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Grayson County woman found safe after search

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A Grayson County woman is safe after a multi-agency search Monday.

Grayson County Emergency Management says Angelica Elliot was found safe after being reported missing Monday afternoon.

According to a release from the emergency management office, at around 4 p.m. on November 17 the Wax Fire Department, Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, and Grayson County Emergency Management were notified of a missing 19-year-old woman, identified as Elliot. She was last seen in the area of Miller Road in Wax at around 2:30 p.m.

A preliminary investigation and search was performed by the notified units in the area where Elliot was last seen. Additional agencies from Grayson and surrounding counties joined the search after being requested to respond and assist.

At approximately 7:30 p.m., a search team searching structures and the wood line in the area of Wheelers Mill Road heard Elliot yell out for assistance. She was found about 700 yards off the roadway and about three tenths of a mile from her residence.

Elliot was reunited with family and transferred by Grayson County EMS to Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Hospital for evaluation. Grayson County Emergency Management says her initial condition on-scene was “reported to be cold but safe and okay with no life-threatening injuries.”

E-Town Council approves zoning changes; third food distribution event planned

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

The council approved three zoning amendments that were on their second readings: 320 Pear Orchard Road Northwest from Suburban Residential General (R-2) to Urban Residential General (R-4), 325 Helm Street from Urban Residential General (R-4) to Urban Residential Mixed (R-5), and 938 and 948 Nicholas Street from Urban Residential (R-3) to Planned Development District. The council also approved a municipal order accepting the bid for the Foxborough storm infrastructure improvements project from Dirt Works Unlimited for $190,590.

The first reading was held on an ordinance amending city sewer rates.

“The surcharges for hauled waste are as follows: leachate from Pearl Hollow Landfill will now be 0.0520 cents per gallon,” said City Attorney Ken Howard, reading from the ordinance.

Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory thanked the city employees and staff along with partners at Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland for their work on food distribution events the city hosted the last two Fridays. He said the city is planning on hosting their third and final event of the year this Saturday.

“At the last two distributions, we handed out food to a thousand households in each distribution,” said Elizabethtown City Council Member Julia Springsteen. “We’ll have food for another thousand households this Saturday. We’ll have it similar to what we’ve handed out the last two weeks, but there will also be a protein box this time. Usually there’s a bag of chicken breast and some other things in there, so it will be a little extra in this distribution this week to hopefully help people have a better Thanksgiving.”

Gregory said the city is planning on hosting Saturday’s event in the morning at Freeman Lake Park. The city will release more specific details soon.

The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet December 8.

Wreaths Across America needs 1,500 more wreaths for Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central

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Wreaths Across America at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff is asking for the community’s support as they prepare for their annual effort to “remember those who served, honor those who have passed, and teach the next generation.”

“On December 13 at 10 a.m., we will have a brief ceremony, and then as many wreaths as we have, we will put out on all the headstones,” said Area Coordinator Donna Betson.

With less than a month until the scheduled wreath placement ceremony, the local chapter is currently short of their fundraising goal.

“When we started it was 1,000, and we are now up to 10,000 buried out there, and we are about 1,500 wreaths short right now,” Betson said

Betson says especially with the presence of Fort Knox, area connections to the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central run deep.

“My main thing that I got started with it was my dad’s out there, and since I started, my mom has joined him in that cemetery, and I don’t think there’s hardly anyone in Hardin County who does not have a family member or know a friend or know a person who is buried out there,” Betson said.

Contact Betson at 270-319-2122 for more information on donating or volunteering. A link to the Wreaths Across America profile for the cemetery can be found on the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central Facebook page.

Voter registration increases in Kentucky in October

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As the window for candidates to file to run in the 2026 election cycle opens, Kentucky is seeing a jump in voter registration.

The Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office says more than 7,000 Kentuckians registered to vote in the month of October.

According to the Secretary of State’s Office, Republican registration in October increased by 2,736 voters. Independent or other registration increased by 1,968. Democratic registration decreased by 2,404 voters. Republican registration makes up 48 percent of the state electorate, Democratic registration makes up 41 percent, and independent or other makes up 11 percent.

The Secretary of State’s Office says 4,799 voters were removed from the rolls in October. 3,703 were deceased, 379 moved out of state, and 565 were convicted felons.

Kentuckians planning on voting in the May 2026 primary election must have their party registration set by December 31. Kentuckians can register to vote or check their registration status by visiting govote.ky.gov, or by contacting their county clerk’s office.

Residents urged to take steps to reduce fire risks this Thanksgiving

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With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, make sure you are taking steps to reduce possible fire risks in your kitchen.

“Thanksgiving is the biggest cooking day of the year, and not surprising, it is also the number one day for cooking fires in the United States, and cooking fires are still our main cause of residential fires,” said Radcliff Deputy Fire Marshal Tommy Crane. 

He says keep an active eye on things as they are cooking, and be mindful of how you are using smaller appliances on the countertop.

“Try to plug everything into an outlet if you can,” Crane said. “If you do wind up using extension cords for a short period of time, make sure that it’s a high enough amperage for those devices so that you don’t have that risk of fire there, and make sure all those cords and everything are away from the edge of the counter, as well.”

Crane says the general rule of thumb is to keep a three-foot buffer between the cooking area and kids and pets.

“Give the younger kids something to do,” Crane said. “Maybe let them help set the table, maybe have some coloring pages printed off, let the older kids kind of keep them busy, that kind of thing.”

Make sure things such as paper towels or dishcloths are away from stovetops, and don’t forget to check your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.