Hardin Local posts tagged episode-s2026e38 — community coverage of Hardin County, Kentucky from Hardin Local Weekly.
podcast
Rachel is back to a full one: a dozen homemade burgers that became 240, one of Elizabethtown's busiest opening weeks of the year, a stacked events calendar, and what the Fed actually did on Wednesday.
Restaurant Reviews
Jon O'Brien's National Double Cheeseburger Day giveaway grew from 12 burgers on a home stove to roughly 240 across two bars. Britten McDowell worked the grill and tells the story.
money-moves
The Fed raised rates Wednesday for the first time in three years. Grafton Sizemore on why that is not the same thing as your mortgage rate going up, and what it opens up for buyers.
Housing Market
Months of inventory dropped from 4.7 to 3.9 right before the Fed moved. 434 active listings, 112 sales in 30 days, and one lone closing in the $600,000 to $800,000 band.
business-buzz
Publix opens Wednesday, Bath and Body Works and Cold Stone just opened, Firehouse Subs is hiring under new ownership, and Shoney's marks 40 years in Elizabethtown.
events
A calendar so full Saturday alone would not fit on one page. The Heartland Harvest Festival downtown, the 27th annual Vine Grove Bluegrass Festival, Fort Knox Oktoberfest, a free glow-in-the-dark 5K, and the circus's last local shows.