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Motorcycle operator dead after crash in Hardin County

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The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal collision which occurred Saturday.

According to the sheriff’s office, at approximately 2:15 p.m. on March 21 deputies responded to a two-vehicle collision on the 6900 block of Rineyville Big Springs Road.

The preliminary investigation indicates a westbound motorcycle crossed into the eastbound lane, colliding with an eastbound SUV. The operator of the motorcycle sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to Baptist Health Hardin, where he was later pronounced dead.

The sheriff’s office says no additional information is available at this time. The sheriff’s office’s Accident Reconstruction Unit is investigating the collision.

CASA of the Heartland kicking off Pinwheels for Prevention on Thursday

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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and CASA of the Heartland will once again be participating in the national Pinwheels for Prevention campaign “as a reminder of the uplifting and great childhood that all children deserve.” The blue and white pinwheels represent hope, health, and happiness for children served by the CASA organization.

CASA of the Heartland will kick off the campaign with their annual Pinwheel Planting Community Event, held in partnership with the Elizabethtown Police Department. The event will be held Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the EPD’s headquarters, located at 300 South Mulberry Street. All are welcome to attend, and lunch sponsored by the EPD from Papa Haoles Hawaiian Foods will be featured.

Speaking with the Elizabethtown City Council last month, CASA of the Heartland Executive Director Michelle Kail said expanding to cover a six-county service area has its challenges, but the organization is up to the task and is still growing in Hardin County.

“We’ve gone from serving about 120 children in our community in 2022 to 185 this last year, so we’ve seen an increase in need and an increase in services, and we’re happy to be able to step up and provide that service and meet that need,” Kail said.

Kail said 129 children are currently on the waitlist.

“We’ve seen those numbers steadily increase over the last several years,” Kail said. “When I started, we had about 98 kiddos on the waitlist. We got it down to 50, and we’ve seen a heavy increase in educational neglect cases in the last year and a half, so those numbers have gone back up.”

Learn more about CASA of the Heartland on their website and on their Facebook page.

Bernheim Forest names fourth golden eagle ahead of spring activities

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Bernheim Forest Director of Marketing and Communications Lynette Cox says the forest recently saw a special new visitor.

“We’re so excited to introduce Gwaihir, our latest tagged golden eagle at Bernheim Forest and Arboretum,” Cox said. Bernheim’s a great place where we have golden eagles that come and winter with us every year because of the variety of the forest there.”

Gwaihir received his name, taken from J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, after a two-week naming contest.

In tracking Gwaihir, Bernheim saw the golden eagle take an unusual path after his visit to the forest. Cox says previous Bernheim eagles have gone north into Indiana and Illinois and then further on into Canada

“Gwaihir, he took off and he headed to Missouri and went through Kansas City, and the last time we had a check in from him, he was in Wyoming, almost to Yellowstone,” Cox said.

Cox says Bernheim isn’t just for eagles. Spring is an especially exciting time to visit with multiple events coming up including Family Volunteer Day on March 28 and Spring Break Nature Discovery Days April 6 through 10.

“Every day during spring break from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m., bring the kids out and come by the nature center,” Cox said. “We’re going to have nature discovery stations and then we have our 17-acre playground right across from the visitor center where the kids can go and have a little fun.”

Find more information and a full calendar of events at www.bernheim.org.

HCS board approves last day of school and graduation ceremony dates

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The final day of school for Hardin County Schools and the graduation dates for the district’s high schools have been announced.

The Hardin County Board of Education voted on Thursday to amend the 2025-2026 district calendar, setting the last day of school for all kindergarten through 12th grade students for Thursday, May 21.

According to a release from HCS, the strategic integration of Non-Traditional Instruction Days and traditional snow days along with the district’s ability to successfully meet the state’s instructional time requirements allowed the district to move up the last day from May 27.

The district also set the dates for graduation ceremonies for HCS high schools:

-Graduation for John Hardin High School will be Thursday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at Bulldog Stadium.

-Graduation for Central Hardin High School will be Friday, May 22 at 6 p.m. at Bruin Gym.

-Graduation for North Hardin High School will be Saturday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at Ray Story Stadium.

The graduation ceremonies will be live streamed on the district’s website, with links posted closer to the graduation dates. The ceremonies will also be recorded by HCEC-TV and broadcast on area public access television channels. 

Schools will communicate logistics and other information with seniors and their families. Contact HCS for more information.