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Early voting under way for May 21 primary election

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Absentee mail-in voting is now available ahead of the May 21 primary election.

Voters that are eligible may request a mail-in absentee ballot now through May 7. Those requests can be made at govote.ky.gov.

In Hardin County, in-person excused absentee voting will take place May 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, and 15 in the Hardin County Clerk’s office. Early voting will take place at the clerk’s office as well as at the Colvin Community Center on May 16, 17, and 18.

Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith said voters heading to the polls on May 21 will have more options this year.

“Last year we had 12 locations. This year we’ll have 15 locations,” Smith said. “The largest of those locations will also have additional check-in stations, so not only are we having more locations, but we also should be able to get people through the line faster. That was based on the feedback we got directly from the public.”

The deadline to register for the May 21 primary election is at 4 p.m. on April 22. Election information is available at govote.ky.gov or contact your county clerk’s office for assistance.

Hardin County Public Library celebrating National Library Week

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April 7 through 13 is National Library Week, and the staff at the Hardin County Public Library are excited to participate.

Hardin County Public Library Head of Adult Services Rebecca Akers says visitors to the library during each day of National Library Week will have the chance to come home with a prize by answering the daily question.

“Any patron that comes in and answers the little question, they get entered into a daily raffle, and that’s Money to Friday, and so each day we’re going to have a raffle drawing,” Akers said. “We have gift cards for Barnes and Noble, we have library totes, t-shirts, small reading posters, all kinds of fun prizes for patrons.”

Multiple libraries across Kentucky are hosting job fairs as part of National Library Week. While the Hardin County Public Library is unable to host a job fair due to ongoing construction, the library is partnering with the Kentucky Career Center to still connect with job seekers.

“We are providing take-home job fair packets, and so the Kentucky Career Center has helped us by compiling a very exhaustive list of community resources for job seekers, and we’re putting that in a library bag along with lots of little goodies and giveaways from some area businesses as well some library giveaways,” Akers said.

Career advisers will also be at the library Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Akers says the library has lots to offer, and the best way to find out is to stop by.

“Even though we’re undergoing construction, our stacks are open,” Akers said. “We have lots of stuff for patrons to look at. We have a library of things, and full programming for children and adults.”

Visit the Hardin County Public Library’s website or Facebook page for more information.

Hodgenville Police Department details recent cases

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The Hodgenville Police Department has released details on several cases their officers investigated last week.

On April 1, HPD officers conducted several controlled buy attempts of vapes to underage informants. In these investigations, underage informants go into a store and attempt to purchase vapes or vape products. Jennifer Timmer, a clerk at the Hometown Mini Mart on Lincoln Farm Road, was charged with Unlawful Transaction with a Minor.

Hodgenville Police Chief James Richardson said it was worth noting that the store in this case has taken actions to prevent underage sales.

“The store went back and put in a fail-safe in the computer where the register will not let you make that purchase without scanning their driver’s license, and something the store did on their own, they were not mandated to do that,” Richardson said. “That’s just what they did, and in this instance the clerk actually scanned her own driver’s license to bypass that fail-safe to sell that product to the child.”

Later, on April 3, the HPD’s search for a fugitive led to two arrests.

Officers had been searching for Jeremy Butler for about a week as he was wanted on warrants for several drug-related charges. The investigation led officers to an address on Joe Brown Road

“We got a tip to where he was at,” Richardson said. “We went to that address, knocked on the door. The young man that rented that residence allowed us in and Mr. Butler was located inside that home, and then there was another female that was on scene and when we checked her she also came back with a child support warrant for a $2,000 warrant out of Hardin County for being behind on her child support, so she was located and arrested as well.”

The woman arrested is Savannah Moreland of Maryland. Both Moreland and Butler were transported to the LaRue County Detention Center at the time of their arrests.