This weekend marked 5 years since the death of Hardin County native and Kentucky State Trooper Joseph “Cameron” Ponder. Ponder was conducting a traffic stop in Lyon County in 2015 when he was fatally shot by the driver of the vehicle he had pulled over. Ponder was just 9 months into his career with Kentucky State Police. Ponder was a graduate of North Hardin High School, and will soon have a roadway leading to KSP Post 4 named after him.
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After starting school online in August, Elizabethtown Independent will return to in-person instruction today. The district’s Board of Education voted two weeks ago, August 31st, to have students and staff return to school buildings on September 14th.
Bush said the district will operate on a hybrid schedule, with students attending either on Monday and Tuesday, or Wednesday and Thursday. Those who opted to will remain in online learning through Panther Academy.
The Hardin County Chamber of Commerce has found its new Vice President of Operations, as last week Kendra Stewart Scott was announced to be taking on the role. Stewart Scott also says she is looking forward to continuing to improve the work and image of the chamber.
Stewart Scott says that she hopes to see the Chamber become the most dynamic they can be for the Commonwealth.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College has entered into an agreement with Spalding University to help with the mental health of students.
Chief Student Affairs Officer Dale Buckles says that Spalding University reached out to the college, asking ECTC to partner with their doctoral program in psychological counseling. ECTC accepted, and Spaulding’s students will be used as an online counseling service for Elizabethtown students. Buckles says this is necessary, due to the increase in mental health issues among college students over the last five to ten years.
The program will allow for nearly immediate service, and will all be done via telehealth, meaning students will not have to make the drive to Louisville. The service is available now, and more information can be found on the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College website.
Today marks 19 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11th.
4 flights were hijacked that morning, with two crashing into the towers of the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and one in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. All told, 2,977 people died, and more than 6,000 were injured. The attack was the world’s largest and the deadliest on American soil since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. At today’s annual commemoration at Ground Zero, a recording names will be played instead of live, in-person readings, in an effort to reduce the size of crowds amidst the pandemic.