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Hardin County Playhouse will be putting on their annual Ghost Walk for two nights in downtown Elizabethtown, beginning tonight.
Precautions taken due to covid-19 include required masks for patrons, guides, and actors, limited group sizes, and social distancing measures. A route for the walk can be found on the Hardin County Playhouse Facebook page.
For the second day in a row, the state of Kentucky reported over 1,800 new cases of covid-19 in the Commonwealth. The state, and local communities continue to be hit hard. Lincoln Trail Health officials announced 156 new cases for the district, with the vast majority of them located in Hardin County, which nearly had 100 new cases yesterday alone. Meade County had 10 and LaRue confirmed 5.
Hardin County and the surrounding area is preparing for Halloween tomorrow, and the Lincoln Trail District Health Department is letting those handing out candy know what they can do to help protect trick or treaters.
Public Information Officer Terrie Burgen also recommends trick or treating in small groups only, and with those who live in your own household, as well as continuing to wear protective face coverings. Hardin and LaRue are currently in the red zone, meaning there is a high risk of COVID transmission in those counties.
ELIZABETHTOWN (KY) — Two adults were killed after a wreck in Elizabethtown Thursday evening. Police were called to the intersection of Bacon Creek Road and Ring Road shortly after 4:30 pm.
The names of those involved will be released pending family notification.The intersection was shut down for an extended period last night. No other details surrounding the incident have been released.
HARDIN COUNTY (KY) — With almost 2 weeks of early voting behind us, Hardin county election officials have released some data on how many voters have taken part in the early voting period. Clerk Debbie Donnelly says 11,000 voters have come in to the clerk’s officer to vote, saying the process has allowed more flexibility for voters.
Early voting continues for two more weeks. Additionally, voting also is taking place at offices and locations this saturday and next, though times vary in different counties.
