The Louisville Metro Police Department conducted a human trafficking detail that resulted in seven arrests over the weekend. Detective Kris Pedigo and the Louisville Metro Police Department held a press conference to discuss the details of the case yesterday afternoon. All in all, seven men were captured, with two of them being from Hodgenville and Eastview. All seven men were fathers, and some were fathers to girls. The Metro Police Department used an online decoy to coax the men to meet, where they were then met by officers and SWAT team members, interviewed, and sent to jail.
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The coronavirus breakout in parts of the world is causing some people alarm, but Lincoln Trail District Health Department wants members of their service area to know they stand ready for response. In a release from the department, they state that there are no known cases of the coronavirus disease currently in the state of Kentucky. However, local and state public health officials are monitoring and preparing in order to promptly respond should cases come to light. Lincoln Trail notes that they are in constant contact with the Kentucky Department for Public Health for any updates relating to the disease. To date, public health officials in Kentucky have monitored 100 individuals outside of the Lincoln Trail area, with only one requiring tested, and no confirmed case. Health alerts for the Lincoln Trail service area can be found at ltdhd.org.
March is Women’s History Month, and Elizabethtown Community and Technical College will be celebrating with a series of activities and speakers. The series, which is entitled “She Can, She Will, She Does”, will begin tomorrow March 3rd with an airing of the movie “Hidden Figures” at 1:30 PM in Room 100 of the Academic Technical Building. There will also be several special guests to the campus throughout the month including Brenna Sherrill on March 18, who will make a presentation called “Difficult Women: The Age of the Anti-Heroine”, Dawne Gee on March 19, who will discuss women breaking the mold in media, and Alma Randolph on March 25 speaking about how one female can make a difference. All these events are free and open to the public.
The Elizabethtown Fire Department responded to an apartment fire on Sunday afternoon at 405 Lexington Avenue. As residents evacuated, the rescue crew quickly found and extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire was believed to be cooking oil that had been ignited. Residents in the upstairs apartments were allowed to return to their homes, while residents of the building’s downstairs apartments were situated with housing arrangements. No one was injured in the incident.
Lawyers across the state of Kentucky will be competing for a good cause starting this weekend. The Legal Food Frenzy begins on March 1st and will run until March 14th. This event will see law firms across the state to collect the equivalent of 800,000 pounds of food, or $100,000 to go towards food banks. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron says this is a way for the office to be a voice for the voiceless, helping and working for those who go hungry in the state of Kentucky. Firms wishing to register for the event can do so at kyfoodfrenzy.com.