Oh, Kentucky

"ALL GAMES ARE SET ON FREE-PLAY"!!!

In Middlesboro, what would purportedly be Kentucky's first "charitable gaming hall" is set to open this weekend.

Postcards from Paducah. 

The Lake Barkley chamber is gearing up for the eclipse.

Meanwhile, in Manchester, ...

By the way, there are reportedly 11 drug stores in Manchester, a town of about 1,500 people.

In 2015 there were 6 #KY counties with a median age greater than 45. Our projections predict in 2040 there will be 40!#aging #population pic.twitter.com/gqBb5SEkfb

— KY State Data Center (@ky_sdc) February 8, 2017

Remembering one tragedy in Hickman, in the wake of another.

The Traditionalist Worker Party--which says its members "fight for the interests of White Americans, a people who for decades have been abandoned by the System and actively attacked by globalists and traitorous politicians” and has a chapter in Madisonville--is planning a spring conference in Pikeville and at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park.

Gov. Bevin apparently did not have anything to say about that yesterday, though he did take time during a rally to talk about Kentucky's providing the nation with “a moral and a spiritual perspective that is desperately needed.” Then he went off to do his state-of-the-commonwealth address, where he criticized the media and talked about taxes (though not his own).

Look for the helpers, in Newport.

Rest in peace, Burnice Steele, Vicco Ky. 15 bridge honoree, longtime Sassafras Sunday-school teacher and frequent sponsor of racecars around Perry County, among many other interests and pursuits detailed in a fantastic Sam Neace obituary in The Hazard Herald.