A Larue county woman was stabbed multiple times Tuesday. According to the Larue County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to Earl Jones Road for a domestic situation that turned violent. Tracy Johnson is accused of arguing with his mother before getting a kitchen knife and stabbing her several times. Johnson also allegedly assaulted his brother who attempted to intervene. The suspect fled the scene, but was apprehended by officials. He was charged with First Degree Domestic Assault and Fourth Degree Domestic Assault. The mother’s injuries are not considered to be life threatening.
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Today is the last day to apply for an absentee ballot for the May primary. “The easiest and most secure way to do that is to go GoVoteKY.com. You’re also welcome to call our office directly. The in-person excused absentee voting, those days are May 3rd-5th and 8th-10th. That’s going to be from 8 AM to 4:30 PM down on the first floor. In order to qualify for absentee voting, you have to qualify by age, illness or disability, or you will be out of town on the early voting days and primary election day. I always want to remind pregnant women, if you’re in the third trimester, we strongly recommend you voting absentee because babies are gonna come when babies come. So we want to make sure that’s available to those folks and nobody misses out,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D Smith. You have until 11:59 PM EST to apply online for your absentee ballot.
Pipe replacement work will require closure of a road in Hardin County today and tomorrow. A maintenance crew will be working to replace a large pipe north of the Bright Side Drive and Cozy Acres Drive intersection on South Wilson Road KY 447 on both days. There are several alternative routes available in the area so no specific detour will be set up. With the resurfacing work scheduled for completion in the area in just a few weeks, it is critical that the replacement be done. Weather could change this schedule so drivers are encouraged to follow the Transportation Cabinet District 4 social media accounts for updates.
A $10 million electric vehicle remanufacturing plant is coming to Bullitt County. According to a statement from Governor Andy Beshear’s office, the new Rivian facility will create 218 full-time jobs. Rivian currently stocks replacement parts in Shepherdsville and this project will update that operation to support warranty, repair and service to the company’s EV trucks. This investment continues to solidify Kentucky as a leader in the EV sector with over $10 billion in EV-related investments and about 10,000 full time jobs announced since summer 2020.
At Monday’s Vine Grove City Council meeting, Councilwoman Mary Dunn asked citizens to help with the sidewalk survey that is currently being conducted. “Please go onto the Vine Grove City page and look for that link. We’ll push it out once a week, at least through the month of May. Please fill out the sidewalk survey. It’s very telling. We need that data for the TAPP grant. Tell your neighbors. Tell everybody. Find that link and fill it out,” said Councilwoman Mary Dunn. Putting in new sidewalks is part of the city’s plans for the future. “Right now we only have probably twenty percent of the city, maybe thirty five to forty percent, of our streets have sidewalks. The rest don’t.so Basically anything that looks like anything built from maybe the mid-1990’s on has sidewalks, everything else does not.“ The survey will identify areas that have safety and accessibility problems that need to be addressed. “We think that focusing on the sidewalks, the signage, making sure the sidewalks are in good repair, make sure the weeds and grass are not growing in the cracks of the sidewalk and all that sort of thing is very important. doing a very thorough sidewalk survey. it’s really simple as getting volunteers to go out and take pictures and getting someone to walk the routes.” City Planner Tad Long. Once completed, the survey will be used in the city’s TAPP grant application.