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Multiple hunting seasons getting under way in Kentucky

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Fall hunting opportunities are getting under way in Kentucky.

The first of three dove season sessions is under way in the Commonwealth, running now through October 26 with a daily limit of 15. A new regulation in effect for 2025 means that hunters may not use decoys on public-controlled lands during the month of September. Visit the Migratory Bird Hunting page on the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website for other dates and limits.

Kentucky’s archery deer season opens this Saturday, September 6, with crossbow season opening on September 20. Both seasons will close on January 19. This year’s calendar includes an expanded youth-only modern gun season from October 11 through 19, with the regular modern gun season running November 8 through 23. A special season for antler-less deer will be open in the fourteen counties in the CWD Surveillance Zone, including Breckinridge, Hardin, and Meade counties, on September 27 and 28. Hunters should review the state’s CWD regulations on the KFW website.

Unless you are a Kentucky resident hunting on your own property, hunters born after 1974 are required to receive hunter education certification. Visit the Hunter Education webpage on the KFW website for course schedules and requirements.

Five selected for HCS Distinguished Alumni Award

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Hardin County Schools has announced the next class of recipients of their Distinguished Alumni Award.

The district announced Tuesday they will be recognizing the following five alumni: 

-Matt DeMasters, North Hardin High School, Class of 2002
-Nancy (McHodgkins) Parson, North Hardin High School Class of 1989
-Tory Stanley, Central Hardin High School, Class of 2006
-Ashli Watts, Central Hardin High School, Class of 2000
-John Ward, East Hardin High School, Class of 1980

“We are proud of all of our alums and the success that they have achieved,” said HCS Community Relations Specialist John Wright. “These five individuals are a true representation of how HCS graduates utilize their curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular experiences to excel in their chosen career fields and their communities. We look forward to honoring them later in the month, and we’re excited to see these five individuals back in our district and share some wonderful times with them.”

The recipients will be honored during a luncheon on September 25 at the HCS Early College and Career Center. Learn more about the award and recipients on the Hardin County Schools website.

One dead after Nelson County crash

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The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in Nelson County Saturday.

According to KSP Post Four, at around 3:20 a.m. on August 30, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife requested trooper assistance in the investigation of a collision near the 6,900 block of Bloomfield Road involving a pickup truck and a passenger car.

The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that a truck operated by Gavin Sims of Bardstown was traveling on Bloomfield Road when for unknown reasons the vehicle crossed the center line and struck a car operated by 34-year-old John Cecil of Bloomfield.

Cecil was pronounced dead at the scene by the Nelson County Coroner’s Office. Sims and other passengers were transported to local area hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. An autopsy and toxicology results have been requested.

The KSP’s investigation of the collision remains ongoing.

Tax credit available for Kentucky small businesses

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Kentucky small businesses have access to a state tax credit aimed at spurring development and job creation.

Governor Andy Beshear is encouraging small businesses to apply for the Kentucky Small Business Tax Credit, which is worth up to $25,000.

According to a release from the governor’s office, the tax credit is “available to eligible companies that added at least one net new full-time employee and invested $5,000 or more in qualifying equipment or technology within the past 24 months.” The governor’s office says most for-profit businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees will qualify.

Qualifying businesses may be eligible for a state income tax credit between $3,500 and $25,000 based on the number of jobs created and the amount invested in new equipment or technology. Businesses may submit applications throughout the year, but an application must be submitted by November 1 to be fully reviewed for 2025 tax credit eligibility. Applications received after November 1 may not be eligible until the 2026 tax year.

Learn more about the Kentucky Small Business Tax Credit and find the application at www.kytaxcredit.org. Contact the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development (1-800-626-2930 or info@kyinnovation.com) for assistance.

Bluegrass Middle School student’s design wins sticker design contest

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Voters in Hardin County and elsewhere in Kentucky will see some local stylings when they head to the polls in 2026.

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has announced that Bluegrass Middle School student Alyson Marinich is the winner of his office’s “I Voted” sticker contest.

“It was really surprising and big, kind of unexpected,” Marinich said. “I don’t really do big things like this.”

Marinich entered the contest as part of Richard Rowland’s social studies class. Her design features a horse with a rose garland.

“The horse is inspired by my grandma’s horse, Chip, and the roses were for the ‘Run for the Roses,’” Marinich said.

Rowland said he was excited to see his students get excited for the contest and to take an interest in elections, and he had high praise for Marinich.

“Alyson is one of those quietly humble kids that does a lot of heavy lifting to fly under the radar, and I’m really glad and thrilled that a student like her had the opportunity to do this, that had the opportunity to be a finalist for the ballot, and then not only did she win, she walked away with the vote,” Rowland said.

After the Secretary of State’s office picked the finalists, visitors to the Kentucky State Fair cast their votes for their favorite designs. Marinich’s sticker will be sent to Hardin County, and other county clerk’s offices may request her design as well.