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With the City Council’s blessing, the Elizabethtown Police Department will look to acquire new body camera units. Chief Jeremy Thompson and Major Josh Richardson went before the council last night, explaining the need for the new cameras. Thompson also laid out a potential plan for outfitting patrol units with cameras if a new vendor was found.
The department currently has 10 body cameras, first put into use in August of 2019.
As a state website aimed at tracking covid-19 cases per school goes live, Hardin County School officials say they will continue to publish their own data on their website.
District spokesperson John Wright says the district originally was going to do away with their reporting, but changed course. Wright says a link to the state’s new reporting website will be included on their own site.
In one of the most anticipated debates in years, former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will face off in the first presidential debate tonight. The debate, which is being held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, will be moderated by Fox News’ Chris Wallace. The widely televised and streamed event will begin at 9 p.m.
An Elizabethtown woman was arrested Sunday morning after she barricaded herself and someone else inside a residence. Police says they responded to a residence in the 500 block of Douglas Alley in reference to an assault with a knife.
Officer Denham says the stabbing victim was taken to Baptist Health Hardin for treatment of minor injuries. Revels was arrested and charged with unlawful imprisonment, as well as assault second degree. She was lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center.
Many school districts in the region welcomed back students and teachers alike during a return to partial in-person instruction this morning. Meade, LaRue, Grayson, and Breckinridge counties all will see students return today after beginning the year online.
Hardin County Schools began the year partially in person. Elizabethtown Independent returned September 14th.
