Unofficial Hardin County 911, KY

08/24/2026

UPDATE: The scene is clear. No injuries reported.

UPDATE as of 12:55 PM:
The roadway is OPEN TO ALL TRAFFIC. Crews are still on the scene.

UPDATE as of 12:47 PM:
Only one lane southbound on South Dixie Boulevard (31W) is closed at this time.

BREAKING NEWS:

The Hardin County E-911 Center released the following information at 12:28 pm, August 24, 2026.

Radcliff Fire Department, Vine Grove Fire Department and Radcliff Police Department are on the scene of a large fire at Edwards Recycling on the 2500 block of South Dixie Boulevard. It is closed in both directions, and traffic will not be allowed through due to large diameter fire hose across the roadway. Please follow this post as it will be updated when the road is clear.

08/21/2026

Great to have Hardin County firefighters join the VMAPP committee today to discuss the dangers involved in highway accident responses and to advocate for legislation to address this important issue. Thank you to Glendale Fire Chief Jason Buckles, Vine Grove Fire Chief Matthew Haddle and Upton Fire Chief Tyler Hiser. Your active leadership and collaboration is helping to shape legislation and save lives.

08/13/2026

08/13/2026

08/13/2026

UPDATE AND CLARIFICATION TO THE EARLIER PRESS RELEASE:

There was a Severe Thunderstorm Warning last evening from the National Weather Service, Wednesday, August 12, 2026.

Two law enforcement officers were communicating with one another over the radio and discussing a significantly visible cloud formation. They mentioned to one another it appeared to have rotation. They did not reach out to dispatch, however, Hardin County E-911 was monitoring the radio traffic.

Dispatch chose to activate the tornado sirens out of an abundance of precaution. There was never a tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service. The decision to activate the sirens was authorized by an experienced shift supervisor at E-911.

07/30/2026

Update 8-1-2026: If you are commenting without reading the article please check it out: https://hardinlocal.com/news/flock-cameras-hardin-county/

"We're not tracking Phil Taul."

That is Elizabethtown Police Chief Jeremy Thompson, answering the question I drove over there to ask him: with 67 plate-reading cameras in this county and no warrant required to search them, what stops somebody from following you around?

I went into that room a skeptic. I brought the ugly questions with me. The officer in Kansas who ran his ex-girlfriend's plate 164 times. The five Georgia officers arrested this month. The Illinois audit. I asked all of it, out loud, on camera.

Chief Thompson answered every one. So did Chief Jeff Cross, who drove over from Radcliff to sit in on it without being asked. So did Lt. Alex Ruiz. The Sheriff's Office answered in writing.

Here is what I can tell you before you read a word of it:

They keep your plate photos 30 days. The new state law would let them keep 90. They chose 30 anyway. Nobody can just go looking. Every search takes a case number and a specific offense. They audit their own officers. All three of them, on a schedule, in writing. And there is exactly one thing nobody has decided yet, and it is the thing that matters most.

I also published all three agencies' written policies, in full, so you do not have to take my word for any of it.

Now I want yours. Do you want these cameras in Hardin County? I have the counts, the rules, and the receipts. I do not have what you think.

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