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Cecilia Days & Sunflower Festival Finale: Hardin County Events
Cecilia Days takes over Friday and Saturday, the Sunflower Festival wraps its final weekend, and Hardin County heads back to school. Jon O'Brien has your week.
Phil Taul
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'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.
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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Meeting Report: Elizabethtown City Council, August 3, 2026
Two police sergeants sworn in, four municipal orders approved, a first reading of data center zoning rules, and 20 minutes of public comment. What happened at the August 3 Elizabethtown City Council meeting, from the city's own video.
Hardin County Daily Brief: August 3, 2026
Six families moved into brand new housing at ECTC this weekend, and the county turned out for a rodeo, a school-supply giveaway, and a new basketball coach.
Hardin County Daily Brief: August 2, 2026
A local schools story went national, I-65 wrapped ahead of schedule, and E'town girls basketball eyes another region finals run.
Hardin County Daily Brief: August 1, 2026
Hardin County Schools bans metal water bottles before the first bell, plus rain washes out today's Cruisin' the Heartland.
Hardin County Daily Brief: July 31, 2026
Elizabethtown residents speak up on data centers, plus a rodeo, an orchard's 20th, and a 45-year city servant gets his due.
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The Cameras Already Know Your Car. So We Asked the People Watching Them.
At least 67 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.
Hardin County Daily Brief: July 30, 2026
I-65 reopens early, a new sheriff's unit debuts, and Hardin County gears up for back to school.
Local Government
'We're Naked Right Now': E'town Advances Data Center Rules
Two weeks after saying it had no applications, Elizabethtown's Planning Commission voted 3-0 to send data center limits to City Council. Here is what the rules actually say, in their own words.
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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.