The City of Elizabethtown has been monitoring the weather and has made a decision about this evening’s Lawn Party event at Freeman Lake. “We are canceling tonight’s Lawn Party at the bandstand at Freeman Lake Park. It was supposed to start at 6:00 PM. We were going to do a ribbon cutting to kind of christen the bandstand. But unfortunately, it looks like that is when the rain is going to hit. Of course, the safety of our citizens is our number one priority. And so we just did not feel it was appropriate to move forward with what we have coming in. But we’re moving tonight’s event. We’re going to add a Lawn Party in September. So all is not lost. We’re just going to not have it tonight,” said City Events Spokesperson Beth Pyles. The next concert in the series will take place in June. “It is June 21 so we hope people will make plans to attend that one. At that one, we will feature Casey and Romey and then the band The Caribou. The parks always will open at 5:00 PM and the event will be at 6:00 PM. So we’re just going to, hopefully by June, have the sun will be shining on us, and we’re going to move forward.” To view future dates and artists participating in the Lawn Party concert series at Freeman Lake, go to EtownEvents.com
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The annual Paws United Pet Expo to raise awareness about pet rescues and shelters will take place this Saturday. “It is this Saturday, it’s gonna be from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the bingo hall APR building. So this year we have over 50 vendors and rescue shelters. We have pet related and non pet related vendors. So there’s a lot of shopping. Pet CPR and pet first aid, there’s education. We have a trainer that will be coming in to do some training techniques,” said event spokesperson Toshie Murrell. The event will also offer the opportunity to get your pet vaccinated and micro-chipped. “We are also having the Hardin County Animal Shelter. They will be setting up a rabies shot clinic and microchip. They will be there from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM with low cost shots. So you must have your cat in a carrier, your dog on a leash and come out and get your shots. It’s a great opportunity to get that taken care of without having to make a vet appointment and we’re having free nail trims from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM.” There will also be a food truck on site. A donation of pet food or cat litter or a monetary donation will get you entry into the event.
The body of a white male was discovered in the Green River in Hart County on Wednesday. According to the Hart County Sheriff’s Office, yesterday the body was identified as 32 year old James Jewell who was reported missing by his family on April 11. Jewell was last seen alive approximately five miles upstream from where his body was discovered. The Sheriff’s Office is still investigating and anyone with any information is encouraged to contact authorities.
Grayson County has a campaign underway to encourage people to wear their seat belts. “We have a low seatbelt usage in Grayson County and we also have a high fatality rate. We’ve been doing a lot of road checks. We’ve been teaming up with the State Police and our other local agencies by setting up traffic safety checkpoints, making sure people are wearing seatbelts. We’re not necessarily giving tickets, we’re handing out literature to let them know ‘Hey look, these are the stats in Kentucky’. We know that our young people especially aren’t wearing their seatbelts and they’re more likely to be killed in a crash than if they were wearing their seatbelts,” shared Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins. Grayson County is one of the five counties in Kentucky that have the lowest percentage of seatbelt use. “At the end of it, they will do another study to see if this campaign has worked. We actually have people sitting up and around our parkways and different areas in Grayson County documenting who is wearing (their seatbelt) and who’s not. We do a study at the beginning and then we do a study at the end to see if it has worked.” The High Five Campaign began in October 2022 and will continue until October of this year.
Next week is National Library Week and to celebrate the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives is hosting a statewide job fair. Libraries across the state, including the Hardin County Public Library, encourage Kentuckians to visit their local libraries in person or online to explore and use services such as technology, broadband and media. Kentuckians are encouraged to celebrate National Library Week by sharing how they support their library and using the #NationalLibraryWeek. For more information, visit the Kentucky Public Library Directory online at https://kdla.ky.gov/Library-Support/Pages/Public-Library-Directory.aspx