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Reynolds selected as Irvington Elementary School principal

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Irvington Elementary School has a new principal, but it is a familiar face.

Breckinridge County Schools announced Wednesday that Jasmyn Reynolds has been named Irvington’s new principal. Reynolds has been serving as Irvington’s interim principal since February, and has been the school’s instructional coach since 2017.

When previously discussing the principal search, Breckinridge County Schools Superintendent Dr. Nick Carter said the district was looking for a dedicated leader.

“Hard-working, 100 percent dedicated and committed to the success of all students and staff in the building, a strong focus on the academic needs of our children but also the social emotional needs of our children,” Carter said.

Prior to her time at Irvington, Reynolds was an intermediate teacher at Ben Johnson Elementary School, and prior to that taught fifth grade in Fayette County. Reynolds graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education then earned a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education at Western Kentucky University, where she also earned her Rank I in Education Administration.

City of Elizabethtown gearing up for Lawn Party at the Lake Concert Series

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The City of Elizabethtown is excited to host its second Lawn Party at the Lake Concert Series this summer.

“It is held every second Wednesday at the bandstand at Freeman Lake Park off of the Blue Heron Road entrance,” said Elizabethtown Events Manager Beth Pyles. “We are offering multiple concerts with family friendly events throughout the summer.”

Pyles said the city had a goal of bringing something for everybody to Freeman Lake Park this summer when selecting the concert series artists.

June 12 will see The Rumors. Radiotronic will perform on July 10. The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Devou-Do Daddies will take the stage on August 7. Bourbon Revival wraps up the concert series on September 11.

Each date will offer food vendors, and while outside alcohol is not permitted alcoholic beverages will be on sale.

“The concert series is totally free and family friendly,” Pyles said. “The gates will open at 5.30 p.m. and the acts will take the stage around 6.30, so it gives you a little bit of time to come in and get seated. It is festival style seating, so we ask that people bring lawn chairs, you can bring blankets. We will have picnic tables, but it’s very, very casual.”

Pyles said the first year for the concert series was a successful one, and there’s nowhere to go but up.

“We had such a wonderful turnout for last year after we got through the rain, but we’re very, very excited,” Pyles said. “The bandstand at Freeman Lake is such a beautiful fixture in our community. If you haven’t been out to see it, it is the perfect place to relax after a hard day, and we’re really excited.”

Follow the Elizabethtown City Events Facebook page for more information and updates.

Baptist Health Hardin hosting walk Friday to ‘shine a light’ on sexual assault awareness

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Baptist Health Hardin is rounding out Sexual Assault Awareness Month with an event Friday evening.

The Baptist Health Hardin Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner-Forensic Program will host their Shine the Light on Sexual Assault Awareness Walk Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Severns Valley Baptist Church, located at 1100 Ring Road in Elizabethtown.

The community is invited to walk two or four laps of the course. Participants will be given glow sticks to wear while walking and are encouraged to bring other items or wear clothing to help “shine a light” on sexual violence.

The event is free and open to the public with no registration required. Contact the SANE-Forensic office at 270-979-7233 for more information.

KSP investigating after KYTC worker struck and killed

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The Kentucky State Police is investigating after a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet contract worker was struck and killed in a vehicle collision Tuesday.

The KSP says at around 9 a.m. on April 23 troopers were requested by LaRue County Dispatch to investigate a collision involving a van and a highway worker. The KSP says the preliminary investigation shows that Henry T. James of Louisville was driving a van east on KY-210/Old Elizabethtown Road when he entered a portion of the roadway reduced to one lane for maintenance operations. James failed to observe 22-year-old Blake Barnes of Elizabethtown, who was flagging eastbound traffic. 

The van struck Barnes near the 3100 block of KY-210. Barnes was pronounced dead at the scene by the LaRue County Coroner’s Office.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet released a statement following Barnes’s death which states: “Our hearts ache for the loss of a transportation team member today. We extend our sincere condolences to all those impacted by this tragedy. Please join us in lifting up the families, friends and colleagues in your thoughts and prayers. The safety and well-being of all employees is a top priority, and we are working with authorities as they review the incident.”

The road was closed for nearly 5 hours for accident reconstruction. The investigation is ongoing.

Hardin County Fiscal Court meets

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The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.

Hardin County Attorney Jenny Oldham introduced Hayley Hoover with Volunteers of America, which will be helping to run the Hardin County Family Recovery Court. Hoover said Family Recovery Court is a collaborative process meant to help support families struggling with parental substance use disorder.

“The hope of FRC, as we call it, is to help reunite families faster, get the cases through court quicker, and help really sustain long-term sobriety for our parents who are struggling with substance use disorder that have children,” Hoover said.

The fiscal court approved a resolution that will allott $60,000 a year for five years to VOA to run the Family Recovery Court, with those funds coming from the county’s Phase One Opioid Settlement funds.

In other meeting news, Hardin County Coroner Pat Elmore reported on his office’s first quarter, with 301 cases responded to including two homicides. Hardin County Sheriff John Ward said in February and March his office made 199 arrests, issued 251 citations, and opened 75 criminal cases. Ward discussed some of the more high-profile incidents including the string of bomb threats made at the BlueOval SK construction site.

“We work with those in charge on scene there and give them some advice on how to handle security a little differently, and they’re not paying their workers,” Ward said. “If there’s a bomb threat and they send the workers home, they don’t continue to get paid, and for some strange reason, the bomb threats have slowed down. So go figure.”

The county’s next town hall forum will be held at 5:30 p.m. on April 30 in the fiscal courtroom. The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet for a regular meeting on May 14.