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Lincoln Trail counties see improved unemployment numbers for February

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Unemployment rates in the Lincoln Trail District in February saw increases from January, but are down compared to the year prior.

The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates decreased in 119 counties and remained the same in one when comparing February 2026 with February 2025.

The state unemployment average for February was 4.8 percent. That’s up from the 4.4 percent average reported in January and down from the February 2025 average of 5.5 percent.

Hardin County’s unemployment rate for February came in above the state average at 5.3 percent. That is an increase from the January rate of 4.8 percent but is a decrease from February 2025 when the rate was reported at 5.9 percent.

The unemployment average for the Lincoln Trail District in February was 5.3 percent. Grayson County posted the highest unemployment rate in the district at 6.4 percent followed by Breckinridge County at 5.7 percent. Washington County posted the lowest unemployment rate in the district, and tied for the ninth-lowest in the state, at 4 percent.

Learn more about how the unemployment rate is calculated and find more labor market information by visiting kystats.ky.gov.

Community members invited to Vine Grove Roots Initiative meeting

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Vine Grove resident Shannon Rickey says seeing rates of food insecurity across the community increase, along with a desire to see more community connection, prompted her to create the Vine Grove Roots Initiative, with an initial goal of creating a community garden.

“What it kind of developed into was not just a space for a community garden, but also for a place for us to come together, educate each other, learn from each other, converse with each other, get back to being a community again, knowing your neighbors, and also doing something good for our community,” Rickey says.

Rickey says the plan is to create the community garden at Scheible Park, then form a 501(c)3 organization to maintain the initiative well into the future.

“I just am hoping that we can keep the momentum going,” Rickey says. “This is not just a hobby garden project that we’re gonna do this summer. This is something that, the vision is something that is self-sustaining.”

Rickey is inviting community members interested in helping move the initiative forward to attend the organizing committee meeting to be held at Vine Grove City Hall Monday at 7 p.m. following the city council meeting.

“We need everybody at the table, so come meet with us and share your voice, your experience, your background,” Rickey says. “We have a wealth of knowledge in this community, and that’s what I’m hoping to draw to the meeting on Monday.”

Visit the Vine Grove Roots Initiative Facebook page for more information.

Louisville man flees scene of collision that injured KSP trooper

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A man is in custody after fleeing the scene of a traffic incident on Dixie Highway that sent a Kentucky State Police trooper to the hospital.

The Kentucky State Police says the three-vehicle collision occurred Wednesday near the 15000 block of Dixie Highway near Valley Station.

According to the KSP, the preliminary investigation indicates a vehicle operated by David Huggins of Louisville was travelling south on Dixie Highway when the vehicle collided with a southbound pickup truck operated by Michael Nugent of Shepherdsville. The pickup truck spun into the northbound lanes, where it was struck by a marked KSP cruiser operated by KSP Post Four Trooper Lukas Jones.

Trooper Jones was transported to Jewish Hospital in Louisville for treatment of minor injuries and later released. Nugent was transported to the University of Louisville Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Huggins fled the scene following the collision, traveling south on Dixie Highway towards Radcliff. He was later found in Vine Grove and taken into custody on two counts of second degree Assault, one count of Leaving the Scene of an Accident, and one count of Driving Under the Influence.

The Vine Grove Police Department was among the agencies that assisted the KSP. The KSP Critical Incident Response Team’s investigation is ongoing.