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After wrapping up their summer feeding program last month, Elizabethtown Independent provided almost 50,000 meals.
Elizabethtown Food Service Director Marty Adams. With some students taking part in the online learning academy this year, Adams says the district will provide meals to those students who need it through the curbside service. Hardin County Schools has extended their program until August 14th.
The beginning of the 2020-21 school year is already looking to be unlike anything Kentuckians have seen before. Even with the uncertainty, Elizabethtown Independent School District is making registration easier in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Monday, the district began offering online registration for all new and returning students.
Superintendent Kelli Bush said information such as transportation needs and contact information will be updated through this online registration portal this year. Registration can be done under the Parents and Students Tab on the Elizabethtown Independent Website.
The Elizabethtown Wine Festival, which is scheduled to take place this September, now has their tickets on sale.
City Events Manager Sarah Vaughn says pre-sale tickets are $20, which includes the tasting, and $10 for those not taking part in any tastings.
Vaughn says that social distancing will be required at the event, which is slated to be held at Freeman Lake Park. The pre-sale tickets can be purchased through the City of Elizabethtown webpage.
A Meade County man was arrested Sunday after allegedly fleeing from police on a stolen motorcycle.
On Sunday night, police were called to the area of West Lincoln Trail Boulevard in reference to a reported stolen motorcycle. A Radcliff Police officer located the motorcycle on the roadway near North Wilson Road, where the driver, Jason Poole, was operating it. When officers attempted a traffic stop, Poole fled with a passenger, who attempted to get off, towards Dixie Highway, eventually crashing and fleeing on foot through several parking lots. While being placed under arrest, officers located a metal shim and screwdriver in his pocket, fashioned into the shape of a key.
Poole was charged with Fleeing or Evading, Receiving Stolen Property, as well as Unlawful Imprisonment, among other charges. He was lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center.
The next time you use your bottle of hand sanitizer, you might want to check the label on the back. The FDA released a list on Friday of over 100 hand sanitizers that should not be used, for two different reasons.
Lincoln Trail Health spokesperson Terrie Burgan says individuals can go to the health department’s website to see the full list of sanitizers the FDA recommends to not use.
