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Catching up ...

Oh, Kentucky

I've subsequently gone on my Thursday-night basketball league's IL with a knee issue (which is really heartbreaking, because it was widely held that I had been playing the best ball of my whole freaking career), but I am thrilled that I at least stayed healthy long enough to visit and play in the gym of the 1928-state-finalist Nebo Purple Aces (reports indispensable Bob "I Corinthians 10:31" Mays, "Nebo (district champ) beat LaFayette, Madisonville, and Cobb to win the 2nd region. At the state tournament, the Aces beat Russell 31-6, Munfordville 31-21, and Inez 21-18 before losing the championship game to Corbin & its 6’6 center Bob Cluggish 24-18."). 

"Louisville Parks and Recreation is seeking information from current and future pool users in an effort to provide alternative swimming options during the 2019 summer swim season. Metro’s four outdoor pools will not be opening due to budgetary challenges caused by an increase in our state pension bill and the council’s vote against new revenue. The goal is to use the feedback to create the most useful alternatives possible."

With 478 people going to work in April, Kentucky reached a record-breaking 1,982,330 people doing jobs across the state.

Best of luck to Mr. Richardson and Mrs. Spears on their coffee/coloring pages/art endeavor in Villa Hills.

On ambulance service in and around Pike County in the wake of recent M&A activity.

Latest turn in the recycling saga in and around Lexington.

Almost six years later and still no peace for the family, friends and colleagues of Ofc. Ellis.

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Santa's House will be open Dec. 8, 9, 15, 16, and 22, 1-4:30 pm on the Historic Courthouse Lawn in downtown #MadisonvilleKY. https://t.co/qK1CrEa29G pic.twitter.com/z2nhGLyAeu

— Hopkins Co Tourism (@HCTourism) December 5, 2018

 

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville, Nov. 24; Cumberland and Fredonia, Nov. 30; Arlington, Barbourville, Berea, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle, Clinton, Columbia, Hawesville, Jenkins, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield, Lewisport, Madisonville, Marion, Murray, Paducah (congratulations to Paducah McCracken Composite Mountain Bike team, Highland Cumberland Presbyterian Church, MelRhea Balloons, Paducah Middle School, Tornado Cheer Squad, Paducah Tilghman High School Band of Balloon and all of the other entries), Somerset and Whitley City, Dec. 1; Bowling Green, Dawson Springs, Glasgow and Salyersville, Dec. 2; Lexington, Dec. 4; Bardstown (grandly marshaled by Bethlehem High School) and Greenup, Dec. 6; Frankfort (entries to be judged on how well they bring "The Songs of Christmas" to life), Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 7; Benton, Elkton, Eubank, Harlan, Hopkinsville, Horse Cave, Louisa, Munfordville and Stamping Ground, Dec. 8; Whitesburg, Dec. 14; Burnside, La Center, Manchester and Neon, Dec. 15.

Bad jobs news from Versailles.

What's next for the Springfield's old Saint Catharine College? The Mount Sterling company that bought it at auction isn't yet ready to say.

I'm excited to learn of the USK mascot and colors.

Many reportedly felt this performance of "The Wiz" could, indeed, be beaten. (Excellent reconstruction of the story by Thomas Novelly in The Courier-Journal.)

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Here are the stories that made our front page pic.twitter.com/i1HxVUdG2z

— Kentucky New Era (@KentuckyNewEra) June 11, 2018

 

Great lede in Etown's News-Enterprise by Mary Alford: "It wasn’t until his senior year of high school that Marty Fulkerson first attended the Hardin County Fair & Horse Show. He had his tie eaten by a goat."

"People get addicted to the improvement." Nice Q&A from Hannah Brown in The State Journal with Kirk Schooley, who is the pro at Frankfort's Juniper Hill Golf Course, won the 1993 PGA Kentucky Section championship and "grew up in a pro shop."

