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Despite the setbacks of covid-19, Bluegrass Cellular’s 10th edition of the Don’t Miss The Bus School supply drive was still able to take place this year.
While covid-19 wouldn’t allow for the traditional collection of school supplies, the organization changed to allow for online donations, creating an entirely virtual experience for participants. The annual event raised over $2,000, which will go towards helping schools with supply needs for students in Hardin county.
After over a year of public input and discussion, the Elizabethtown City Council is expect to adopt the city’s new comprehensive plan. Dubbed Envision Elizabethtown 2040, the plan was created as a way to define the direction and the vision of the city going forward.
The planning and zoning committee previously approved the plan before it was sent to the council for their approval. The plan can be viewed by going to the City of Elizabethtown’s website.
A domestic incident in Elizabethtown resulted in a brief standoff with police yesterday morning. The Elizabethtown Police Department was called to Walgreens on North Dixie Avenue by a female victim, who claimed her boyfriend, David Corbit, had strangled her prior to the call. She had been able to escape from him long enough to call the police.
Corbit eventually surrendered without incident. Corbit is charged with strangulation, and is lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center.
Today is the last day for registered voters in Kentucky to submit a request for an absentee ballot.
Any absentee ballot postmarked by November 3rd will count in the general election. There will be several other opportunities to vote, including early in-person voting, which begins next Tuesday.
With the death of legendary rock star Eddie Van Halen this week, one Elizabethtown man is looking back on the guitarist’s legacy. Kevin Thomas, a lifelong fan of Van Halen, has amassed quite the collection of memorabilia, from guitars and amps all the way down to magazines.
Thomas even got to meet the man himself during a pre-concert event at Freedom Hall several years back. Eddie Van Halen died this week from throat cancer at the age of 65.
