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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College will be holding several virtual enrollment events in the coming weeks.
The college opted to host the online events, Pathway to Enrollment, in an attempt to keep both students and staff safe and healthy. Students will signup through an online link and wait in a virtual queue before meeting virtually with an academic advisor. Enrollment begins this coming Monday at 9 a.m.
More information and a link to the enrollment can be found on the ECTC website.
As a very different looking school year approaches, officials with Hardin County Schools are answering questions about what the difference is between non-traditional instruction (NTI), and the online learning academy.
District spokesperson John Wright says that students taking part in long-term NTI will still be held to same expectations as in-person learning, with short-term NTI consisting mainly of review work from in-person instruction. The online learning academy, Wright says, will keep pace with in-person instruction.
The district says that plans for NTI may change depending on the state of public health and safety.
Small business around the region received quite a boost thanks to the Payroll Protection Program.
According to data from the U.S. Small Business Bureau, the area, which includes Elizabethtown, Radcliff, Vine Grove, Hardinsburg, Leitchfield, Hodgenville, and others, saw over $43.6 million in loans under $150,000 to small businesses.
Elizabethtown saw the largest amount of loans provided, with a combined amount of almost $25 million. Leitchfield was second with roughly $6 million, and radcliff was third at $5.18 million. The program is part of the $2 trillion CARES Act, which was signed into law this spring.
| Elizabethtown | $24,963,054.00 |
| Leithfield | $6,004,700 |
| Radcliff | $5,186,641.00 |
| Hardinsburg | $2,635,440 |
| Hodgenville | $2,335,776.53 |
| Vine Grove | $1,742,494 |
| Upton | $464,558 |
| Sonora | $289,405 |
| White Mills | $27,670 |
For the second day in a row, the state of Kentucky has seen its second largest day of positive COVID-19 results.
On Wednesday, Governor Andy Beshear announced 402 new cases of the virus, which brings the state’s total to just under 18,000 cases. As cases statewide are seeing an uptick, Beshear says he will announce new mandatory steps and precautions during his update today at 4 p.m. A possible mandate on masks in public is expected, as several other states, including Texas and New Jersey, have already made the move.
Locally, 12 new cases were announced by Lincoln Trail District Health Department, bringing their total number to 460. And after several days of high case numbers, Hardin county saw only 2 new cases.
The state of Kentucky has seen it’s second largest increase in COVID-19 cases.
Governor Andy Beshear announced 371 new cases yesterday, the largest single day increase since May 5th. In addition to the new cases, Beshear also announced 9 new deaths, bringing the death toll to over 600 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Locally, 21 new cases were confirmed by the Lincoln Trail District Health Department, with 13 coming from Hardin county. 131 are on home isolation and 306 have recovered from the virus.
