Shape the Next School Year — District Survey Now Open
Radcliff, KY · September 16, 2026
Watching the gray clouds roll in before sunrise is your cue to take things at an easy pace today. Stay hydrated through this muggy stretch, especially if you are heading out for midday errands or evening activities.
The Lead
Hardin County Schools opened public feedback on Tuesday for the district’s 2027–28 academic calendar, inviting families and staff across Radcliff to help shape the rhythm of upcoming school years. State guidelines require 174 instructional days and three teacher development days, but setting the schedule involves a delicate balancing act: keeping semester lengths even on both sides of winter break, reserving required weather make-up days, and adjusting for regional holidays. Because shifting a single date ripples through everything from athletics to family vacations, the district’s calendar committee wants community voices at the table early. The public survey remains open through September 25, giving parents and educators nine days to submit their input before recommendations go to the school board for adoption at their December meeting.
Local Pulse
Radcliff Council Weighs Hot-Car Pet Protections City Hall First responders may soon gain clear authority to enter parked vehicles to rescue distressed animals during extreme weather.
Longtime Regional Fire Chief Announces Retirement Safety Elizabethtown Chief Mark Malone will step down after eleven years leading the department and nearly four decades fighting fires.
Local Band Director Earns Regional Honors Schools Vanessa Lee of East Hardin Middle School captured the Fourth District Middle School Music Teacher of the Year award.
Today's Outlook
- High 93°F · Low 75°F — Overcast
- Keep water handy as heavy cloud cover traps sweltering heat all afternoon.
What's On Around Town
Today
- Free Outdoor Yoga Hardin County Farmers Market (200 Peterson Dr), Elizabethtown, 9:00 AM · Free Gentle, all-levels morning movement on the grassy pavilion lawn.
- Wayback Wednesday: The First Wives Club The Historic State Theater (209 W Dixie Ave), Elizabethtown, 11:00 AM · Paid Midday big-screen showing of the 1996 comedy classic downtown.
- ALC Prayer School Abundant Life Church (1511 S Dixie Blvd), 6:30–7:45 PM · Free Community evening session focused on spiritual study and fellowship.
- High School Hangout Stithton Baptist Church (95 Park Ave), 7:45 PM · Free Welcoming social hour and casual lounge space for local students.
Tomorrow
- Celebrate Constitution Day Hardin County History Museum (201 W Dixie Ave), Elizabethtown, 3:45–4:15 PM · Free
- Louisville Orchestra: In Harmony Tour Freeman Lake Park, Elizabethtown, 7:30 PM · Free
Friday
- Heartland of Kentucky Quilt Show Hardin County Extension Office (111 Opportunity Way), Elizabethtown, 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
- Cruise Down Memory Lane Car Show Aspen Alcove (1108 Regency Way), Elizabethtown, 3:00–5:00 PM · Free
- DSAH Buddy Walk Glow 5K Freeman Lake Park, Elizabethtown, 6:00 PM · Paid
Spotlight & Story
- Rineyville
- Sylvester Riney deeded right-of-way land to the Illinois Central Railroad in 1874, securing the family name on the new depot. Decades earlier, his father Zachariah settled the tract after serving as young Abraham Lincoln’s very first schoolmaster along the Rolling Fork.
Radcliff Daily Digest — compiled from local sources as of 6 AM. For breaking updates, follow your local newsrooms.
Sent with care by MailerDot — your city, every morning.