Quicksie 98.3

ELIZABETHTOWN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS WERE ON A SOFT LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY. OFFICIALS SENT OUT A ONE CALL BEFORE 9AM WEDNESDAY SAYING THAT A HOME NEAR THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO AND THAT THE SUSPECT HAD NOT BEEN APPREHENDED. THE LOCKDOWN WAS IN PLACE UNTIL JUST BEFORE 3PM YESTERDAY. NO OTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED AT THIS TIME.

HARDIN MEMORIAL HEALTH IS CELEBRATING 65 YEARS. MAYOR JEFF GREGORY RECOGNIZED THE ORGANIZATION BY PROCLAIMING TODAY HARDIN MEMORIAL HEALTH DAY.  THE HOSPITAL FIRST OPENED FEBRUARY 14, 1954.

THE CENTRAL KENTUCKY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WILL HOST A SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION WORKSHOP IN THE COMING WEEKS. THE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED SCHOLARSHIP CENTRAL EARLIER THIS YEAR. HE EVENT TAKES PLACE MARCH 25TH. SCHOLARSHIPS CAN BE APPLIED FOR ON THE ORGANIZATION’S WEBSITE.

THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING CITIZEN’S POLICE ACADEMY. THE ACADEMY BEGINS MARCH 12.

A RADCLIFF MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING HIS GIRLFRIEND. AUTHORITIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD KENTREL CROMWELL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON TUESDAY AFTER POLICE SAY HE DRUG THE WOMAN TO THE GROUND BEFORE CHOKING HER TO THE POINT OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND STOMPING ON HER FACE MULTIPLE TIMES. IN ADDITION, POLICE SAY CROMWELL WAS IN POSSESSION OF KEYS TO A STOLEN VEHICLE. HE FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING WANTON ENDANGERMENT AND WAS HELD IN THE HARDIN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON A 15 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.

OFFICIALS RESPONDED TO A SWIFT WATER RESCUE YESTERDAY. OFFICIALS SAY THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE 400 BLOCK OF BOONE ROAD EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

JUST A MONTH AFTER TAKING THE ROLE AS DIRECTOR OF THE ELIZABETHTOWN HERITAGE COUNCIL, STACY REYNOLDS SHARES HIS VISION FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND DOWNTOWN ELIZABETHTOWN. REYNOLDS REPLACED KRISTA LEVEE WHO LEFT THE ROLE LAST YEAR.

LARUE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL SOON PROVIDE PRODUCE TO THE SCHOOL.AG TEACHER CHRIS THOMAS SAID STUDENTS HOPE TO HAVE PRODUCE IN THE LARUE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET NEXT YEAR.

TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN THE OVERDOSE DEATH OF A SHEPHERDSVILLE MAN. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT 27 YEAR OLD AARON SHELTON AND 18 YEAR OLD TAJUAN MCDOWELL WERE INDICTED WITH POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE. IN ADDITION, SHELTON FACES A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE HEROIN CAUSING DEATH. AUTHORITIES SAY POLICE RESPONDED TO A HOME IN SHEPHERDSVILLE ON FEBRUARY 2 WHERE THE VICTIM WHO HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED WAS FOUND DECEASED ALONG WITH SUSPECTED HEROIN. THROUGH INVESTIGATION, POLICE IDENTIFIED SHELTON AND MCDOWELL. BOTH FACE A MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE OF 20 YEARS IN PRISON. THEY WERE HELD IN FEDERAL CUSTODY.