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A traffic stop in Elizabethtown on Friday led to an arrest. According to arrest records, Elizabethtown Police conducted a traffic stop after officers observed the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. After initiating a traffic stops and safely retrieving a handgun from the glove compartment of the vehicle, the officer asked the passenger, Antonio Thomas, for identification. After initially informing the officer that he did not have identification, Thomas proceeded to give the officer 2 different names, all of which were false.

After Thomas was arrested for giving false information, he finally gave his actual name, which had several active warrants attached to it. Police also found suspected methamphetamine on Thomas, as well as a bullet that matched the previously retrieved handgun. Thomas was arrested and charged with giving false information to an officer, possession of a controlled substance, as well as possession of drug paraphernalia.

Thomas was arrested and was lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center.

As colleges and universities around the country continue to make plans for a fall semester, one local college is adjusting their deadlines to meet the needs of students. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College announced Friday that they had extended the deadline for Fall 2020 scholarships. Additionally, the college announced that they will award an additional $70,000 worth of scholarships for students this fall.

“ECTC is committed to making student’s college as affordable as possible,” Chief Advancement Officer Megan Stith said. “By releasing these additional scholarship funds, and through the generous support of these donors that have made these investments in our students possible, we are going to do everything we possibly can to make sure that their education is affordable.”

Additional information on the scholarships, as well as the scholarship forms, can be found at https://elizabethtown.kctcs.edu/affording-college/paying-for-college/scholarships.aspx.

A regional tourism destination is partially reopening their facilities today. The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Park will reopen it’s visitor center to guests today.

“Visitors will be allowed to enter the building, but it is going to look different than what people usually expect,” the park’s Chief of Interpretation Stacy Humpheries said. “We do have little stickers on the floor showing ‘Stay 6-feet Apart’, showing people where they can stand.”

The Visitor Center will also include new signage and marks for guests as they travel into the center’s amphitheater and museum.

“We’re establishing a one-way traffic flow pattern through our building,” Humpheries said, “so that way we don’t have people doubleing back or grouping up.”

“We’re avoiding that so people can still follow those CDC guideline and observe those social distancing guidelines.”

The park’s iconic memorial building will still remain closed at this time.