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A fall staple for the Hardin County community takes place this Saturday as the Glendale Crossing Festival rolls in for the largest one-day festival in the commonwealth.

“It’s mainly an arts and crafts festival, so you’re going to see a lot of things that people have been making for years and they perfected their craft, and you’re also going to see a lot of fall food,” said Glendale Crossing Festival Committee Member Drew Goodman. “I mean, just with this time of year, this is probably one of the best times of year, in my opinion, being able to see things like kettle corn and stuff like that. We’ve also got a parade that starts at 10 a.m. where you’re going to see classic cars, fire trucks. The kids are going to love it.”

More than 400 vendors will be on hand for the festival, which runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking may be hard to come by so visit the festival’s website to come prepared.

“We always get people that try to come off I-65 onto ky 222 from that way, But if you guys go on our website, we’ve got a few different directions,” Goodman said.

The festival parade begins at 10 a.m. Anybody participating in the parade should line up at Damon Ray Field at the old East Hardin Middle School building by 9:30 a.m. The grand marshall for this year’s parade is Mary Key with Nolin River Wildlife.

Visit www.glendalecrossingfestival.org or the Glendale Crossing Festival Inc. Facebook page for more information.

Plans for an AI data center in Meade County are not moving forward.

After hundreds of residents showed up for a special meeting of the Meade County Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday, the commission voted to recommend a zoning change for property located in Ekron along Joe Prather Highway and Garrett Road from Agricultural to Light Industrial be denied.

Later that evening, the Meade County Fiscal Court voted to deny the zoning change in a meeting that also saw hundreds in attendance.

Over the course of several hours, residents attending both meetings raised their concerns with the impact the proposed data center could have on the surrounding community, with speakers expressing concerns with noise and environmental impacts. Many in attendance expressed concerns with the amount of water such a facility would require and the impact it would have on the county’s existing water infrastructure, which one resident said needs major improvements. Neighboring property owners were also concerned with water runoff impacts on their properties.

After voting to deny the zoning change, members of the fiscal court discussed placing a one-year moratorium on data center proposals in order to review existing zoning laws.

The Kentucky Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission is now accepting entries for the 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay, Visual Arts, and Poetry contests.

According to a release from the Kentucky Heritage Council, the contests are “an exciting opportunity for students to express their creativity and honor Dr. King’s legacy by promoting unity, equality, and justice for all people in Kentucky, the United States, and the world.”

The contest is open to students enrolled in a Kentucky school or home-schooled in Kentucky. Each entry should be inspired by this year’s theme: “Equality for all, hope for tomorrow”. The entry deadline is December 12.

The visual arts contest is open to all K through 12 students. Visual arts entries will be judged based on creativity and originality, and how they address the theme of the contest.

The essay contest is open to students in fourth through 12th grade. The essay must be 500 words or less, and will be judged based on purpose, awareness of audience, idea development, organization, language, and correctness.

The poetry contest is for students in sixth through 12th grade. Entries must be 200 words or less.

Learn more about the contest on the Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission’s website.