Elizabethtown Local News – Tuesday, May 20th, 2025

Daily Elizabethtown

Tuesday, May 20th, 2025

Good morning, Elizabethtown. Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 20th of May.

COMMUNITY NEWS

➤ Kentucky coach Mark Pope paused his recruiting work on Sunday to help clear debris left behind by an EF-3 tornado that struck London late Friday night. The News-Enterprise
➤ The City of Elizabethtown is accepting applications for the Heartland Homecoming Parade on Saturday, August 23 — an entry-free event that encourages participants to design floats around the theme A Walk Through Time: Remembering Our Past and Planning for Our Future — and the parade will start at 10 a.m. from Public Square and run north on West Dixie Avenue to Saint John Road. Quicksie 98.3

ACCIDENTS NEWS

➤ Over the weekend, storms and tornadoes killed at least 27 people across Kentucky, Missouri, and Virginia—18 in Kentucky. WKYU-FM

CRIME NEWS

➤ An Elizabethtown man was indicted on first-degree strangulation charges after he strangled a woman who held her 2-year-old child in her arms—police are investigating the incident. The News-Enterprise

EDUCATION NEWS

➤ Fort Knox Middle High School celebrated its senior class's 100% graduation rate when the seniors flipped their tassels during a graduation ceremony Friday night—marking the start of their next chapter. The News-Enterprise

ELIZABETHTOWN EVENTS

EVENTS

SUBMIT EVENT

No new events today. You can submit one here.

ELIZABETHTOWN REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

SUBMIT LISTING

No new real estate listings today. You can submit one here.

ELIZABETHTOWN JOB BOARD

JOB BOARD

SUBMIT JOB

No new job posts today. You can submit one here.

ELIZABETHTOWN ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENT SUBMIT

No new community announcements today. You can submit one here.

TODAY'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT

It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

Know who said this? Send us an email!

Reveal the author

About Daily Elizabethtown

Daily Elizabethtown is a community newsletter sharing current events in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Our mission is to make local news more accessible, highlight extraordinary people across the Elizabethtown community, and support local organizations. If you like Daily Elizabethtown, you can support us by subscribing to our email newsletter and sharing us with your friends and family in Elizabethtown.

Advertising Opportunities

Advertising with us will make sure you stay at the top of everyone's mind—in Elizabethtown and across Kentucky. You can learn more here. We'll work together to build a custom plan to hit your goals this year.

Alternatively, you can submit events, announcements, real estate listings, and job postings. We'll include them in our newsletter on whichever dates you like.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to make local news more accessible and highlight extraordinary people across the Elizabethtown community.

We help people in Elizabethtown save time finding the news that matters most to them: local news in Elizabethtown, about Elizabethtown, curated especially for you on a daily basis—all for free.

Subscribe to Daily Elizabethtown

A free Elizabethtown community newsletter.

Daily local news: We curate the most critical news for the community every day.
No spam: Daily emails, only news! We never sell your data.