Hardin County Daily Brief: October 24, 2026
ECTC hands out scholarships, John Hardin students dig into a Big Read, and a Radcliff fundraiser backs spay and neuter surgeries.
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Hardin County Daily Brief: October 23, 2026
A $17 million City Hall bond, Halloween events and Fort Knox gate closures lead the county's news.
Hardin County Daily Brief: October 22, 2026
Trunk-or-treating in Radcliff, a state teacher honor, and fog to watch on the morning drive.
Hardin County Daily Brief: October 21, 2026
Volleyball postseason heats up, a local school board digs into the Kentucky Education Fund, and fog may slow your commute.
Hardin County Daily Brief: October 20, 2026
Trunk or Treat draws hundreds, frost and fog this morning, and a farm program opens applications.
Hardin County Daily Brief: October 19, 2026
A 50th-year festival in Glendale, a return for Cardboard Nation, and a frost advisory to start the week.
Hardin Local E42: Firehouse Subs, HomeGoods and Halloween
Firehouse Subs returns, HomeGoods opens at City Center, the week ahead is all Halloween, Grafton on the middle-class money trap, and Britten goes back to Eat at the Spot.
Eat at the Spot in Radcliff: Experienced Eater Review
Britten McDowell goes back to Eat at the Spot in Radcliff for smoked jerk chicken, peas and rice and a spicy beef pie, and gives it 4.5 out of 5 forks.
Money Moves with G: The Middle-Class Money Trap
You can make six figures and still feel broke. Grafton Sizemore on the middle-class money trap, why your bills can look like success, and why income is not wealth.
Firehouse Subs Returns, HomeGoods Opens Oct 22 in Etown
Firehouse Subs is back in Etown, HomeGoods opens October 22 at City Center, the Eriksen building and its fountain are gone, and two Splatter & Shatter winners.
Hardin County Events Oct 19-25: Ghost Walks, Trunk or Treats
A historically accurate ghost walk, four haunts, two trunk or treats and the last weekend of Spooky Movies at the State: Jon O'Brien and Grafton Sizemore's Hardin County week, October 19 to 25.
Hardin County Daily Brief: October 17, 2026
A new rule on pet sales, a museum tribute, and a frost advisory for Sunday morning.
Restaurant Reviews
109 N Mulberry: Downtown's New German Café Reviewed
Britten and Michele McDowell taste-test the new 109 N Mulberry German-American Café from Janine Washle — sorghum pork belly, schnitzel, and a soft-opening worth some grace.
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Song's Kitchen Review: Radcliff's New Korean Dinner Buffet
Britten and Michele McDowell return to a Radcliff spot they reviewed in 2025 — now reborn as Song's Kitchen under new ownership, with a dinner buffet and a spicy rice cake worth the drive.
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Contreras Eatz's New Mexibachi Bowl: A Food Truck Review
Britten and Michele McDowell review Contreras Eatz's new Mexibachi Bowl and a surprise jerk-chicken taco from Food Truck Friday in Vine Grove.
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Experienced Eater Review: Bussin Pizza in Hardin County
Britten and Michele McDowell review Bussin Pizza — the new wood-fired Neapolitan truck from the Bussin Bites team. Verdict: winner winner pizza dinner.
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Little Charlie's REVISIT — The Reno Sub with Diablo Sauce
Britten and Michele revisit Little Charlie's Pizza for some of the best sandwiches in Hardin County — Reno Sub, Buffalo Chicken Calzone, Chicken Parm Garlic Knot.
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Sabor Cubano Radcliff Review: Opening-Day Cuban Sandwich
Opening day, reviewed the same afternoon. The Experienced Eater takes on Sabor Cubano in Radcliff — a brick-size Cuban sandwich, Congrí, roasted pork, croquettes, and hand-filled empanadas at 359 S. Wilson Rd.
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Donato's Pizza Elizabethtown One-Year Anniversary Review (Hot Honey)
One year in. Owner in the building every day. Hot Honey Pepperoni and cinnamon bread reviewed at Donato's Pizza Elizabethtown — 1511 Ring Road.
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Backstreet Cafe Muldraugh Reviewed — German Night Thurs + Sat
Britten and Michele review Backstreet Cafe in Muldraugh — the only local restaurant serving German food, twice-weekly German nights, cordon bleu and jaeger schnitzel, $14/person.
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Laker on Dixie Reviewed — Downtown Etown's New Drive-In Spinoff
Britten and Michele review Laker on Dixie — downtown Elizabethtown's new spinoff of the Stephensburg Laker Drive-In. The Laker Burger, the chuckwagon, RC Cola on tap.
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Two Radcliff Food Trucks Reviewed — Papa Pasta & Contreras Eats
Britten and Michele McDowell review two Radcliff food trucks — Papa Pasta's old-school Italian carbonara and Contreras Eats' championship-winning birria — at the Vine Grove rally.
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Best of the Heartland Food Truck Championship 2026 — Full Recap
Two Hardin Local hosts spent 4.5 hours judging 21 food trucks blind — and came away with winners, stories, and one caramel apple cheesecake that scored a 99.