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Radcliff FOP Lodge 39 typically hosts their annual holiday dinner auction the first Saturday of November, but due to a scheduling conflict the event will be held the first Sunday instead.

“We’re trying to do a holiday dinner, the free holiday dinner for the attendees, and an auction to follow,” said Lodge PResident Roy Moore. “All the proceeds from the auction go to Shop with a Cop. If everybody’s familiar, that’s where we take underprivileged children to Walmart and get them some clothes and a couple toys.”

Sunday’s dinner will be held at the Colvin Community Center beginning at 6:30 p.m. If you are unable to attend Sunday’s dinner but would like to support the cause, donations are still being accepted.

“They can always drop something by,” Moore said. “We’ve got a mailbox outside, they can mail it. We’re at 168 East Vine Street in Radcliff. We’re right by, sort of catty-corner from the Walgreens, and we also accept material donations, things that can be auctioned off, and throughout the year we do some yard sales, things like that.”

Contact Radcliff FOP Lodge 39 for more information.

The Elizabethtown Police Department continues to investigate a fire that occurred at a residence on the 500 block of Henon Lane.

During a press conference at the Elizabethtown Police Department’s headquarters, EPD Public Information Officer Chris Denham confirmed that two people, believed to be adult males, were killed in the structure fire.

Denham said police work by the EPD, with assistance from the Hardin County Coroner’s Office and the Elizabethtown Fire Department, identified a person with information on the incident.

“They identified this individual within an hour and a half, roughly, of the initial report, so, very efficient,” Denham said. “We’re very proud of them for that. We have made contact with that individual, and we are conducting interviews with him at this time.”

Denham said reports from the scene indicated possible suspicious activity, including an individual who allegedly fled the area at a high rate of speed. Denham said this isn’t an indication of the person with information’s involvement in the fire, but it prompted the involvement of the EPD’s Special Response Team as a precaution.

“They went down to a hotel on East Dixie Avenue to locate the individual whom we believe has information concerning this investigation,” Denham said. “They came out of the hotel room to our officers without incident, but it was obviously a precautionary measure to do. Any time we have a critical incident like this, we’re going to immediately activate our Special Response Team.”

Denham stressed that the individual being questioned by police is not in custody and has not been charged at this time, and said at this time the EPD is not calling this more than a “death investigation with suspicious circumstances.”

The Kentucky Office of the State Medical Examiner will conduct post-mortems on the victims, and the Elizabethtown Fire Department is investigating the cause of the fire. The EPD will release more information as it becomes available.

Election Day is less than one week away, and the Hardin County Clerk’s Office is anticipating a possible record turnout, so if you want to avoid lines on November 5 don’t forget about early voting opportunities. 

Wednesday is the last day for excused in-person absentee voting.

“That’s available to any voter who may be out of town during the early voting and regular election day voting,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. “Also, it’s available for folks who due to age, illness, or disability, they have difficulty standing in line or they have other mobility issues, other issues that may take them longer to fill out a ballot, they’re welcome to come.”

Absentee voting is available at the main clerk’s office at the Hardin County Government Building. 

The county will then open up three days of in-person no excuse absentee voting.

“This is available to everyone, no excuse necessary,” Smith said. “It starts on Halloween, October 31, November 1 and 2, 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. We have two convenient locations. One is at the Hardin County Clerk’s main office in Elizabethtown. The other is at Colvin Community Center.”

Smith says the clerk’s office has expanded polling locations and has added voting machines at the busier locations for folks looking to cast their ballot from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Election Day.

“As long as you’re in line by 6 p.m. you’ll be allowed to vote,” Smith said. “We have 15 locations available all across Hardin County. Any voter who’s registered in Hardin County can choose any location that’s convenient for them. I encourage folks to visit govote.ky.gov or the Hardin County Clerk’s Facebook page to find the location nearest you.”

Contact your county clerk’s office for election assistance.