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There's a lot of stuff going on--wars and refugees, churches and cities, the 1970s and Vietnam, the 1980s and Japan, etc.--in this fascinating Georgetown News-Graphic article by Jackie Anders on the sale of the Cardome to the Catholic Diocese of Lexington. I had to read it a couple of times to take it all in, and I'm glad I did.

Bath County High has a (beautiful) new fine-arts wing. 

The NWSL is coming to Louisville.

"With forward-thinking public officials and involved volunteer groups, the rebirth of downtown Winchester will continue unabated."

"The report brings up many good questions for Danville and Boyle County. How are we doing on being a rural development hub? Are we setting our community up to succeed long-term in a world where everyone thinks rural communities are dying? How are we doing on improving quality of life, particularly for our most vulnerable populations? Are we resisting changes that could have huge impacts because we are risk-averse? Are we putting too much emphasis on old economic development methods and measuring sticks? How well are we working regionally?"

"Too big of a challenge to focus on our differences."

Free Thanksgiving dinner, in Ashland. (And Whitesburg.) (And Wurtland.)

Free Christmas trees, at LBL.

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Central City, Nov. 24; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29; Brownsville, Greensburg, Guthrie, Mayfield and Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Fredonia, Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville, London, Monticello, Pineville, Richmond and Trenton, Dec. 6; Barbourville, Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calvert City, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Grayson, Hawesville, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Marion, Middlesboro, Morgantown, Murray, Owingsville, Paducah, Rabbit Hash, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Somerset, Trenton, Versailles, Whitley City and Winchester, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10; Burkesville, Burnside, Elkton, Providence, Williamsburg, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

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Catching up from the weekend on Facebook ...

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29; Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville and Monticello, Dec. 6; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calvert City, Columbia, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Owingsville, Paducah, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Trenton, Versailles and Whitley City, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10; Burnside, Elkton and Williamsburg, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

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The Christian Science Monitor goes to Salt Lick, Sandy Hook, West Liberty, etc. in eastern Kentucky to gaze at the curiosity of registered Democrats who are likely to vote again for President Trump ("they all said 'yes,' and they all said 'yes' emphatically") and probably Sen. McConnell ("will likely be fine").

Terri Bradshaw's plan for Mercer County economic development: Go deep ... well, ... more accurately, wide.

A 112th LaRue County Fair is happening, after all.

Good jobs news from Versailles.

Frankfort/Danville/Louisville/Lexington/Millville 2019: Aug. 15-Sept. 15.

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What's up with Barren County's hotel-occupancy dip?

Corbin's Times-Tribune apprises us on progress on conversion of an old Economy Inn toward a splash pad.

Carter County's animal shelter, nearing a year old, is just about complete.

On Bath County's 1876 Meatshower.

Happy 175th, Midway Christian.

And now the Ferrell's in Hoptown has had a fire, but the downtown hamburger and "special breakfast" provider since 1936 is plotting its comeback. 

The new CriminalJusticeDegreeHub.com paralegal poll is out, and Kentucky has two schools in the top 10.

Google is bringing digital-literacy training to Bowling Green and Erlanger.

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Corbin's proposed, Kentucky Fried Chicken-reminiscent splash park has a new and apparently better home because the local Economy Inn owner "loves Corbin so much and wants to do something great for the community," Erin Cox reports in what in a fantastic Times-Tribune meeting story that has become typical of today's world of spartan community journalism in Kentucky (All Along™).

Hemp sales surge.

Man, oh, man ... everything's complicated (sun edition). 

Well, not everything: The state education minister gave 10 school districts until close-of-biz yesterday to name names. Bullitt County's superintendent, for one, was "still evaluating," per Shepherdsville's Pioneer News.

Rest in peace, John Horace Cox, born in Madisonville shortly after the Maroons' first Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1938, proud member of UK's "Marching 100,"  teacher in every Hopkins County school, Saint Mary's Episcopal organist, organizer of family "caveman suppers" and more.

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Good jobs news from Bowling Green.

The Travel Channel invites us to "Explore the hidden gems of each state: towns with quaint shops and restaurants, fascinating histories, fun experiences and natural beauty." (Spoiler alert: In Kentucky, it's Paducah.)

The Family Dollar is grandly reopening in Morehead.

The Burgin cafeteria is bursting at its seams.

The Henderson County Public Library is exploding across its whole block.

Owensboro angles for more downtown hotel and apartment space.

Wheelwright has a police officer again, and he's reportedly a former police chief let go in Martin.

If you're in Grayson and hankering for crepes, you needn't drive over to Russell any longer.

A second-generation McDonald's franchisee from Winchester wins a "Ronald."

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Here's a fantastic, inspiring Dennis K. Brown feature in the Lewis County Herald on a lifelong resident who didn't think he had time to an organization aimed at attracting industry and employers to northeast Kentucky--until he was paralyzed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) more than two years ago. Since then, the construction contractor he founded has experienced two of its busiest years, and now Northeast Kentucky Development has launched.

