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Radcliff council holds first reading on city tax ordinance

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The Radcliff City Council met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.

The first reading was held on an ordinance levying city ad valorem taxes for 2026.

“Assessed valuation (per $100) as follows: on real property, .126 and personal property .184, including real and personal property of public service companies,” said City Attorney Mike Pike, reading from the ordinance. “On privately owned and registered vehicles and watercraft, .199, and bank deposit tax, .00025.”

Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall presented Mayor’s Recognition Awards to Boundary Oak Distillery and Red Hill Cutlery, and recognized City Clerk Ashley Russo, for their efforts in hosting and organizing last Saturday’s Bourbon and Blades Festival. Duvall said the Radcliff Police Department estimated the event saw more than 10,000 total visitors.

“It was a great show, probably the largest show that we’ve had,” Duvall said. “The weather was great. Everything went very smooth and well.”

In other meeting news, the council approved 2026 Trick or Treat times for the city. Trick or Treating in the City of Radcliff will run from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 31.

The Radcliff City Council will next meet Friday morning to hold the second reading on the tax ordinance, after which the council will next meet for a work session on October 13.

Overnight work on I-65 in Hardin County this week

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Crews with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four will be doing overnight resurfacing work on Interstate 65 in Hardin County the next three nights.

According to the KYTC, crews will be applying a high-friction thin lay to both directions of the interstate between mile markers 96 and 98.

Crews tonight will be milling on I-65 South, reducing it to two lanes from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Crews Wednesday night will be milling on I-65 North from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., reducing the roadway to one lane, and paving on I-65 South will reduce that roadway to two lanes from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Paving on the northbound lanes Thursday night will reduce the roadway to one lane from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Construction signs are posted. Drivers are urged to slow down, minimize distractions, and pay close attention to workers and equipment when travelling through the construction zone. Follow KYTC District Four on social media for updates.

Location change for Breckinridge County Health Department Flu Drive-Thru Clinic Tuesday

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The Breckinridge County Health Department is moving the location of their Flu Drive-Thru Clinic taking place today.

According to a post on the Breckinridge County Health Department Facebook page, the drive-thru clinic will now be held at the Health Department building, located at 220 South Hardin Street in Hardinsburg. The clinic runs from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. CDT.

The Health Department says participants must be 19-year-old or older and must be insured. A limited number of high-dose flu vaccines will be available for individuals 65 and older on a first come, first served basis. Regular flu vaccines will also be available.

Contact the Breckinridge County Health Department for more information.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana celebrating Big Brothers Big Sisters Month in September

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September is Big Brothers Big Sisters Month, an opportunity for the organization to highlight the impact of mentorship and the importance of human connection between people of all ages.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications Bryce Shreve says surveys of the youth served by the organization show “profound, positive impacts.”

“They graduate high school on time,” Shreve says. “They make better grades. They feel more confident. Their mental health has improved, so we just see this year after year, simply by just having a positive adult, a caring adult presence in their life telling them that they got this and being there as a listening ear to offer advice and connection.”

As part of the festivities, landmarks and community partners across the area will light their buildings green on Big Brothers Big Sisters Day, which is Friday, September 18. Participating landmarks include Churchill Downs and the Main Street Bardstown Visitors Center.

Shreve says more than 50 youth in Grayson, Hardin, and Nelson counties are on the organization’s waitlist. He says the commitment might seem intimidating at first, but the organization and the experience helps make it an easy and rewarding one.

“It’s a couple hours a month,” Shreve says. “You meet up with a young person you’ve never met before, you just talk to them, be there for them. They’re from a different generation, so they’re learning to connect with you as well, so it’s a mutually positive relationship there.”

Learn more about the organization at www.bbbsky.org.

E-Town Council holds first reading on 2026 tax rates

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The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday.

The first reading was held on ordinances setting 2026 city tax rates. City Attorney Ken Howard read the three ordinances, detailing the tax rate for motor vehicle and watercraft (11.6 cents per $100 assessed value), the franchise tax rate (0.025 percent on all eligible deposits), and the tax rate for real and personal property (10.5 cents per $100 assessed value). Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said the first two rates are unchanged, while the property tax rate was lowered from 10.7 cents.

“So when you have people tell you all the time that we’re raising their taxes, we have actually lowered their real and personal property this year, and I think we did last year too, so it is not true if they tell you that,” Gregory said.

The first reading was also held on an ordinance that amends the zoning for 1010 and 1020 Prospect Pointe Drive from Neighborhood Commercial (C-2) to Regional Commercial (C-3).

The council approved a municipal order accepting a $139,720 bid from Schroeder Construction for sanitary sewer improvements on Yale Drive, and a municipal order revising the contract scope with Congleton Hacker for the SteelGrove Amphitheater to accommodate additional work.

“We got a donation from somebody that doesn’t want to take credit for it for $1 million to the City of Elizabethtown to go towards that project, and so what we planned on doing with that donation was to go ahead and finish paving those parking lots and then erecting a storage building that they desperately needed that we had cut out of the first design,” Gregory said.

The order notes that the authorized cost of the project remains at about $41 million.

In other meeting news, Elizabethtown Police Chief Jeremy Thompson said the EPD will be featured in a video for the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s annual conference along with the organization’s website. The city recognized 10 employees who recently completed their CDL certifications, four fire recruits who graduated from the EFD’s Recruit Academy, and two parks department employees who earned their certified playground safety inspector certifications.

The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet September 21.