🌱 Fruit Tree Pruning: Shaping for Health and Harvest and 11 more events

Hi Ekron! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy and cold, with a high of 35 and low of 32 degrees.
• Friday: Morning snow showers; cloudy, temps: high: 42, low: 24.
• Saturday: Low clouds and cold, with a high of 32 and low of 5 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Fruit Tree Pruning: Shaping for Health and Harvest
  Bernheim Forest and Arboretum , 2075 Clermont Road , Clermont
  10:00 am
• Emergency Services Committee
  Hardin County, KY Calendar , 150 N. Provident Way 3rd Floor , Elizabethtown
  3:30 pm
• 'Tis the Season
  Nichols Branch Library , 10729 KY-44 West , West Point
  4:00 pm
• Chance Stanley
  Bert's Rivertown Grill , 314 West St , Cloverport
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Wreaths Across America
  Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central , 2501 N Dixie Blvd , Radcliff
  10:00 am
• LTHBA Holiday Party
  Phillips Grove , 58 Ernest R. Kouma Blvd , Radcliff
  6:00 pm
• West Point’s, A Small Town Christmas
  209 N 13th St , West Point
  8:00 pm
• St. Romuald Reindeer Run
  208 S Main St , Hardinsburg
  9:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Resources & Community Support Committee
  Hardin County, KY Calendar , 150 N. Provident Way 3rd Floor , Elizabethtown
  3:30 pm
• North Middle vs James T Alton Middle
  North Middle School , 100 Trojan Way , Radcliff
  5:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Finance Committee
  Hardin County, KY Calendar , 150 N. Provident Way 3rd Floor , Elizabethtown
  3:30 pm
• Grayson County Boys Varsity Basketball @ Breckinridge County
  Breckinridge County High School , 2019 US-60 , Harned
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Registration is open for Local Volunteer and Donations Management (G-288).
  January 6-7, 2026, 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. CST daily Cumberland County Extension Office, Burkesville, KY The course is designed to strengthen the… (Nextdoor )
• KYEM has an exciting FREE training opportunity coming up next week.
  KYEM is hosting the ICS All-Hazards Situation Unit Leader (L-964) course December 15 – 19, 9:00a.m. - 4:00p.m. EST daily, at KY Emergency Management… (Nextdoor )

• Family Dollar posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Ekron. Apply here.
• Papa John's Pizza posted a job opening for Delivery Driver Brandenburg, KY in Brandenburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ekron here.

🗞 Nearby News

Elizabethtown

• Judge warns Ky. couple they could face death penalty (courttv.com)
• Bowling Green, Scottsville to receive funding to create affordable housing (wbko.com)
• Local Gas Prices Up, National Prices Down As Christmas Approaches (wkdzradio.com)

Shepherdsville

• Long-awaited improvements coming to KY 44 in Bullitt County (wlky.com)
• Kentuckians feared the post-war world. So they burned their kids' comic books (kentucky.com)
• What's Happening in Bullitt County? (pmg-ky1.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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