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Central Hardin High School is under new leadership.

Hardin County Schools has announced that current John Hardin High School Assistant Principal Kim Case will serve as the new principal at Central Hardin. Case replaces Tim Isaacs, who is retiring after 15 years on the job.

Case earned her bachelor’s degree from Campbellsville University. She holds two master’s degrees, one from Campbellsville and one from Western Kentucky University.

Case began her career in education at Central Hardin in 1997, when she was hired to teach English. A release from HCS says Case began her administrative career in the 2010s when she began working as a guidance counselor at Nelson County High School, serving in similar roles at John Hardin and at Bardstown High School. She has served as an assistant principal at John Hardin since 2018.

Case said in the release: “I view my role as that of a servant-leader, an advocate, and an instructional guide. I look forward to helping preserve a culture where staff is supported, innovation is encouraged, and students are actively involved in shaping their own learning experiences. Our students have numerous opportunities. I’m excited to see them flourish.”

The first day of school for Hardin County Schools is August 7.

The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in Breckinridge County Saturday.

According to KSP Post Four, at around 5:10 p.m. CDT on July 26 Breckinridge County Dispatch requested troopers investigate a two-vehicle collision near the 13,000 block of KY 261.

The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates 48-year-old Joseph Maynard of Owensboro was operating a truck heading south on KY 261 when for unknown reasons the vehicle crossed the center line, striking a northbound truck head-on and causing both vehicles to become engulfed in flames.

Maynard was pronounced dead at the scene by the Breckinridge County Coroner’s Office. Also pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner’s office were the operator of the northbound truck, 22-year-old Hunter Lyons, and a one-year-old juvenile in his vehicle. An adult female passenger in Lyons’s vehicle was flown from the scene to the University of Louisville Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The KSP’s investigation of the collision is ongoing. The affected portion of KY 261 was closed for several hours for accident reconstruction.

With Kentucky’s fall hunting season getting under way in mid-August, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife is helping to prepare new hunters for a safe and successful season. 

KFW will be offering 20 in-person hunter education classes and live fire-range opportunities across the commonwealth as part of Hunter Education Day this Saturday, August 2. The annual education opportunity is held in conjunction with National Shooting Sports Month.

KFW offers a range of hunter education courses including hunter ethics, wildlife conservation and identification, field care of game, first aid, firearm safety, archery, and muzzleloading. Courses are offered in person and online, with the final sessions for in-person courses including a written test and a live-fire exercise while online participants may complete their live-fire exercise at a KFW range day.

All in-person courses and range days are open to participants nine years of age and older. The courses are free and participants will be provided with necessary equipment for testing free of charge, but registration is required.

Area locations participating in Hunter Education Day include the Knob Creek Gun Range in West Point and the Grayson County Ag Park in Leitchfield. Learn more about Hunter Education Day and other hunting requirements at fw.ky.gov.