is hosting a job fair for the 2019 season next week. The job fair will be January 21st from 9 am until 4 pm.

This weekend on Community Forum we feature part one of a two part interview with officials from the Hardin County Animal Shelter about changes implemented last year and the outlook for 2019. Hear more on Community Forum Sunday morning at 7 am and find past forums at wqxe.com

Federal officials say that the government shutdown will not harm the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP. Federal government employees affected have been seeking temporary employment during the longest shutdown in U.S. history.