Hardin County Daily Brief: August 8, 2026
Wellness City throws open its doors in Elizabethtown today, plus a Wawa delay, back-to-school buzz, and a free disc golf class for kids.
Wellness City throws open its doors in Elizabethtown today, plus a Wawa delay, back-to-school buzz, and a free disc golf class for kids.
Cecilia Days turns 55 this weekend, plus Fort Knox noise, a road closure, and a Vine Grove garden setback.
news
Don't panic. A back-to-school field manual for Hardin County parents, including emergency swirly procedures.
Saturday brings free hazardous waste disposal, a tanning salon's wellness makeover, and a heads-up from Fort Knox.
Elizabethtown council members move to keep data centers out of the city, plus a $6.25 million land sale sets up 422 new homes near Radcliff.
podcast
Snow Dogs owner Steve Ames rides along for the whole hour, Cecilia owns the weekend, Nate lands a confirmed scoop, and the housing buyers are back.
business-spotlight
Steve Ames wanted a snowball. Now his food truck donates 20% of gross sales to Hardin County schools, churches, and ball teams. The full Business Spotlight.
Housing Market
Showings are up, multiple offers are back, and the median sold price just hit a yearly low. Rachel breaks down every price point in the Hardin County market.
business-buzz
A confirmed scoop at Pear Orchard, a fuel-spill mystery on Ring Road, a new credit union for the mall corridor, and the data center vote now days away.
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.
civic
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 Schools' new water bottle ban has gone viral days before the first bell, and ECTC's chancellor is taking on a second campus.