UPDATE (9/3/26 – 11:45 am) HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. – The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal head-on crash involving a semi-truck. According to a media release, HCSO deputies responded to a two-vehicle collision on Joe Prather Highway Wednesday at approximately 2:18 pm. A preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle driven by a Louisville man was traveling west when...

A collision on Joe Prather Highway Wednesday closed the roadway for several hours and resulted in a fatality. “At approximately 2:18 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a reported collision on the Joe Prather Highway just north of KY 251,” said Hardin County Sheriff [...]

HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. – The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash. According to a social media post by the department, deputies responded to a fatal two-vehicle collision on Joe Prather Highway, two miles east of Shepherdsville Road, Wednesday afternoon. HCSO says Joe Prather Highway is closed in both directions for one to two hours for investigation. Motorists...

Lonnie Spear Jan 1, 1949 — Aug 31, 2026 Lonnie Spear of Elizabethtown, formerly of Campbellsville, son of the late Miley B. Spear and Orbazine Barnett Faulkner, was born January 1, 1949 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 4:50 P.M., Monday, August 31, 2026 in Elizabethtown. Age: 77 He [...] The post Lonnie Spear appeared first on Campbellsville Radio – WCKQ, KCountry, The Rock.

WASHINGTON – An Elizabethtown woman is formally charged in connection with reported vandalism of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, an indictment was returned Aug. 27, formally charging 41-year-old Melissa Farris of Elizabethtown with one count of destruction of a veterans’ memorial and one count...

John Henry Tyler (1868-1928) was the son of Robert and Adelia Tyler. He grew up in Elizabethtown, where his father was a blacksmith. In 1898 Tyler took a degree from […]

Ronald Leo Foushee, 76, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2026, surrounded by family, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He was born June 20, 1950, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He was preceded in death by his father, George “Jack” Foushee; his daughter-in-law, Carissa Mattingly Foushee; grandchildren, Michael Frances “Rance” and Addison Marie “Adie” Foushee. Ron is survived by his wife of 54 years, Deborah Pike Foushee; sons, Michael Foushee (Laina) of Branden

A Kentucky State Police Post Four trooper was recognized by Governor Andy Beshear for his life-saving efforts after a traffic collision near Elizabethtown. Beshear named Trooper Blaine Miller this week’s Team Kentucky All-Star during Thursday’s Team Kentucky Update. On August 14, Miller responded to the scene of a two-vehicle collision [...]

PADUCAH, Ky., (KBSI) —4th Street, east of KY 1824/Murray Highway, in Hardin has reopened to traffic. A new bridge was built at mile point 0.1 over Martins Creek, between Jeffrey Street and Allison Drive. The project began in early July and was completed ahead of schedule. The City of Hardin was awarded $450,000 for this bridge replacement project through the...

Work is set to begin Tuesday on road work in Hardin County made possible by a grant opportunity through the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Waste Management. “Our Road Department Supervisor Michael Steck applied for this grant, and it’s a test that lasts five years where you compare [...]