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Warm Blessings Community Kitchen Executive Director Josh Miller says the goal behind the inaugural Warm Blessings Day of Giving, to be held July 3 at Haycraft Park, is an opportunity for the organization to “love on” an underserved neighborhood in the community.

“We want to just take that day to show people that Warm Blessings is more than just a concrete building, but we are an organization with hands and feet, loving on people in our neighborhoods,” Miller says.

The Day of Giving will be a free event for visitors with no registration required, and the event is free for vendors to participate.

“There’s going to be free food,” Miller says. “There’s going to be games, prizes, giveaways, a lot of fun for the whole family, getting them connected to resources.”

Vendors or organizations interested in participating can reach out to Warm Blessings.

“Contact me directly at Josh.Miller@WarmBlessings.org or 270-932-1791,” Miller says.

Visit the Warm Blessings Community Kitchen Facebook page or www.warmblessings.org for more information on the organization and its mission.

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second regular meeting of the month Monday.

The council approved the 2026-2027 city budget on the budget ordinance’s second reading. Members of the council expressed their thanks to city department heads for their work on the budget and highlighted projects outlined, including enhancements for parks and recreation. Council Member Tony Bishop said he is happy to see the city working to better connect the community with the completion of the Commerce Drive extension.

“When I first came on the council, that was something that was discussed and it was just a dream in a way, but now we’re at a point where all groups, all of the partnerships that we have between on the state level, the county level, and now all the things we have coming together just to see that road connect our town from one end to the other,” Bishop said.

The council also approved ordinances on their second readings which annexed 1615 Saint John Road, to be zoned Urban Residential (R-4), and amended the borders for the Downtown Elizabethtown Historic Preservation Overlay to include more historic sites including the Brown-Pusey House.

A municipal order was approved accepting the bid from SpecSeats International for the seating at the outdoor music venue. The council rejected the original bidding on the seats, and after project organizers drafted new bid requirements the bid was accepted for $767,300 or $830,300 with cupholders.

Several bids for materials for the city’s Public Works Department were accepted. Public Works Director Don Hill said costs are up but not dramatically.

“If you look at the paving, on the bituminous concrete there was about a 6 percent increase,” Hill said. “Liquid asphalt is down this month. Earlier in the year, it was right around $700 a ton, $710. It’s at $690 per ton. That’s 6 percent of the composition of the bituminous concrete.”

The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet June 22.

The first decline in independent or other voter registration in more than a year was seen in Kentucky in May.

The Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office says voter registration saw a net increase of 104 voters in the month of May.

According to the Secretary of State’s office, Republican registration in May increased by 3,747 voters. Democratic registration decreased by 3,305 voters, and independent or other registration decreased by 338. Republican registration makes up 48 percent of the state electorate, Democratic registration makes up 41 percent, and independent or other makes up 11 percent.

The Secretary of State’s Office says 4,633 voters were removed from the rolls in February. 3,883 were deceased, 8 moved out of state, and 611 were convicted felons.

The deadline to register to vote in the 2026 general election is October 5. You can register or check your registration status by visiting govote.ky.gov, or by contacting your county clerk’s office.