A second person injured after the Denny’s sign fell last week in Elizabethtown has died. According to the family, Lloyd Eugene Curtis, Sr passed away at his home early Monday morning. His wife, Lillian Mae Curtis, passed away last week after succumbing to injuries she sustained when the Denny’s sign fell onto their car Thursday. Mr. Curtis had recently been released from the hospital and placed in hospice care after having open heart surgery days before the sign fell on their vehicle. No funeral arrangements have been announced at this time.
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The Warm Blessings Community Kitchen will be closed through January 28th for Day Shelter and Community Services due to several employees, volunteers and guests having COVID-19. No shelter space, no showers or laundry or Blessing Bags will be given out this week. However, evening meal service and senior meal delivery will continue as normal. Room At The Inn will also be closed for the next several days. According to Room In The Inn, the guests who have COVID-19 have been placed in hotels for isolation. If anyone would like to help off-set the costs of the hotel expenses, donations are being accepted. For more information, please visit the Facebook pages for Warm Blessings and Room In The Inn.
The LaRue County Sheriff’s Office responded to a possible burglary in progress early Sunday morning. According to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a residence on Tanner Road where it was determined two males arrived and began beating on the door asking those inside to open up. When a male resident opened the door, he was punched in the face by Thomas Heath, age 44 of Hodgenville. The second male, James Hargis, age 38 of Somerset, also entered the house, assaulted the male resident and also assaulted a female inside the residence. Heath was also found to have a gun on him during the crime. The investigation is ongoing.