Hardin Local Weekly

For the first time, Elizabethtown Tourism is on the show. New executive director Krysta Souleyrette joins Rachel Brantingham all night: what tourism does for people who live here, free sports gear at the parks, $376.7 million in visitor spending in Hardin County in 2025, SteelGrove Amphitheater, and a free children's book about Betty and the David May House. Nate Bryan has Publix, now open. Jon O'...

Rachel Brantingham is back in the chair and the whole crew showed up. Britten McDowell and Jon O'Brien recap Jon's fourth annual National Double Cheeseburger Day giveaway, which has grown from a dozen burgers on a home stove to roughly 240 across two bars. Nate Bryan has one of the busiest opening weeks of the year, including Publix. Jon has the Vine Grove Bluegrass Festival, the Heartland Harvest...

Our very first Sunday night show. Grafton Sizemore takes the host chair this week, Rachel Brantingham is off and back next week, with Phil Taul backing him up. Phil and Nate Bryan introduce the new HS Sports Portal, Britten McDowell revisits Peach Cobbler Factory under new ownership, Nate covers O'Charley's closing nationwide with Chipotle replacing it locally, Jon O'Brien has the week...

This is the last Hardin Local Weekly that will ever air on a Tuesday at 1 PM. The show is not ending, the day is. Starting Sunday, September 13th, Hardin Local Weekly moves to Sunday nights at 7 PM Eastern, same show, same crew, same format, and Bourbon Local follows at 9. Also this week: Nate Bryan on a second Hampton Inn heading to the Elizabethtown planning commission, plus two rumors knocked d...

Grafton Sizemore is now a weekly Hardin Local co-host, and this is the first Money Moves with G: why he will not give an exact rate on air, and why the idea that you need 20 percent down to buy a house is a myth. He walks through what low and zero down programs look like in general terms, what mortgage insurance really is, the "wait for rates" math, and why long-time renters are not lock...

Rachel Brantingham introduces her new co-host, Grafton Sizemore of Motto Mortgage, and Phil Taul and Scott Lucas explain why they are moving mostly behind the camera as Hardin Local adds shows. Grafton talks about growing up in Hardin County, the stepdad who told him never to become a loan officer, and the biggest thing local veterans get wrong about VA loans, plus a preview of his new segment, Mo...

Nate Bryan takes Business Buzz live on location inside Off The Clock, the new elevated cocktail and curated bourbon spot opening this month on the second floor of The Assembly in downtown Elizabethtown, above the Social Food Hall. Owners Cameron Davis and Todd give us the first look before the doors open. Also this week: White Mills Days turns 51 with the rubber duck race on the Nolin River, a par...

A food truck rides along for the whole show. Steve Ames, owner of the Snow Dogs Food Truck, joins the crew for the full hour: his story, the menu (say hello to the Barking Bubbler), and how Snow Dogs fundraisers put money back into Hardin County schools, churches, and ball teams - typically 20% of gross sales donated back. Also this week: Cecilia Days takes over Cecilia Ballpark Friday and Saturda...

Phil asked the police chiefs of Elizabethtown and Radcliff the hard questions about the license plate cameras going up across Hardin County: around 67 cameras, 30-day retention by choice, audited searches, and the one question nobody has answered yet. Plus Cruisin' the Heartland brings 2,000-plus classic cars downtown Thursday through Saturday, Nate's Business Buzz has beignets coming to t...

Rachel Brantingham is back, and Kentucky State Treasurer Mark H. Metcalf joins live with a number that got everyone's attention: $11.3 million sitting unclaimed in Hardin County, part of $1.2 billion statewide. He shares the $1.7 million return his office completed this year and the details on Friday's Unclaimed Property Roadshow at the Hardin County Government Center, July 24 from 10 to 1...

Phil Taul has the wheel this week on Hardin Local Weekly (Rachel is back next Tuesday). Jon O'Brien maps a stacked Saturday around Glendale Summer Fest: free admission, a monster truck, a petting zoo, axe throwing, and live music, plus the Color Splash 5K, BARKET at Freeman Lake, Casey and Romy at Social Food Hall, the Oh SNAP! Summer Luau Swim Night, and the USSSA Baseball World Series at the...

It is Hardin County Fair Week. This week on Hardin Local Weekly: Jon O'Brien's night-by-night guide to the fair (through Saturday in Glendale, $15 at the gate with all rides and shows included), Saturday's downtown Night Market, and the Lawn Party at Freeman Lake, now on Wednesday with the Ultimate Show Band. Rachel Brantingham's housing update has a twist: inventory fell when she...

