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Restaurant sign topples in high wind; 1 dead, 2 injured
January 20, 2023 GMTELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A towering Denny's Restaurant sign in central Kentucky fell on a car during high winds, killing a woman and injuring her husband and daughter.
The sign partially crushed their car when it fell Thursday from a pole near the Denny’s parking lot off Interstate 65 in Elizabethtown.
Genes link bipolar, schizophrenia, once thought unrelated
October 22, 2022 GMTELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — When Chastity Murry had her first psychotic break, she went into her bathroom and downed a whole bottle of pills, hoping to die. Her teenage daughter had to perform CPR to save her life.
High-speed police pursuit ends in fiery crash, 1 dead
July 20, 2022 GMTELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — One person died in a high-speed police pursuit that ended in a fiery crash with three other vehicles, authorities said.
A preliminary investigation determined that a Kentucky State Police trooper attempted a traffic stop Monday on a Kia Soul in Hardin County and the vehicle fled, the agency said in a statement.
3 communities get funding to assess potential brownfields
May 19, 2022 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Three Kentucky communities have been awarded federal funding to assess potential brownfield sites, officials said.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will give the communities a combined $1.4 million to inspect industrial and commercial properties that may contain hazardous substances, Gov.
Hardin County awarded $4 million for water projects
February 14, 2022 GMTELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — More Kentucky communities have been awarded funding to improve aging water and wastewater systems, officials said.
Hardin County in central Kentucky will receive $4 million from the state's Cleaner Water Program, according to a statement Friday from Gov.
Panel nominates 3 attorneys for Hardin family court judge
February 7, 2022 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judicial panel has nominated three attorneys as candidates for a vacant family court judge seat in Hardin County.
The Judicial Nominating Commission recommended Elizabethtown attorneys Melanie Goff Biggers, Dawn Lonneman Blair and Teresa Elaine Logsdon, a statement from the Administrative Office of the Courts said.
Man convicted in double slaying, assault case
February 4, 2022 GMTELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A jury has convicted a Lexington man of killing two people in Hardin County.
Jurors handed down the verdict Wednesday in Hardin Circuit Court for Taynondree Reed, 29, in the 2020 deaths of Shawn Fox, 32, and Michael Buckner Thomas, 37, of Hopkinsville, The News-Enterprise reported.
Police: Man took officer’s stun gun before fatal shooting
December 27, 2021 GMTELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A suspect in a domestic violence case took an officer's stun gun and attempted to use it on him, prompting the officer to fatally shoot him, Kentucky State Police said Monday.
Police: Officer fatally shoots armed man during altercation
December 14, 2021 GMTELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — An officer checking on a suspicious vehicle fatally shot an armed man during an altercation, a Kentucky police chief said.
Elizabethtown Police Chief Jeremy Thompson said in a statement Monday that it was imperative to share some details of what happened Saturday while Kentucky State Police investigate, news outlets reported.
Police: Officer kills man during domestic violence call
December 8, 2021 GMTELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky police officer responding to a domestic violence call fatally shot a man at the scene, authorities said.
The Elizabethtown Police officer responded Tuesday to investigate a report of a “very serious domestic violence offense” at an residence, agency spokesman Chris Denham told news outlets.
Former Iran hostage buried in Kentucky veterans cemetery
November 14, 2021 GMTRADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) — Donald Hohman, who was among the Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days between 1979 and 1981, was laid to rest along with his wife in a veterans' cemetery in Kentucky.
The couple, both 79, lived in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and died within several days of each other this fall after contracting COVID-19, their daughter-in-law, Jocelyn Hohman, told the Lexington Herald-Leader. They were married for 52 years.
Kentucky state Sen. Dennis Parrett won’t seek reelection
October 28, 2021 GMTELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky state Sen. Dennis Parrett says he has decided not to seek reelection.
The Elizabethtown Democrat, who is in his third term, told The News-Enterprise that it’s time to shift his focus after his term is up.