The Department of Defense says an Army soldier from Hardin County, Kentucky has been killed in Afghanistan.Twenty year old Pfc. Nathaniel Garvin of Radcliff died Monday at a base in Kandahar in a non-combat related incident. Garvin was a member of the 101st Airborne Division, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.Governor Steve Beshear has ordered flags at all state office buildings be flown at half-staff on the day of Garvin's interment. Funeral arrangements are pending.(Photo courtesy of www.freedomremembered.com)
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.