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Angel Carman says she has known Breckinridge County’s Braxton Criss’s grandparents Ruth and Gary Brown for years, and she says Braxton is the most cheerful and humble 18-year-old she has ever met.

“I go to the grocery store once or twice a week and there was not a time that I would go in there  when he was working that we didn’t carry on a conversation,” Carman said. “He would ask me how I was and it’s always ‘ma’am.’ He’s so polite, and he always asks about my grandson. Braxton’s just a wonderful, wonderful young man. He’s so strong in his faith and you just don’t see that nowadays. Not many 18-year-old boys are like Braxton.”

Criss was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, and to help Criss and his family cover medical and daily expenses Carman helped organize a soup dinner fundraiser which will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Hardinsburg Elementary School cafeteria.

“We’re going to have a chili and soup supper benefit fundraiser for Braxton,” Carman said. “We’ll offer vegetable soup, and we’ll not have any meat in it because there’s so many people who have Alpha Gal now. We’ll also have chili. We’ll have a choice of hot dog, grilled cheese, and peanut butter sandwiches. Coke or water. Adults are $8. Children are going to be $5. We’re also having a silent cake auction. As of right now, I think I’ve got about 18 cakes donated.”

All proceeds benefit Criss. All are welcome to attend.

“Dine in, carry out, and we’re also going to do deliveries within like five or six miles,” Carman said. “The number for deliveries is 270-668-79060, and I think we’re going to start delivering maybe after 5. We are going to be able to take debit credit cards or cash.”

Hardinsburg Elementary School is located at 1340 East U.S. 60 in Hardinsburg.

The Hodgenville Police Department is warning residents of additional dangers with drug use. 

The HPD says on October 9 officers located two individuals in separate incidents that were passed out behind the wheel of vehicles, one at an intersection in the city and the other at a local recreational area. The police say both suspects are suspected to have taken a stimulant-type drug.

The police noted that stimulant drugs typically do not result in the user passing out as was seen in these cases. Passed out drivers who have taken drugs usually have used narcotics such as heroin or fentanyl.

These cases have led the police to believe that drugs being distributed in the area have been laced with narcotics such as fentanyl. While the HPD has not verified this to be the case, they are putting out an additional warning to the public to prepare for such reactions.

The HPD says Narcan, which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, is available for free from the Lincoln Trail District Health Department as well as at the LaRue County Detention Center. Contact the HPD if you or a loved one is seeking resources for addiction treatment.

The Nelson Circuit Court affirmed that Steven Lawson’s police interviews will not be included in his trial.

Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III issued an order Wednesday excluding Lawson’s interviews with investigators from June 8, June 14, August 22, September 12, and November 21, 2023. Judge Simms ordered Lawson to decide whether or not to waive his right to withhold the interviews in July, and Lawson’s defense told Simms during a pre-trial conference on October 4 he would not be waiving those rights.

Judge Simms is expected to rule soon on the prosecution’s motion to merge the trials of Lawson, Joseph Lawson, and Brooks Houck into one trial. The next pre-trial conference in the case is scheduled for October 25.