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This week: Rachel sits down with Steve Ames of Snow Dogs Food Truck — 60-plus flavors of shaved ice, award-winning hot dogs, and the fundraising program every school, church, and ball team in the county should hear about. Plus Jon has the full rundown on Cecilia Days and the Sunflower Festival, back-to-school season is in full swing, Nate brings the Business Buzz, and Rachel has your Housing Market Update.
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🚨 Hardin Local Special Report
The Cameras Already Know Your Car. So We Asked the People Watching Them.
At least 67 Flock license plate cameras are watching Hardin County roads. We sat down on camera with the police chiefs running them and asked every uncomfortable question, including what happens when one of their own abuses it. With all three agencies' written policies, on the record.
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🎪 Save the Date · August 14–15
White Mills Days Turns 51 — The Full Festival Guide
Fifty-one years, one small town: the parade, the famous Rubber Duck River Race, touch-a-truck, the hog-calling (and husband-calling) contests, fireworks Friday night, and the secret-recipe BBQ chicken — plus a quilt three generations in the making. Laura Nall walked us through the whole weekend.
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🏛️ Local Government · Part 3
“Against Hyperscale Data Centers”: E’town’s Rules Reach City Council
The data center zoning rules got their first reading at City Council Monday night, and Mayor Gregory used the most direct language yet about what they are meant to do — and why the city rejected a moratorium. No vote yet: the adoption vote is expected Monday, August 10, and we will be covering it.
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This Week on Hardin Local: Plate Cameras & Cruisin' Weekend
The cameras already know your car, so Phil asked the people watching them. Plus 2,000 classic cars downtown, Wawa's vanished grand opening, steady housing inventory, and 2B Thai.
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Cruisin' the Heartland 2026: 2,000+ Classic Cars in E-town
Jon O'Brien's week: Cruisin' the Heartland brings 2,000-plus classic cars downtown, the Voices of Change Back to School Bash, a rodeo, a memorial 5K, and dollar wings at Duff's.
More events →Beignets and Brews Coming to E-town; Wawa Opening Postponed
Everbowl is out and Beignets and Brews is in at the Publix development, Baskin-Robbins and Iron Brigade Gym open big, and Wawa's grand opening quietly disappears after a gas spill.
More business →Hardin County Housing: Inventory Steadies at 416, $290K Median
For the first time in months, Hardin County inventory didn't climb. Rachel breaks down 416 listings, a $290,000 median, and the five very different markets inside one county.
More housing →2B Thai Review: E-town's Anniversary-Dinner Standard
An anniversary dinner turned review: the sampler platter, the peach mango spring rolls, and why Britten calls 2B Thai his highest-rated restaurant in Hardin County.
More reviews →Hardin County Local Guides
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HubHaus
Three friends and a garage full of homebrew became a restaurant, brewery, and arcade under one roof on Main Street in downtown E-town. Co-owner Nick Garrett tells the whole story.
Read their story →109 N Mulberry German-American Café
A new German-American café from Janine Washle, "The Flavor Queen," now open in downtown Elizabethtown. Get the full story and the complete menu.
Read their story →Riverside Marketing Solutions
Veteran-owned marketing in Elizabethtown. Marine Stephen Ruley helps local businesses get noticed with ads, branding, SEO, web, and social.
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A new local, owner-operated pest company. Meet Josh Frenette, the man behind the "what's bugging you?" segment.
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Read their story →Government & Daily Coverage
'Against Hyperscale Data Centers': E'town's Rules Reach City Council
Elizabethtown's data center zoning rules got their first reading at City Council on August 3. The mayor explained why the city chose regulations over a moratorium. The adoption vote is still ahead. Here is what was said, in their own words.
Read the latest → All government coverage →Hardin County Daily Brief: August 4, 2026
Hardin County Schools' new water bottle ban has gone viral days before the first bell, and ECTC's chancellor is taking on a second campus.
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