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June 22nd – Man arrested after multi-hour stand-off with police

8 hours after it began, police finally arrested a suspect that had barricaded himself in an Elizabethtown building. According to officials, the incident began when Elizabethtown Police responded to a report of a domestic incident at Wellington Way in Elizabethtown.

When officers arrived, the suspect, David Cooke, fled the scene, leading authorities on a brief pursuit. Cooke finally ended the pursuit on South Miles Street when he entered a building owned by a family member and barricaded himself inside. Officers from numerous agencies were at the scene, negotiating with Cooke throughout the evening. At one point, officials say Cooke shot an arrow from a compound bow, which nearly struck an Elizabethtown police officer in the face.

Just after 10 p.m., Cooke exited the building and surrendered to officials. He was charged with attempted murder of a police officer, wanton endangerment, fleeing, unlawful imprisonment, as well as assault. He is lodged at this time in the Hardin County Detention Center.

June 19th – Week 3: Community and the Police

On this week’s Community Forum, its Week 3 in our series on Community and the Police. For our final week, Elizabethtown Police officers John Thomas and Chris Denham sit down with Zach Epperson to talk about one of the department’s most important roles: community outreach.

“Anytime that we have the opportunity to interact with an individual that we’ve never had the opportunity to contact, we do that,” officer Chris Denham said. “If we’re invited to a group of five people, we jump on it. If it’s a gathering of 500 people, we’re obviously going to attend that too. It’s all worth our while.”

You can listen to Community Forum Sunday morning right here on Quicksie.

June 19th – CASA announces new Executive Director

CASA of the Heartland, a non-profit child advocacy organization, have chosen a new Executive Director. After an extensive search process, Norma Hatfield will be taking on the role this august.

“As I learn more and more about what is happening to the kids of Kentucky, you find that the more you know, the more you want to try to help,” Hatfield explained. “So that’s what inspired me to apply for the position.”

Hatfield says that recruiting more volunteers to assist the organization will be a priority going forward. Hatfield will officially take the role on August 3rd.

June 19th – Elizabethtown reopens Parks and Rec. areas

As COVID-19 restrictions continue to be lifted, the city of Elizabethtown is following suit, reopening parks and recreation areas for residents that had been previously closed off. Baseball, softball, and soccer fields are now the latest to be opened by the city.

City spokesperson Amy Inman says that Funtopia, the playground within American Legion Park, will not open until July, when groups of 50 are able to congregate again. The city has previously stated that other recreation spots, such as the city pool, will not open for the summer due to several factors, including cost and lifeguard training.

June 19th – U.S. Sen. candidate makes stops in Elizabethtown

With Election day just next week, candidates are making their final pitches to potential voters. In the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, Kentucky State Representative Charles Booker made a stop at the Elizabethtown Nature Park Thursday afternoon.

Yesterday’s stop was just one in a multi-county stop for Booker. According to some polls, Booker has pulled ahead of long-time Democratic front-runner Amy McGrath. The winner of the Democratic primary will likely face incumbent Mitch McConnell in the November general election