WQXE News

The primary election in Kentucky is coming up on May 19, and if you have not yet registered to vote, time is running out.

“Monday is the deadline to register to vote,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. “We want people to go ahead and register to vote if they’ve not already, or update their address and any other changes they want to make. They have until April 20 to do that. They can call the county clerk’s office, they can drop in and see us, or they can visit govote.ky.gov.”

As a reminder, if you have already registered and you change your political party affiliation prior to the primary, you will be ineligible to vote in partisan races in May.

Meanwhile, the online mail-in absentee request portal is currently open.

“Those folks who physically cannot come in to vote, maybe they’re going to be out of town, maybe they’re military who are deployed, or maybe they’re a student away at college, they can request that absentee ballot at govote.ky.gov,” Smith said. “We are already mailing those out. In fact, for this primary, we have mailed out more absentee ballots than we did in the presidential primary.”

The request portal closes May 5. 

You can view a sample ballot on the county clerk’s office’s website. Find more election dates and information at govote.ky.gov.

Tango Charities invites Elizabethtown and Hardin County residents to their “Feed the City” event, to be held Saturday, April 18 at Boombozz Craft Pizza and Taphouse in Elizabethtown.

The event begins at 8:30 a.m., with meal assembly taking place from 9 to 11. Every meal assembled will be donated to Warm Blessings Community Kitchen. Participants are asked to bring the supplies necessary to assemble the meal kits during this “open-source” giving event.

The goal of the event is for each volunteer or family to bring enough of one item to prepare 25 to 30 meals. Items on the supply list include:

-Sliced bread
-Deli meat 
-Yellow mustard
-Tangerines, oranges, or apples
-Granola bars and individual tuna pouches
-Bottled water and Ziploc pouches 

Participants are asked to wear orange to show solidarity in the fight against hunger. Registration is required for all volunteers 18 and up, and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Register online at www.tangocharities.org.

Spring is in full swing, and as nature starts to awaken the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is reminding the public to leave young wildlife undisturbed.

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife says parent animals often leave their nest or young in a location they consider safe while they forage or hunt. Young animals may appear to have been left alone, but the parent is almost always nearby and will return as needed. Human intervention can cause unnecessary harm to young animals as touching them can transfer human scent, which can draw attention to their location and make the young more noticeable to predators.

KFW says Kentuckians can help baby animals thrive by:

-Observing them from a distance

-Securing trash cans and not leaving food outside

-Keeping children and pets away

-Checking a property or site before mowing or other outdoor projects

Another risk of interacting with wildlife is the potential exposure to rabies. If a person is bitten by a wild animal, contact your medical provider or county public health department immediately for guidance.

Only state-permitted wildlife rehabilitators can care for orphaned or injured animals. A list of approved rehabilitators, and more information on what to do if you find an animal you believe to be injured or abandoned, can be found at fw.ky.gov.