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After signing a new 8-year franchise agreement with Hardin County Government, Red River Waste officials are responding to customer complaints about new service guidelines and policies that will be implemented soon. Mainly, that new, County-provided trash cans will be the only kind that will be accepted.

“Those carts are designed to operate with the machinery that we have,” Red River Vice President of Business Development Steve Smith explained, going on to say that the new carts will help keep workers safe from heavy personal cans.

“These things roll up to the truck…, they’ve got a metal bar on them that lifts it, puts it in the truck and sets it back down,” he said.

As part of the new agreement, Smith says customers can expect to receive their new collection bins in the coming weeks, with a second cans being provided upon request. After that, customers can get additional cans for $6 a month. Customers can find an entire list of coming changes on the Hardin County Government website.

An arrest in a child abuse investigation was made Tuesday morning in Eastview.

Troopers with Kentucky State Police Post 4 responded to a residence on Sonora Hardin Springs Road, and met with the 15-year old victim. The victim claimed that he and his father, Louis Hart, got into a verbal altercation. Allegedly, Hart ran towards his son and struck him in the face, then pushed him against the wall, striking him again. The victim is reported to have had swelling to the side of his face, as well as a bloody nose. Hart explained that his actions were the result of his son talking back to him.

A sibling, an 11-year old girl, claimed she heard the initial strike, but did not hear the shove against the wall. Hart was lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center.