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Hardin County Schools again offering summer meals program

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The Hardin County Schools Nutrition Department is once again offering summer meals to children 18 and under.

“We will have three stationary locations, one at each of our high schools, that go from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each weekday, except for the Fourth of July,” said HCS Community Relations Specialist John Wright. “We also have eight mobile locations that are located throughout the county, for the northern part of the county and for the southern part of the county.”

Adults may also purchase meals through the program for $3. The program runs June 2 through July 25.

“All that information, times about when the mobile locations will be open, the exact locations, and a menu, is online at hardin.kyschools.us under the Quick Links section,” Wright said.

HCS says expenses for the summer meals program are fully reimbursed by the federal government.

Benefits available for additional counties approved for Individual Assistance

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Kentucky residents who live or work in one of the additional counties approved for Individual Assistance following April flooding and storms may now apply for disaster benefits. 

Residents in the eligible counties are eligible to apply for the Disaster Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, with D-SNAP applications being accepted through May 29.

According to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, “The D-SNAP Program offers short-term food help to individuals and families in counties that receive a federal disaster declaration that includes Individual Assistance.” Counties included in the most recent approval include Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hart, LaRue, Meade, and Nelson.

Applicants should call the Department for Community-Based Services at 1-855-306-8959. Applications may also be submitted at a DCBS office, locations for which can be found at kynect.ky.gov.

The state is also accepting Disaster Unemployment Assistance applications from individuals in the additional counties. According to the governor’s office, “In order to qualify for DUA benefits, claimants in eligible counties must show that their employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted as a direct result of the disaster and that they are not otherwise eligible for regular unemployment insurance benefits under state or federal law.”

DUA benefits are available for up to 29 weeks. Individuals should visit the Kentucky Career Center website at kcc.ky.gov to learn more about filing a DUA claim.

Baptist Health breaks ground on Radcliff ER/urgent care facility

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Baptist Health Hardin President Robert Ramey says the Baptist Health ER and Urgent Care Radcliff facility set to open in the fall of 2026 is an example of the company’s commitment to community collaboration.

“When our business leaders come together, when you look at our community leaders, when you look at the different businesses, the different industry that’s coming, the special thing about this community is we work together, and by working together, we’re creating something that people want to be a part of, that businesses and new industries want to be a part of,” Ramey said.

Ramey on Thursday was joined by representatives from area businesses, local government leaders, and other Baptist Health officials for a groundbreaking ceremony for the facility, to be located at 2763 Centennial Avenue in Radcliff. Baptist Health Hardin will partner with Intuitive Health on the facility, which Ramey said combines emergency and urgent care under one roof.

Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall said the facility is a major development for the city as well as the neighbors to the north and south.

“It’s going to bring quality healthcare, and the needs it’s going to meet, not only us here in the northern part of Hardin County, but those from Meade County and possibly those, because the ER in E-Town is known for being one of the busiest in the state of Kentucky, that’s going to help alleviate some of that,” Duvall said.

Baptist Health says the Radcliff facility follows similar ER and urgent care facilities in Jeffersonville and Louisville.

KFW to turn over Otter Creek to Meade County Fiscal Court

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The Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area is now under new management.

The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Wednesday to transfer the deed to the property to the Meade County Fiscal Court.

“We partnered with Meade County Fiscal Court a year or so ago to take over the campground,” said KFW Director of Wildlife Ben Robinson. They’ve done a phenomenal job with that and the operations of that campground, and now they’ve asked if they can take over the entire property.”

The deed transfer includes a restrictive covenant for KFW to retain approximately 40 acres of the property for hunting and fishing opportunities along with the gun and archery shooting ranges. Robinson said the arrangement preserves KFW interests while allowing Meade County more opportunities for the property.

“It’s a unique property, unlike any of our other properties,” Robinson said. “It doesn’t really fit into our model of a wildlife management area, but it does provide some good outdoor recreation and some good hunting and fishing opportunities. However, there’s a lot of other opportunities there as well through multi-use trails, horse trails, mountain bike trails, campgrounds, YMCA camps, disc golf, you name it.”

KFW took over the property, which was previously maintained by Louisville and Jefferson County, in 2011.

Hardin-Bullitt interlocal agreement reduces ambulance response time for West Point

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West Point Mayor Richard Ciresi said improving ambulance response times to the city was potentially a matter of life and death.

“We had a 20 to 25 minute response time, and that just seemed unacceptable, long story short,” Ciresi said.

That response time has been cut down to six minutes thanks to an interlocal agreement between Hardin and Bullitt counties, under which Bullitt County EMS will take over emergency medical services for West Point.

Ciresi said he reached out to Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul about a year ago about the issue, and he reviewed possibilities with Hardin County EMS.

“They saw that maybe this was an opportunity to not only help West Point get faster ambulance service, but it eliminates one of the ambulances in Radcliff from having to be so far out from the remainder of the population, so it’s kind of a win-win,” Ciresi said.

Ciresi credited the work of Taul, Bullitt County Judge/Executive Jerry Summers, and the respective county EMS operations for getting the interlocal agreement on the books.

“My sincere thanks to all the people involved that made this happen,” Ciresi said. “It wasn’t easy. It seemed like we had to jump through a lot of hoops, but everybody did their share.”

The City of West Point will be hosting a ceremony to celebrate the interlocal agreement Wednesday.