The Elizabethtown-Hardin County Industrial Foundation has partnered with the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Foundation to support the region’s future workforce training needs. An endowment was funded with $140,000 from the dissolution of the Elizabethtown Industrial Foundation Training Consortium to create a permanent source of funding for high-demand programs to develop the local workforce. The endowment will be eligible for dollar-for-dollar matching funds through the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. More information is available ectcforbetterlives.com.
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A Hardin County woman was arrested for child abuse early Tuesday morning. “Shortly before 1:00 AM on Tuesday morning, we arrested 22 year old Danielle Bryant for Criminal Abuse in the First Degree. This arrest stemmed from an incident where Bryant assaulted her two-year old child while in the Towne Drive Kroger Monday evening. She was lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center,” Elizabethtown Police Spokesperson Chris Denham. Bryant was arrested after witnesses called Police to report the woman had struck her child in the face, yelled at her and grabbed her hair while shopping at the Kroger at Towne Center. Bryant exited the store before Officers arrived and had put the child in her vehicle. Bryant admitted striking the child multiple times while placing the child in the car seat. The child had visible injuries to the face consistent with witness accounts. The child has been placed in the custody of a family member. The investigation is ongoing.
Four Kentucky Community Mental Health Centers have announced that they will be consolidating to be able to improve, create and protect services in rural Kentucky communities. Communicare, Inc. in Elizabethtown will partner with Four Rivers Behavioral Health in Paducah, LifeSkills, Inc. in Bowling Green and Pennyroyal Center in Hopkinsville to form one of largest community mental health centers in the Commonwealth. The new organization will support more than 47,000 individuals annually and offer over 70 programs and services in 129 different locations across the state. The agencies will announce the new name of the organization at a later date but expect the consolidation to be finalized as of July 1. A video that explains more about the merger can be viewed on the LifeSkills, Inc YouTube channel.
