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Fort Knox and Hardin County Government have reached a final “Ground and Mowing Right of Way” contract . The county made the announcement on Friday, saying the Intergovernmental Support Agreement (ISA) will benefit taxpayers, with $200,000 in savings annually, as well as decreasing Fort Knox’s cost by around $100,000 each year. The county, however, will utilize a private contractor to maintain the roughly 1,400 acres covered in the agreement. Hardin County Judge Executive Harry Berry noted this is the fourth intergovernmental support agreement the county has signed with Fort Knox.
Tax Day is officially a month away. This year, with Covid-19 still present and a new virus relief plan from the federal government just signed, tax officials and accountants say the I-R-S has 3 tasks before them this season.
CPA Jon Anderson says one change this year at the federal level is that unemployment benefits up to a certain level are tax free, unlike most years. And those stimulus payments you might have gotten? Not taxable income.
Four juveniles were arrested after leading police on a high speed chase in a stolen vehicle through Elizabethtown. According to Kentucky State Police, Troopers observed a dodge avenger traveling near the commercial vehicle scale in Elizabethtown last week traveling at 110 miles per hour. At that time, troopers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the vehicle continued Southbound on I-65. The pursuit reached speeds of up to 118 miles per hour before the vehicle exited at the Upton exit and re-entered 65 going northbound. Elizabethtown Police were able to slow the vehicle with deflation devices, with the vehicle stopping at the 93 mile marker. Police arrested the four juveniles without further incident. They were later lodged in the Warren County Detention Center.
Elementary and middle school parents can transition their online students back to in-person instruction for next week, but they have until this afternoon to do so.
The deadline for high school students to transition back to in-person instruction is March 19th. Parents must speak with a building administrator at their child’s school to make the move.