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Beshear highlights Kruger’s E-Town facility

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Governor Andy Beshear discussed the accomplishments of an area business during his Team Kentucky update Thursday.

The governor highlighted Kruger Packaging after his visit to their Elizabethtown Packaging Plant last week. Beshear said he was impressed with the $113 million operation.

“The project was announced back in 2021 and now it is up and fully running,” Beshear said. “It was great to check out the operation in person, which is in a 400,000-square-foot facility in the T.J. Patterson Industrial Park.”

Beshear said the Kruger plant is one of the most technologically-advanced plants of its kind, and Kruger’s investment in the E-Town community made 150 new jobs possible.

Beshear said he visited Kruger on its spirit day, and got to see a positive work environment.

“A great culture, great leadership, and everybody I talked to was so excited about this new employer and these new jobs, so I want to thank Kruger Packaging’s leaders as well as partners at LG&E and KU, which is making sure the facility has all the power that it needs.”

The Elizabethtown plant is Kruger’s only American operation, with sister facilities in Ontario and Quebec, Canada.

LCMS Principal Warren named LaRue County Schools superintendent

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LaRue County Schools is looking within as the district announces its new superintendent.

Adryanne Warren will take over as head of the school district beginning July 1. Warren is currently the principal at LaRue County Middle School after previously serving as a fifth grade teacher and a curriculum specialist for the district. Warren, herself a LaRue County Schools grad, says serving her local district is exciting.

“I just feel extremely honored and humbled,” Warren said. “I am excited to serve the community where I live and spend all my time and invest all my energy already, so it just feels like a great accomplishment.”

When considering the job, Warren said she considered how she could help the district make the most impact.

“I started my position here as principal and loved that impact with the relationships that I was building with the kids and the community and the teachers here, and I just wanted to expand on that, and hopefully my leadership skills will better the work life for the teachers and staff, and then the education experience for the students, and then also help bridge that connection between the schools and the local community,” Warren said.

Warren says LaRue County Schools has been making great progress, and she is excited to see that continue.

“I’m most excited to keep the schools moving forward with the momentum they already have,” Warren said. “I feel like we have great momentum with keeping up with all the educational trends and just staying on top of making the educational experience for our students better.”

Warren and her husband Cody are parents to four daughters, and they grow hay and raise cattle on their farm in southern LaRue County.

Historic State Theater gearing up for Summer Movie Series

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The schedule is set for the 2024 Summer Movie Series at the Historic State Theater.

“The Summer Movie Series is my personal favorite event that we do throughout the year at the State Theater,” said Elizabethtown Events Manager Beth Pyles. “We’re excited for our 2024 series. It’s a family-friendly movie series offering showings at noon and 7 p.m. each Tuesday this summer beginning June 4 and running through July 31.”

Tickets to each showing are $2 and offer affordable family fun.

June will feature four Disney/Pixar favorites.

“We have Cars, The Incredibles, Toy Story, and Monsters Inc., so those are the first movies in the series, and those movies are loved by, I think, young and old, so we hope people come out and see those,” Pyles said.

July’s movies were selected to follow a theme.

“We are showing movies that are based upon books,” Pyles said. “So July 2 we’ve got Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which was one of my child’s favorite books when he was growing up.” 

The other July movies are Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, How to Eat Fried Worms, Charlotte’s Web, and Mary Poppins.

Doors open one hour prior to each showtime, and concessions will be served.

“A lot of times people tell us this is the first time they’ve brought their child to the movies because it’s movies that they can enjoy,” Pyles said. “We have young and old, so it’s open to everybody. We hope that everybody comes out and sees us.”

Visit www.thestate270.org for a full schedule of events at the theater.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace hosting Junior Ranger Day Saturday

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Area youth are invited to participate in the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park’s Junior Ranger Day.

Junior Ranger Day kicks off National Park Week at the historical park. Children and families can drop by the park, located at 2995 Lincoln Farm Road in Hodgenville, anytime from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 20.

Participants can take part in the fun at the drop-in activity tent, learn more about the Year Without a Summer, and participate in limited time activities and earn their Junior Ranger badge. Junior Ranger Day items will only be available at Saturday’s event.

Junior Ranger Day activities are open to all children, free of charge. Visit the Lincoln Birthplace website or Facebook page for more information.

KY-88 closing near U.S. 31-W in Munfordville this weekend for concrete work

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Drivers in Hart County should be aware of an upcoming road closure.

Kentucky Route 88 will be closed at U.S. 31-W between Hart County Bank and Trust Company and the South Central Rural Telephone and Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative building in Munfordville from 6 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Monday.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the closure is for a concrete inlay as part of the overall project designed to improve the roadway to withstand torque and twisting produced as heavy vehicles pull into and out of the intersection. The concrete provides a long-term solution after crews have been called to the area several times to make temporary fixes. The concrete work was planned for a weekend in order to minimize traffic disruption.

Signs will be posted to detour traffic via Back Street in Munfordville. The overall improvement project is scheduled to be completed by June 30. Work is weather-permitting.