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North Hardin High School was placed on a soft lockdown at the request of area law enforcement Wednesday.
“That means that no one enters or exits the school building, but our students continue learning and our teachers continue teaching,” said Hardin County Schools Community Relations Specialist John Wright. “Our students can go to lunch, they can change classes, they can go about their day as normal. It’s just that no one can enter or exit the building.”
The lockdown was requested by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office as they conducted an investigation.
“We received an alleged threat from outside the school, and I want to emphasize: a possible threat,” said Hardin County Sheriff John Ward.
Ward said students were never in danger at any time.
“No arrests, and no issues at the school, but the school was just put on a soft lockdown just to add every precaution,” Ward said.
The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office’s investigation into the incident is ongoing.
The Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office provided an update on voter registration numbers as the 2023 election is now less than three months away.
According to the Secretary of State;s Office, 6,149 new voters were added to the rolls in July, while 4,903 voters were removed. The Secretary of State;s Office says this is the fifth month in a row that new registrations outpaced voter removals.
Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith says growth in the area means more potential voters.
“Hardin County is a growing county,” Smith said. “We can see that every day as we travel throughout the community. That includes new people moving here for the first time, and I’m excited to see that they’re choosing to register to vote here in Hardin County.”
Kentuckians who want to have a say in an election highlighted by the race for governor can get registered with a quick trip to their county clerk’s office.
“It’s pretty easy,” Smith said. “We can have you in and out in about two minutes once you register to vote. It’s important. The elections coming up will be big and will impact Hardin County for years to come, everything from governor to auditor to attorney general to ag commissioner, and we’d love to see a high turnout for Hardin County in November.”
Election Day is November 7. Voters must be registered by 4 p.m. on October 10.
A Leitchfield man police believe is responsible for multiple incidents in Grayson and Breckinridge counties over the past month is in custody.
According to the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, from July 14 to August 12 deputies responded to at least 10 reports of burglaries, thefts, and destruction of property in and around Grayson County. The alleged thefts include stolen vehicles, UTVs, guns, identity theft, and allegedly leading officers on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle earlier this month.
Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins says investigators were able to identify the suspect as Tyler W. Corbin.
“We’ve been receiving multiple thefts over the last several weeks,” Chaffins said. “We figured he was in the Breck. County/Grayson County area, and every time there was a theft we received information that he was a suspect, and we had witnesses that saw him. We had him on camera a few times, so we knew who we were looking for.”
Corbin was taken into custody by Breckinridge County Sheriff Billy Richardson after he spotted Corbin and detained him after a short foot pursuit.
Chaffins says Corbin has been through multiple attempts at pre-trial diversion programs, and while he believes in second and sometimes third chances at a certain point public safety must be considered.
“At some point we have to draw the line somewhere, and I think that he certainly forced us to draw the line,” Chaffins said. “This cannot continue to happen, otherwise we’re going to be reading a different headline in the news where someone was hurt or killed because of his actions, and it’s certainly not something as sheriff that I want my citizens to have to deal with.”
Corbin faces multiple counts of Burglary, Theft, and Criminal Mischief in Grayson and Breckinrdige counties, and the sheriff’s office says more charges are likely as the investigation continues. Corbin was lodged in the Breckinridge County Detention Center.
A pickup truck struck a utility pole and ruptured a gas line near Cecilia Valley Elementary School Tuesday afternoon.
Hardin County Sheriff John Ward said the incident happened shortly after 3 p.m.
“The pickup truck was westbound on Kentucky 86, and it knocked over a utility pole and also broke the gas line, which had gas leaking out the line freely,” Ward said.
Ward said Cecilia Valley had already dismissed students at the time of the incident, but 32 students along with several staff members were still in the building for the elementary’s afterschool program. Students and staff were advised to shelter in place while the gas line was sealed.
Hardin County Schools Community Relations Specialist John Wright said students were then unable to exit due to the downed utility pole.
“We were asked to inform parents to not come pick up their children,” Wright said. “Even though the gas leak had been repaired the power lines were still down, and it wasn’t long after that that we got word that we could resume as normal, so parents were at that time welcome to pick up their kids and students from the school-age childcare program.”
Wright thanked emergency responders for their quick response to the scene, saying the situation was ultimately back to normal in about 45 minutes.