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HCS invites community to upcoming career fair

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Hardin County Schools is inviting area residents to their career fair, which will be held Wednesday, June 4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the HCS Early College and Career Center (200 University Drive, Elizabethtown).

“Our Board of Education approved a four percent raise for all district staff at its May board meeting, and that is on top of a six percent increase that the board approved last school year, so over the last 10 years our employees have seen a 10 percent pay increase,” said HCS Community Relations Specialist John Wright.

School principals will be in attendance to speak with applicants, and on the spot interviews may occur. The career fair is targeted to those seeking certified and classified positions.

“People who work for Hardin County Schools already know what a wonderful family environment that we have here in our district, and this career fair will serve as an opportunity for our community to learn more about our family and discover positions that offer extremely competitive pay and tremendous benefit packages,” Wright said.

More information and applications can be found under the Employment tab on the HCS website.

Fort Knox hosting ceremony, cemetery visitation for Memorial Day

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Fort Knox is set to host its annual Memorial Day ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 26 at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery – Central in Radcliff.

“Our U.S. Army Cadet Commander and our Senior Commander on Fort Knox, Brigadier General Barnett, will be the ceremony’s keynote speaker, “said Fort Knox Garrison Command Sergeant Alex Licea. “The event will also have a ceremonial wreath laying, a 21-gun salute, a Prisoners of War/Missing in Action remembrance ceremony, a flag folding, and the playing of ‘Taps.’”

Fort Knox will also be providing access to the 122 cemeteries located across the post Monday.

“That’ll be open to the public and for families and friends who have buried their loved ones there to pay and visit respects from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,” Licea said.

Fort Knox will have a cultural resources representative at the visitors center to assist with checkpoint locations and to provide event maps, and Fort Knox Range Branch staff will be at gate checkpoints to help locate gravesites.

More information can be found in the Knox Announcements section on the Fort Knox website.

Hardin County Schools again offering summer meals program

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The Hardin County Schools Nutrition Department is once again offering summer meals to children 18 and under.

“We will have three stationary locations, one at each of our high schools, that go from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each weekday, except for the Fourth of July,” said HCS Community Relations Specialist John Wright. “We also have eight mobile locations that are located throughout the county, for the northern part of the county and for the southern part of the county.”

Adults may also purchase meals through the program for $3. The program runs June 2 through July 25.

“All that information, times about when the mobile locations will be open, the exact locations, and a menu, is online at hardin.kyschools.us under the Quick Links section,” Wright said.

HCS says expenses for the summer meals program are fully reimbursed by the federal government.

Benefits available for additional counties approved for Individual Assistance

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Kentucky residents who live or work in one of the additional counties approved for Individual Assistance following April flooding and storms may now apply for disaster benefits. 

Residents in the eligible counties are eligible to apply for the Disaster Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, with D-SNAP applications being accepted through May 29.

According to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, “The D-SNAP Program offers short-term food help to individuals and families in counties that receive a federal disaster declaration that includes Individual Assistance.” Counties included in the most recent approval include Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hart, LaRue, Meade, and Nelson.

Applicants should call the Department for Community-Based Services at 1-855-306-8959. Applications may also be submitted at a DCBS office, locations for which can be found at kynect.ky.gov.

The state is also accepting Disaster Unemployment Assistance applications from individuals in the additional counties. According to the governor’s office, “In order to qualify for DUA benefits, claimants in eligible counties must show that their employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted as a direct result of the disaster and that they are not otherwise eligible for regular unemployment insurance benefits under state or federal law.”

DUA benefits are available for up to 29 weeks. Individuals should visit the Kentucky Career Center website at kcc.ky.gov to learn more about filing a DUA claim.

Baptist Health breaks ground on Radcliff ER/urgent care facility

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Baptist Health Hardin President Robert Ramey says the Baptist Health ER and Urgent Care Radcliff facility set to open in the fall of 2026 is an example of the company’s commitment to community collaboration.

“When our business leaders come together, when you look at our community leaders, when you look at the different businesses, the different industry that’s coming, the special thing about this community is we work together, and by working together, we’re creating something that people want to be a part of, that businesses and new industries want to be a part of,” Ramey said.

Ramey on Thursday was joined by representatives from area businesses, local government leaders, and other Baptist Health officials for a groundbreaking ceremony for the facility, to be located at 2763 Centennial Avenue in Radcliff. Baptist Health Hardin will partner with Intuitive Health on the facility, which Ramey said combines emergency and urgent care under one roof.

Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall said the facility is a major development for the city as well as the neighbors to the north and south.

“It’s going to bring quality healthcare, and the needs it’s going to meet, not only us here in the northern part of Hardin County, but those from Meade County and possibly those, because the ER in E-Town is known for being one of the busiest in the state of Kentucky, that’s going to help alleviate some of that,” Duvall said.

Baptist Health says the Radcliff facility follows similar ER and urgent care facilities in Jeffersonville and Louisville.