The state FFA's 2018 Ag. Teachers Change Lives Award goes to Mr. Green, retiring after 33 years at Todd Central High.

Ms. Zaino, English teacher, leaves Covington Holmes with a bang.

Good jobs news from Paducah?

Hiring in Carrollton ("TO PERFORM SPECIALIZED INTAKE WORK IN CASES OF YOUTH DEEMED HIGH NEEDS OR UNSUCCESSFUL IN THE DIVERSION PROCESS; TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK FOR CDWS AND THE JUDICIARY ON PUBLIC AND STATUS CASES ... THIS POSITION IS ON-CALL AND REQUIRES DAYS, NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, AND HOLIDAYS AS NEEDED ... $28,911.12 - $38,162.64").

Prayers for Guatemala, and rock on, brothers and sisters from Murray.

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Kentucky is on fire over state and local pensions, at a level I don’t recall seeing in more than 40 years of covering the state’s politics. https://t.co/HMZt3Pvh3O

— Al Cross (@ruralj) November 9, 2017

 

Christmas parades: Irvington and Owensboro, Nov. 18; Danville, Nov. 25; Greenup, Nov. 28; London, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 1; Barbourville, Beaver Dam, Fordsville, Georgetown, Hartford, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville, Murray, Somerset and Winchester, Dec. 2; Mount Sterling, Dec. 4; Lexington, Dec. 5; Bardstown, Dec. 7, and Cave City, Elkton, Hanson and Hopkinsville, Dec. 9.

Not much about the parade in this CNN report on Hazard's Black Gold Festival.

Good jobs news from Bardstown, Franklin, Georgetown and Hawesville.

"Tipping point," "next level," etc. in Paducah.

Kentucky for sale:

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Comments flow ...

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The scene from Jim McDaniels' service at Diddle Arena. 1971 Final Four and his banner are spotlighted. Clock at 22:38 for his points scored. pic.twitter.com/mCbto1fF9z

— WKU Herald Sports (@wkuheraldsports) September 11, 2017

The Louisville Urban League in The Courier-Journal: Your silence or ambivalence on this issue does not make you fair, impartial, or well-reasoned. Your willingness to “discuss” the merits of removal with both sides or take into consideration the perspectives of those most affected—as if our lived experiences are up for debate—makes you neither compassionate nor emotionally intelligent. Rather, they call attention to your disregard for the emotional and literal harm they inflict on generations.

Meanwhile, in Lawrenceburg, Nicholasville, Glasgow, Murray, Princeton, Madisonville, Madisonville, Danville, Paducah, Frankfort, Perryville, Morgantown, Fairview, Georgetown, Versailles, Cynthiana, Mount Sterling and Eminence ... Karla Ward looks beyond Lexington in the Herald-Leader.

Daniel Boone: The First Kentuckian: tonight at Caldwell County's public library.

Rebekah Alvey in WKU's College Heights Herald reports the ROTC travails of a transgender male student from Morgantown.

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Who's the fifth face on the Webster County courthouse?

Bad jobs news from Pineville. Good at Kroger.

Belfry High and other southeastern-Kentucky schools eye the potential of drone development and training.

Morganfield has fired another police chief.

Fort Campbell is opening a new United Service Organization Center.

Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes has died at 77. In 1984, working for Mitch McConnell, he created now-famous ad. https://t.co/HVGhOh7Mlf ^JC

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) May 18, 2017

Kentucky Rep. James Comer (R-Tompkinsville) is getting a lot of time on the radio these days. NPR visited with him today. Meanwhile, the congressman recently hung out with Mayfield's WYMC.

Rest in peace, Mrs. Lewis, Cave-In-Rock Ferry co-operator for more than 20 years. (And please plan your Saturday accordingly, Crittenden County.)

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The donuts are back in Latonia! Congratulations Emerson's Bakery on your newest location! @theRCnews https://t.co/dcTfUp4Vq0 pic.twitter.com/hbKTanzNUF

— OMEGA Processing (@OMEGAProcessing) March 22, 2017

Great jobs and humanity news in Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and Rowan counties!

