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A woman from Elizabethtown was sentenced this week to a term in federal prison.

The Department of Justice says Kelly Woods will serve two years and nine months for charges related to her submission of three fraudulent CARES Act applications.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky says that court documents show Woods filed three fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans between May of 2020 and December of 2021, which resulted in the theft of more than $1.3 million. 

An investigation by the FDIC’s Office of the Inspector General and the FBI showed that Woods organized LB Acquisitions LLC after the onset of the pandemic, and exaggerated the number of employees and payroll expenses of that entity and Philips Healthcare LLC.

Following her release from prison, Woods will serve three years on supervised release. She was also ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in restitution and a $15,000 fine.

The deadline to purchase tickets is this Friday for the Brown-Pusey House’s Roaring 20s Bash, to be held September 9.

“We’re going to have a jazz band, we’re going to do Charleston lessons, and we’re going to have a 20s costume contest, so everyone can dress up or you don’t have to, whichever you prefer,” says Brown-Pusey House board member Carolyn Ritchie. “We’re going to have a silent auction, a photo booth, and a table decorating contest if people want to do that, and just all kinds of fun going back into the 20s.”

In addition to being a fundraiser, the event is part of a larger celebration for the historic property.

“It’s one of our centennial events,” says Ritchie. “This is our 100th year since we were turned over to the community in 1923, so this is one of our events for the 1920s.”

The house itself will celebrate its 200th birthday in 2025, and Ritchie says as the Brown-Pusey House looks ahead towards its third century it maintains a busy social calendar.

“We have things going on here at the house all of the time,” says Ritchie. “We’re a wedding venue, there are opportunities here for anyone that wants to get married in our beautiful garden and make use of the house. We have a museum, and we are also a great genealogy library here at the house if anyone wants to look up genealogy from Hardin County or the state.”

Tickets to the September 9 event are $50 each. They can be purchased in person at the Brown-Pusey House, online at www.brownpuseyhouse.org, or by calling 270-765-2515.