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  • Saturday, December 21, 2024 -- Boys' Basketball @ Metcalfe Mania (CH vs. Metcalfe County, 11:00 a.m.; CH vs. Monroe County, 2:00 p.m.)
  • Saturday, December 21, 2024 -- Girls' Basketball @ Metcalfe Mania (CH vs. Metcalfe County, 12:30 p.m.; CH vs. Cumberland County, 3:30 p.m.)
  • Saturday, December 21, 2024 -- Girls' Wrestling: Individual Lady Colonel Invitational @ Henderson County
The Student News Site of Central Hardin High School

The Central Times
The Student News Site of Central Hardin High School

The Central Times
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The CHHS Construction Crew works on the finishing touches of the new main entryway on Dec. 19. Students and teachers are not the only ones in the Christmas spirit. Their background music on this second-to-the-last school day of 2024 spread the message, "We wish you the merriest, the merriest/the merriest, yes the merriest. . . . " Happy Holidays to our hardworking construction crew!

[Photo] Campus Life 2024-25

December 19, 2024
The old Lincoln Trail has now transitioned into the Bruin Academy. Over the summer, Administrators worked hard to make the campus feel like Central Hardin instead of an Elementary School.

[Photo] Adjusting to Bruin Academy

Audrey Johnson, Social Media Manager, writer
September 27, 2024
Rising freshmen Jack Mann, Santi McNeil, and Josiah Bennett work on the online Health class to get a head start on their high school credits at Summer School on June 14. Almost 200 students took advantage of the opportunity to take Health during the June 3-14 Summer School period.

[Photo] Campus Life 2023-2024

June 14, 2024
Class of 2024 president Ethan Williams delivers his commencement speech to his peers on May 25. See the cap toss and fight song in action in the video below.

[Photo] Congratulations, Class of 2024!

May 25, 2024
The Central Hardin boys' basketball team "breaking out" as a team after the Ballin With The Bruins showcase night (Nov. 14).

[Photo] It’s Bigger Than Basketball

Syra Lundergan, Writer/Managing Editor
December 14, 2023
A video of Angelina Mykytiuk plays during the Overdose Simulation on Oct. 30. Mykytiuk lost her brother Andrew to an overdose in September of 2021.

A Teacher’s Take on the Overdose Simulation

Susan Sherrard, Guest Writer
November 20, 2023
Hardin County Schools Admin check students students for Chromebooks and three-ring binders at Door 10.

[Photo] Security System

Alesis Ruley, Co Editor-In-Chief
September 29, 2023
Ketchup packets are left on the floor and smashed during PowerHour. This caused PowerHour to get shut down in the past.

[Photo] PowerHour or SourHour?

Lindy Barnes, Writer
September 20, 2023
The football homecoming dance from 2018, hosted by Y-Club, was well attended with a neon theme.

[Photo] Where Did Our Homecoming Dance Go?

Ashley Borders, Writer
September 8, 2023
Sophomore Samara Hardy (skunk), junior Garrett Milby (tortoise), sophomore Kodiak Hinton (hare), junior Eleonore Biedermann (Mrs. Fox), and senior Emily Valentin (Jamie the Fox) perform the last scene of On Your Mark, directed by junior Riley Weber, in Betsy Hobbs's 3rd Block Honors English III class (March 16).

[Photo] Campus Life 2022-2023

March 16, 2023
Students use PowerHour for both social and academic purposes in English teacher Susan Sherrard's room back in September 2022.

[Photo] PowerHour: Where’d It Go?

Lilly Keith, Writer
January 20, 2023
Danielle Nolan and Logan Sanders were awarded Mr. and Miss Senior.

[Photo] Senior Night 2022

November 4, 2022
Emilee Laundermilt and Ace Romero awarded Most Changed Since Freshman Year

The 2021-2022 Central Times staff was rated Excellent for Online Coverage in the 2022 KYJTA Best of Kentucky Awards. Pictured are staff members Lilly Keith, Natalie Williams, Kenzie Stambaugh, Claire Prater, Justin Burrous, Maggie Phelps, Alesis Ruley, Lauren Powell, Azra Emeksiz, Shelby Logsdon, Grace Atherton, and Eli Thompson. Not pictured, Grant Avis.

[Photo] Central Times Staffs Represent Well in KYJTA Best of Kentucky Awards, WKU Mark of Excellence Contest

June 8, 2022
Silverleaf's Nick Sullivan speaks to Ms. Sherrard's 1st block English III class about how to recognize unhealthy relationships on Apr. 20.

Social Studies teacher Brandon Mudd during his interview with The Central Times staff. (Jan. 19)

[Photo] A Decade of Giving Has Been Enough for Mudd

Claire Prater, Staff Writer
January 27, 2022
Junior Chrysla Jewell takes a moment to consider what to draw next on a Spirit Week poster as fellow juniors Anna Monge, Dillan Baird, Kaitlin Lindsey, and Davion Hicks look on. (Sept. 22)

[Photo] Campus Life 2021-2022

November 11, 2021
When you're a science teacher, you don't just walk by a non-human organism in the hallway without stopping to check it out. After noticing this horsehair worm exiting its host (a beetle) in the hallway on March 18, science and math teacher Chuck Pearsall went to fetch his colleague and fellow science teacher, Tina Cox. They took the opportunity to educate the English and social studies hallway about this real-life science example.

[Photo] Campus Life in 2021

April 16, 2021
Participants listen attentively to freshman Eli Thompson describe his journey with cancer.

[Photo] raiseRed a Success for Central

Damian Walk, Staff Writer
October 23, 2019
Junior Emily Bryant was honored before the Homecoming game on Jan. 25 for scoring her 1,000th point in December.

[Photo] Despite snow days, Basketball Homecoming game, ceremony go on

February 1, 2019
Snow Day Decisions

[Video] Snow Day Decisions

Alissa Briscoe, Writer
December 6, 2018
Juniors Lois De Heer, Paulina Leon, Taichi Karikoma, and Ngai Ching Wong (Gladys) pose in their Maroon 5 shirts, which they purchased at the Sept. 22 concert.

[Photo] Foreign Exchange students get up close and personal with Maroon 5

Alissa Briscoe, Writer
September 27, 2018
Senior parents and students listen to a presentation by Isaacs and a Balfour representative.

[Photo] Bruin cap and gown get an upgrade

October 10, 2018
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Hippie: William Elliot and Timothy Newton wear their craziest clothes.

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