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As colleges and universities around the country continue to make plans for a fall semester, one local college is adjusting their deadlines to meet the needs of students. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College announced Friday that they had extended the deadline for Fall 2020 scholarships. Additionally, the college announced that they will award an additional $70,000 worth of scholarships for students this fall.

“ECTC is committed to making student’s college as affordable as possible,” Chief Advancement Officer Megan Stith said. “By releasing these additional scholarship funds, and through the generous support of these donors that have made these investments in our students possible, we are going to do everything we possibly can to make sure that their education is affordable.”

Additional information on the scholarships, as well as the scholarship forms, can be found at https://elizabethtown.kctcs.edu/affording-college/paying-for-college/scholarships.aspx.

A regional tourism destination is partially reopening their facilities today. The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Park will reopen it’s visitor center to guests today.

“Visitors will be allowed to enter the building, but it is going to look different than what people usually expect,” the park’s Chief of Interpretation Stacy Humpheries said. “We do have little stickers on the floor showing ‘Stay 6-feet Apart’, showing people where they can stand.”

The Visitor Center will also include new signage and marks for guests as they travel into the center’s amphitheater and museum.

“We’re establishing a one-way traffic flow pattern through our building,” Humpheries said, “so that way we don’t have people doubleing back or grouping up.”

“We’re avoiding that so people can still follow those CDC guideline and observe those social distancing guidelines.”

The park’s iconic memorial building will still remain closed at this time.

Hardin Circuit Courts are reopened, but with some restrictions in place that will alter the court experience. Communication over electronic and video means is encouraged, and bailiffs in the courthouse are telling people where to go. In addition, applications for driver’s license renewal are available online, and can be mailed in to the court. Appointments for licensing can be made for those who, for example, may be coming in from out of state and need a Kentucky Driver’s License. There are currently no driver’s licensing road tests being given.