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Area business and government officials were on hand Monday for the official reopening of the Baptist Health Medical Group Family Medicine Facility in Radcliff.

Baptist Health says the facility, located at 1679 North Wilson Road just outside the Fort Knox Wilson Gate, will provide patients with primary care, behavioral health care, and connections to social services.

Baptist Health Hardin President and CEO Rob Ramey said the facility has been several years in the making, the product of several conversations about how to best serve the community’s healthcare needs.

“Primary care is wonderful,” Ramey said. “We have to have the foundation of primary care for our community, but we need to support that more effectively, so the vision here was how do we add behavioral health for our community as well? How do we add a licensed clinical social worker so that he or she can help patients navigate the complex realities of healthcare and try to find the resources and the services that are available to truly help them improve their health and continue on that journey?”

The project was made possible by the financial support of Abound Credit Union. Abound President and CEO Ray Springsteen said Abound began working with entities such as Baptist Health Hardin and officials like Kentucky Second District Congressman Brett Guthrie on the facility as they saw a natural link between financial health and physical health.

“Whenever you’re looking to have problems to solve, you need great partners,” Springsteen said. “One of the things that I love about the community that I live in is that when we want to try to figure something out, we come together. You need great teams for that. I think that’s exactly what we found with Baptist Health, and certainly with Congressman Guthrie, and finding ways to support this.”

Contact Baptist Health Hardin for more information on the family medicine facility.

The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park is hosting a performance of one of the 16th president’s favorites. 

Kentucky Shakespeare will be performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. The performance will be staged at the bottom of the Memorial Building steps near the flagpole, with visitors seated on the steps.

The historical park says the 80-minute performance celebrates Abraham Lincoln’s love of Shakespeare, which began with pieces of the Bard’s work found in books Lincoln read as a child and continued into his adult years, with Shakespeare’s works included in Lincoln’s personal collection at the White House.

The event is free and open to the public. Visitors are asked to arrive at least five minutes prior to the start of the show and are encouraged to bring blankets, cushions, and bug spray. The park’s visitor’s center and library will be open prior to the performance.

Visit the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park Facebook page for more information and updates.

About 170 Hardin County Schools elementary school students will be going to different buildings next school year after the Hardin County Board of Education approved redistricting for four schools.

“About 105 students will be transitioning to Lincoln Trail Elementary School, and about 60 to 65 will be transitioning to Cecilia Valley Elementary School, from G.C. Burkhead Elementary School,” said Hardin County Schools Community Relations Specialist John Wright. 

Five students living the farthest away from Creekside Elementary School will also be moved to Lincoln Trail Elementary.

Wright said the decision was based on overcrowding at G.C. Burkhead that projections show is only going to get worse.

“We have had experts look at the growth in our county, also the potential growth with new buildings and new things being developed, new businesses being developed, and if we did nothing in the next 10 years, G.C. Burkhead would have approximately 1,100 students in its district, which is about 400 to 500 students over its capacity,” Wright said.

Current fourth graders at G.C. Burkhead will have the choice to remain there for fifth grade, but families must provide transportation. Transitioning students set to attend East Hardin Middle School will still do so, as will students set to attend West Hardin Middle School, and all of the involved students will still attend Central Hardin High School.

Wright said the building may change for these students, but the educational experience will not

“Those schools have the same opportunities,” Wright said. “They have great staffs, just like the ones they are leaving, and people who really love and cherish and are passionate about taking care of students.”

Parents of involved students were sent an email and letter, and information on the transition can be found on the HCS website. The district has also posted a form for parents and guardians to submit questions related to the move.