Hardin Local Weekly went LIVE from HubHaus in downtown Elizabethtown for a packed week in Hardin County. The new VA clinic breaks ground (and it's bigger than Publix), Hardin County's first Wawa locks in an opening date, we run the full 4th of July fireworks lineup, sit down with HubHaus owner Nick Garrett, taste our way through the menu, and break down a housing market that's finally...

Summer is in full swing in Hardin County. This week on Hardin Local Weekly: Jon O'Brien's guide to a packed week (headlined by a FREE Louisville Orchestra concert Friday night at Freeman Lake), Nate Bryan's Business Buzz on what's new around town, Rachel Brantingham's housing update with the median sold price climbing to $315,000, a look at downtown commercial real estate, plus...

Some weeks the story walks right into downtown and opens its doors. This week it's 109 N Mulberry — a brand-new German-American café from Kentucky chef Janine Washle, "The Flavor Queen," blending authentic German plates with Appalachian comfort food on one menu. Nate breaks the news in Business Buzz, and Britten & Michele give it a live first taste in the Experienced Eater. Plus...

Summer is in full swing in Hardin County, and this week's Hardin Local Weekly is packed — a Marine-owned marketing shop in the spotlight, a huge week of events, a live $50 giveaway, the latest housing numbers, and a brand-new ownership review in Radcliff. This week's episode is sponsored by Riverside Marketing Solutions — Marine-owned local marketing. RiversideMarketingKY.com · text Stephe...

Everybody keeps asking — what's actually going into the new Elizabethtown mall? So we went and found out. Phil Taul and Nate Bryan walk the entire Towne Mall property, suite by suite, as the 60-year-old enclosed mall becomes the open-air "City Center." Inside: the 4 brand-new-to-E'town stores (HomeGoods, Sierra, JD Sports & The Buckle), ~61,000 sq ft of new retail, two nation...

This week on Hardin Local Weekly , the whole show asks one question: what's bugging you, Hardin County? Our episode sponsor is Lead Pest Control — local owner-operator Josh Frenette joins live and walks through his "ask first, spray second" approach. Nate Bryan reveals the full tenant lineup coming to the Shops at Parrott Orchard alongside Publix, Rachel Brantingham breaks down a reb...

School's out, summer's officially on, and Hardin County had a big week — even in the rain. This week on Hardin Local Weekly: Elizabethtown is named Kentucky's #1 best place to live for the second year in a row, Malibu Jack's joins us live to announce its first-ever Family Glow Night, The Experienced Eater tries the brand-new Bussin Pizza wood-fired truck, plus the housing market, a...

Two big stories topped Hardin Local Weekly this week — and the second one means you don't need Facebook to follow us anymore. HardinLocal.com is officially LIVE. Phil and Rachel did a live screenshare walking through the brand-new website: every Election Interview organized by race with a Find Your Ballot tool, weekly articles for every segment, a searchable archive of every past episode, and a di...

The primary is one week away — and this episode is your full pre-vote rundown. Rachel Brantingham hosts with Phil Taul, Scott Lucas, Jon O'Brien, Nate Bryan, and Britten & Michele McDowell of The Experienced Eater. Brought to you by Tektel — managed cybersecurity for local business and AI-enhanced Cloud Voice (full sponsor note below). CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction & Roll Call4:30 Tektel...

This week on Hardin Local Weekly: National Small Business Week meets Donato's Pizza Elizabethtown's one-year anniversary with owner Phillip Justice, plus a no-stress Mother's Day weekend game plan, fresh Hardin County housing numbers, and five Business Buzz stories — Towne Mall's 8-figure renovation, JD Sports replacing Finish Line, Visionworks relocating, Cubano in Radcliff, and a...

Hardin Local Weekly S2026E18 — recorded live April 28, 2026. Rachel Brantingham leads with the full crew back: Phil Taul, Scott Lucas, Jon O'Brien, Nate Bryan, and Britten & Michele McDowell of The Experienced Eater. No outside guest this week. Instead — Rachel sits down with Phil for a Hardin Local Election Spotlight on the Primary Interview series. Ten interviews already aired in five da...

Hardin Local Weekly S2026E17 — Sponsored by The Getaway (Getaway Campgrounds in Glendale). Rachel Brantingham leads the show — with Phil Taul, Jon O'Brien, Nate Bryan, and Britten & Michele McDowell of The Experienced Eater. Scott Lucas is out this week. Big announcement this episode: Hardin Local's 2026 Primary Election Coverage launches next week with 11 candidate interviews booked a...

$75 a month. No insurance. No copays. A cell phone number for your doctor at 2 a.m. This week's Hardin Local Weekly sits down with Jim Owen and Hannah Warnshuis from Member Medical DPC - Elizabethtown's 8-year-old Direct Primary Care practice - for a 3-part conversation on how DPC works, how it's saving local employers up to 88% on workers' comp, and why their ribbon cutting Wednes...