Hiring in Berea: "The VISTA member will build the capacity of the KentuckyAssociation of Food Banks (KAFB) by assisting with the development andimplementation of hunger-relief programs for low-income children, adults and seniorsin all 120 counties of Kentucky."

A WKU senior from Frankfort has opened a meal-replacement-shake restaurant in Bowling Green.

One doesn't normally find sharks in Beaver Dam, and that's precisely the point.

Latest in the Gabe's saga in Owensboro ...

About WDRB's exclusive interview with President Trump ...

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The police thought it was a scam, but the priests were legit.

Magoffin County is getting a new library!

The Whitley County Extension Community Art Center explores "Ways of Seeing." "Women in the Arts" at Grayson Gallery. And "Mindful Nature Photography" at the Josephine Sculpture Park in Frankfort.

Franklin may be getting a new aquatic and community center, and Madisonville has doubled the size of its planned downtown skateboard park. 

A Louisville-based manufacturer of coffee makers and similar products has been acquired by Electrolux.

Melinda J. Overstreet in the Glasgow Daily Times delivers a compelling and thorough play-by-play of the local electric-plant board's recent open house concerning peak-rate pricing and other topics.

Murray's walk-up Dairy Queen re-opened Wednesday, and Murray did, indeed, walk and line up.

Ben Kleppinger in The Advocate-Messenger has an interesting report on the expansion of the Cattleman’s Roadhouse since 1995 from a single steakhouse in Shelbyville to locations in Frankfort, Georgetown, Louisville, Mount Sterling, Shepherdsville and now Danville. “Not a lot of people do salad bars anymore because they’re expensive,” says one of the chain co-owners.

Food City is growing in Middlesboro.

Fort Thomas Pizza owner, Patrick Casey, dies at 57. Prayers to his family. https://t.co/Z2zsqf6qP8 pic.twitter.com/qtXVGlq8Jx

— Fort Thomas Matters (@FtThomasMatters) March 3, 2017

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Can't wait for KET's Hilltoppers documentary? Bowling Green doesn't have to.

Kentucky Proud beer is coming.

40 years and 80 photos of Rupp Arena.

Lexington needs a Christmas tree.

The eclipse is coming, and Lyon County is getting ready.

Hopkins County celebrates #ComingOutDay.

Today's also the last day to register in Kentucky to vote in the general election.

Paducah's Schmidt Farms on Cairo Road will be auctioned Dec. 3. 

Little Free Libraries are spreading throughout Perry County.

Arsenic cleanup is finished in Ohio County, reports the Messenger-Inquirer.

Rest in peace, Bobby Keith, coach of the 1987 #khsbbk-champion Clay County Tigers.

Because the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption has the world's largest church stained glass window. #NKYBecause https://t.co/oDUHUhC47S

— Trey Grayson (@KYTrey) October 11, 2016

The Freakin' (Labor Day) Weekend (1970)

Getting a late start on the holiday (1970) weekend. Just got back in from Scranton.

I would've been interested in getting out to see the first Friday night of high-school football, as Mount Sterling, Elizabethtown and Louisville Saint Xavier seek to defend their KHSAA titles.

Caldwell County, apparently, won't be challenging for a crown ...

There are rarely movies out these days that interest me, but here's one ...

There's plenty of other good stuff happening around this Labor Day weekend that I would typically be interested in getting out for ...

But, this weekend, I'll probably stick close to home, flip through the new Sports Illustrated, and read about my Dolphins ...

Tex Maule has a feature on our new coach ...

And the new team media guide arrived this week ...

I'm not going to trust any takeaways from tonight's exhibition, however ...

Sonny Jurgensen and the rest of the Redskins are going to be distracted. Right after the game, they're going to be flying back north for a funeral ...