Hardin County Daily Brief: August 13, 2026
A new school year opens across Hardin County, plus a Cecilia mom's fight over long bus routes, a bank CEO exit and Etown's new trail-town title.
Phil Taul
podcast
Hardin Local Weekly E33: White Mills Days & Off The Clock
Six hosts, White Mills Days at 51, a rooftop bar nobody knew about, an 87 percent jump in contracts, and the premiere of our new statewide show.
event-spotlight
Bourbon Local: Hardin Local's New Statewide Kentucky Show
Hardin Local's statewide sister show has launched. Bourbon as the thread, not the whole subject, with Jessica Zimlich, Jon O'Brien and Phil Taul.
Restaurant Reviews
Sabor Cubano Revisited: Better in Month Six? | Radcliff KY
The real test is not the grand opening, it is month six. Britten McDowell revisits Sabor Cubano in Radcliff to see how it is holding up.
Housing Market
Hardin County Housing: Contracts Jump 87% in One Week
Contracts nearly doubled week over week. Rachel Brantingham on why buyers are asking about value, not price, and what the five price tiers really show.
business-buzz
Inside Off The Clock, Elizabethtown's New Rooftop Bar
A first look inside Off The Clock, the new bourbon bar on the second floor of The Assembly, including the rooftop most of downtown has never seen.
events
White Mills Days 2026: Full Schedule, Duck Race & Parade
Jon O'Brien walks through all of White Mills Days, plus a Michter's tasting at Cavern Club and a free Jake's Day for kids 16 and under.
special-report
Our Comment Policy After the Flock Camera Report
The Flock report drew our biggest response ever, and a comment section that got away from us. What we found when we checked our own work, and the rule from here.
Hardin County Daily Brief: August 12, 2026
Radcliff weighs new rules for its street cameras, E'town tackles stormwater, and Hardin County 4-H'ers bring home ribbons from the fair.
Hardin County Daily Brief: August 11, 2026
Rand Paul toured the Fort Knox gold vault, the Wawa spill got an all-clear from the city, and White Mills Days is back this weekend.
Hardin County Daily Brief: August 10, 2026
A delayed Wawa, a proposed Etown school tax hike, and a jalapeno recall worth knowing about today.
civic
Meeting Report: Elizabethtown City Council Work Session, August 10, 2026
The city briefed its council on the Wawa fuel spill three weeks after it happened, explained why it never announced it, and took a resident's criticism of the delay. Plus the Henry Street drainage holdup and a new public speaking policy.