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The Hardin County Animal Shelter will be hosting the largest rabies clinic of the year this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hardin County Fairgrounds main pavilion.
“We’ve got the free distemper shots for the dogs and the cats going on,” said Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director Mike McNutt during the most recent episode of Furrever Friends. “Of course you know you need to get your rabies, It’s the law, and it’s healthier for the people and healthier for the animal, so please come out and see us. We’re hoping to have a big turnout, and hoping to be able to accommodate everybody.”
You can find more information on the clinic on the Hardin County animal Shelter – Elizabethtown, Kentucky Facebook page. You can also pick up your paperwork ahead of time by stopping by the shelter, located 220 Peterson Drive in Elizabethtown.
The event is cash or check only. Cards will not be accepted. All animals must be at least 12 weeks old and must be on a leash or in a carrier.The distemper vaccines are free of charge thanks to a donation from PetCo Love. To learn more about how you can donate to the shelter, visit www.hcky.org.
State highway crews will be doing inspection work along Poplar Street beginning Monday.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says a set of highway safety improvement projects throughout Elizabethtown will conclude this month with intersection work along West Poplar Street at Sycamore Street and North Mantle Avenue to improve sidewalk and crossing safety for pedestrians and provide better maneuverability for motorists. The work was scheduled to coincide with area schools going on Fall Break.
The KYTC says the original design of the project has been modified with construction to include rebuilding outside corners and sidewalk approaches. Both intersections will remain open during the project, but congestion and delays are possible. Work is expected to take about three weeks.
Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams this week said the number of participants in the commonwealth’s Safe at Home Program has doubled since the law creating the program went into effect in June.
“This is a program designed to protect survivors of domestic violence,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. “It’s built on prior legislation, but it basically makes it easy for somebody who is a survivor of domestic violence to shield from public view their address which would normally be on public documents. Unfortunately there have been abusers in the past who have used government transparency as a weapon against their victims.”
The Secretary of State’s office says a criminal justice domestic violence publication found that more than 38,000 reports of suspected domestic violence were filed in Kentucky in 2022, with the Kentucky State Police serving more than 16,000 emergency protective orders last year.
Learn more about how to enroll in the Safe at Home Program by visiting www.sos.ky.gov/safe-at-home.