A large annual event has been canceled in the City of Elizabethtown. The news was announced at the City Council Work Session meeting yesterday.
“We, along with the Elizabethtown Police Department, have had to make the very tough decision on foregoing the festival of the Barbecue, Bands & Bikes. Unfortunately over the last several years, we have seen an uptick in criminal nature. We just feel that with what the festival has been producing, that it is best and safest for our patrons, our citizens and all the folks that like to enjoy the city events that it is best to shelf that event” City of Elizabethtown Events Program Manager Sarah Vaughn.
While the Barbecue, Bands And Bikes event will be absent from the calendar this year, a new community event will be making its debut.
“The good news is that when one door closes, another one opens. And the next one that will be opening is that we are going to start the Heartland Harvest Festival coming September 30. It is going to be a good old hometown festival that is 100% all about community.”
More information can be found at EtownEvents.com.
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Two Hardin County residents have been charged with abusing a child. According to arrest records, 25 year old Clovis Smith and 23 year old Satrina Layne, both of Rineyville, were taken into custody over the weekend.
“Detectives with Kentucky State Police Post 4 have arrested a Hardin County couple on child abuse charges after a five year old was treated for suspicious injuries. On Sunday, January 8 around 4:30PM the Hardin County Department for Community Based Services contacted KSP regarding a five year old that was originally brought into Baptist Health Hardin for serious physical injuries. The child was later airlifted to Norton’s Children’s Hospital for treatment for what was described as life threatening injuries,” said Kentucky State Police Post 4 Public Affairs Officer Scotty Sharp.
Smith And Layne have been charged with Criminal Abuse 1st Degree of a Child under 12 and lodged in the Hardin County detention center. The child remains in critical condition. No other details have been released at this time. The investigation is ongoing.