The Hardin Memorial Health Foundation received a $90,000 grant on Friday. The grant comes from Crusade for Children, which recently wrapped up their fundraising drive earlier this month. To date, the Foundation has now received over $1,000,000 from Crusade since 2002. The grant will go towards pediatric care in the hospital’s emergency room and NICU.
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After their first week back, Hardin County Schools end it with their first positive covid-19 case. In a statement from Superintendent Terrie Morgan, the individual in question was directed to isolate and monitor for COVID-19 symptoms.
District spokesperson John Wright says the classroom will be closed for 24 hours and will undergo thorough cleaning.
Police and members of the public are continuing their search for a missing Radcliff teen. 15-year old Rosalyn Velazquez was reported as missing to authorities earlier this week.
A public search group for Velazquez is set to take place today. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact police.
Even with the possibility of rain Saturday, the Elizabethtown Lions Club is still hosting their annual BBQ Chicken Dinner at Elizabethtown High School. Unlike year past, health and safety guidelines have forced organizers to run the event as a drive-thru only service.
The dinner marks the first major fundraising event for the established organization.
Glendale residents won’t have to make trips to the Elizabethtown Post Office much longer.
It was announced this week that Glendale will once again be home to a post office. The new building will be located on Jaggers Road behind the Fire Department.
Glendale Lions Club Treasurer Dan Linker says the postal service has signed on for a 20-year lease with the club, who owns the land. Linker says the money from the lease will be funneled back into the community. The building will be a single-module type structure.