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Hardin County Clerk’s Office set to open branch office in Radcliff

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Radcliff residents will soon have easier access to vehicle registration.

The Hardin County Clerk’s Office has announced the planned opening of a branch office in Radcliff, to be located at 101 Lincoln Trail Boulevard in the Nolin RECC office.

Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith said expanding access to services has been one of his main priorities.

“It was more important to me to get it right than to get it done fast, and we’ve gotten it done right partnering with Nolin RECC to utilize a facility they already have,” Smith said. “It’s turnkey ready, and we’ll be able to serve the public once again for vehicle registration in Radcliff.”

The office will initially be open Tuesdays and Thursdays, but Smith anticipates adding more days as needed.

“We’re going to be providing all vehicle registration services, the same kind of services that are available in the Elizabethtown office,” Smith said. “We’ll also have voter registration cards there if folks need to change or update or get newly registered.”

Smith thanked residents for their patience, and said the opening of the Radcliff office caps a busy year for the clerk’s office.

“We have expanded our polling locations, we’ve improved service, and now we’ve fulfilled the promise of returning vehicle registration to Radcliff,” Smith said. “I ask folks to stay tuned to our Facebook page for an announcement on the opening date.”

Beginning January 15, Nolin RECC will no longer have drive-thru or lobby options for the Radcliff office, but customers will be able to use a new kiosk and drop box in the front of the building or contact the office via phone, web, or the SmartHub app.

Area banks remind residents to be on guard for scammers

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Area financial institutions are reminding residents to be on the lookout for several bank scams targeting customers.

“Scammers are using these internet-based services and some out-of-state telephone providers to spoof different banks’ telephone numbers, and they’ll send texts to thousands of random numbers in that bank’s service area about unauthorized charges, and the scammers hope that some of those random phone numbers will belong to real customers at the bank that they’re targeting,” said Cecilian Bank Senior Vice President Jim Eastridge. 

While Cecilian Bank has been the subject of several scams seen locally, banks across the country have seen their names come up in scam attempts.

If you get a text that you think is suspicious, go through the proper channels to verify it.

“If you get a text from a bank or business, use a safe link, a search engine, or an app for that business to log on to the retailer banking account to verify that activity,” Eastman said. “Never click on the link, no matter how legitimate it looks.”

Now is also a good time to make sure you are using a variety of passwords, as a single password makes you more susceptible.

“When these credentials are stolen in breaches, they can be cross-referenced with other stolen data like information from credit bureaus to try to determine where a person banks, to get their phone number, their email address, and a whole lot more information,” Eastman said. “This data’s sold on the dark web all the time, and the bad guys use this information to attempt logins to banks that you may have done business with in the past according to that stolen information.”

Similar to phone scams, remember to never give out personal or financial information unless you can confirm who the information is going to.