The Radcliff Fire Department responded to a restaurant fire on Monday night. “We got called to Lee’s Famous Recipe, 178 South Dixie Boulevard here in Radcliff. Crews from both stations responded. The fire looks to be electrical in nature. However, it’s still under investigation because it was a large electrical junction box there that was on fire. However, everything was on the outside of the building. Nothing breached the inside walls so everything was exterior.” said Radcliff Deputy Fire Marshall Tommy Crane. No new information was available as to when the restaurant would reopen.
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A portion of land is being considered for a new subdivision in Radcliff. Nearly 100 acres at the intersection of Joe Prather Highway and Patriot Parkway went before the Planning Commision and was presented to the city council earlier this month.
“They heard all these cases that are before you. Four zone map amendments, a site plan and also a preliminary plat and they’re all tied to the same development that was submitted by North Haven. LLC.” said Spokesperson Murray Warner.
The Council heard the first reading last night. The development could include apartment buildings, single family residences and commercial property. The next reading will take place next month on February 21st at 6:30 PM..
A Kentucky sex offender was caught peeking into a Breckinridge County home Saturday morning. According to the Breckinridge County Sheriff’s Office, Steven Boston, age 49, was arrested after a resident called saying he had an intruder at gunpoint. Boston stated that a teenage girl he met who texted him asking him to come to the home. No such messages were found on his phone but Boston said he had deleted them. Boston is listed on the Kentucky Sex Offender Registry due to a previous charge involving a teenage girl. Boston was arrested and charged with Second-Degree Attempted Robbery, failure to comply with the terms of his Sex Offender Registration and violation of Sex Offender Electronic Communications Restrictions. Boston is currently being held in the Breckinridge County detention center.
A large annual event has been canceled in the City of Elizabethtown. The news was announced at the City Council Work Session meeting yesterday.
“We, along with the Elizabethtown Police Department, have had to make the very tough decision on foregoing the festival of the Barbecue, Bands & Bikes. Unfortunately over the last several years, we have seen an uptick in criminal nature. We just feel that with what the festival has been producing, that it is best and safest for our patrons, our citizens and all the folks that like to enjoy the city events that it is best to shelf that event” City of Elizabethtown Events Program Manager Sarah Vaughn.
While the Barbecue, Bands And Bikes event will be absent from the calendar this year, a new community event will be making its debut.
“The good news is that when one door closes, another one opens. And the next one that will be opening is that we are going to start the Heartland Harvest Festival coming September 30. It is going to be a good old hometown festival that is 100% all about community.”
More information can be found at EtownEvents.com.
Two Hardin County residents have been charged with abusing a child. According to arrest records, 25 year old Clovis Smith and 23 year old Satrina Layne, both of Rineyville, were taken into custody over the weekend.
“Detectives with Kentucky State Police Post 4 have arrested a Hardin County couple on child abuse charges after a five year old was treated for suspicious injuries. On Sunday, January 8 around 4:30PM the Hardin County Department for Community Based Services contacted KSP regarding a five year old that was originally brought into Baptist Health Hardin for serious physical injuries. The child was later airlifted to Norton’s Children’s Hospital for treatment for what was described as life threatening injuries,” said Kentucky State Police Post 4 Public Affairs Officer Scotty Sharp.
Smith And Layne have been charged with Criminal Abuse 1st Degree of a Child under 12 and lodged in the Hardin County detention center. The child remains in critical condition. No other details have been released at this time. The investigation is ongoing.