Pugh's Midway of western Paducah (but not quite West Paducah)--a prime supplier of soft drinks, microwaveable breakfast sandwiches and apple fritters to lollygagging first-period English students in the Heath High School Class of '86 (among others, I'm sure)--has been swallowed by Madisonville's Rocket Oil empire and is being rebranded as Ideal Market Number 19.

Good jobs news from Pikeville.

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So much basketball happening. Still spent from the Olympics. Hard to focus.

Western Kentucky takes the court pic.twitter.com/vNn1W2Nnek

— Chad Bishop (@MrChadBishop) March 9, 2018

 

Meanwhile, things were pretty lively in and around Frankfort earlier today ...

Teachers rallying in the capitol prior to Senate vote on SB 1. The pension reform bill. pic.twitter.com/J3jW9zmDDC

— Don Weber (@DonWeber_) March 9, 2018

 

Our staff stands unified against Senate Bill 1!! pic.twitter.com/htAibt5Hw5

— Summit Wildcats (@SummitWildcats) March 9, 2018

 

.@DustiMoore, a teacher in the Bath Co. Ky. school system shouts toward the Ky Senate chamber in protest of Kentucky SB 1, a bill that proposes changes to the state funded pension system for teachers, Friday, Mar 9, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) pic.twitter.com/5ZskEHuHqB

— Timothy D. Easley (@TD_Easley) March 9, 2018

 

Attorney General Andy Beshear addressing teachers protesting the pension bill—Senate Bill 1—at the Kentucky State Capitol this morning: “If this bill passes, I’m going to see them in court.” #kyga18 pic.twitter.com/WMpqMtvjQw

— KY Attorney General (@kyoag) March 9, 2018

 

Senate recommits SB 1 to STate and local govt committee - no vote on pensions today - this spells trouble for the bill folks

— Ronnie Ellis (@cnhifrankfort) March 9, 2018

 

"What kind of business would you like to see come to Cadiz for families?" asks The Cadiz Record at Facebook, and the responses so far include a bowling alley; theater; indoor gun range; “some type of sports center that would include indoor & outdoor pool, rock climbing, repelling, etc;” "a nice motel in the Ham town area;” Jack In The Box; putt-putt golf; Walmart; Dollar Tree; shaking rink; drive-in theater; "Store for Women;” "more chain resturants like Long John Silvers, Arbys & Burger King,” and amusement park.

Monroe County is getting a new water plant.

The Paducah Chiefs (and their beautiful logo) are planning to return to Brooks Stadium this summer.

The trade association for Kentucky's distillers weighs in on the president's proposed tariffs.

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Comments flow ...

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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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Lest you think that we boys on the Kentucky desk are still sitting around with our colleagues on the Biathlon desk watching Return to Sochi on NBC Sports Network all day long, here's a video about the history of PCC ...

Mayfield's Mid-Continent University is flagging financially.

Good jobs news from Loretto.

Looking at Appalachia (but, first, defining it).

Bound for glory (and then back home to Transy).

From a (terrific) exhibit at the Tennessee State Museum, "Slaves and Slaveholders of Wessyngton Plantation," a huge tobacco operation outside of Nashville that was run by the Washingtons, who also, for a while, had a plantation in Todd County, Ky. ...

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Good jobs news from Louisville and Owingsville.

I wonder what John Herndon has to say beyond the paywall.

About the wind turbines in Fleming and Mason counties, ...

About Obamacare in Lebanon, ...

An array of U.S. 60 activities: More green on Main in Marion, Monarch Butterfly Migration Mysteries in Henderson, Monroe Style Mandolin Camp in Owensboro and the Long Run Massacre & Floyd's Defeat Re-enactment in Shelbyville.

Loyall wants a fire truck.

Owen County led Kentucky in deer kills in 2012.

Shingles sounds awful, and here's hoping the owner of the former Lynn's Paradise Cafe is feeling better and better each day.

A former Spice Girl favors Pineville's Jimmy Rose for tonight's America's Got Talent title.

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"N-NUKE"--2008 and 2010 OVC men's golf medalist and older brother of 2012 OVC medalist (and last summer's HP amateur-golfing fascination) "P-NUKE"--has a new gig.

Wine County.

Good jobs news from Owensboro (looking good!).

Oh, God. Booked in Covington.

"Goose(d)" in Owenton!

Good for "The Kaintuckeean," ready to rock Winchester.

Yours N Ours in Clementsville is uniquely hers.

Hazel Green Academy might, indeed, be "Gone With the Wind," but Tom Eblen hasn't forgotten.

#AlbumReviews: two by Macho Mic of Madisonville.

States of the commonwealth: Exports impressively up, support for the death penalty allegedly down, corn and soybeans booming, telemedicine coming and Ale-8-One approaching a bottle crisis.

Is Dixon's long municipal nightmare only beginning?

Kentucky high-school football, Week 10

Lots of district-standings setters among this week's games ...

West Paducah Heath at Fort Campbell (No. 6 in the Associated Press poll for Class 3A)

Mayfield (unanimous AP A No. 1) at Russellville (AP A No. 7)--Game of the week? Winner wins Class A, District 1--and the likelihood of opening the playoffs with two straight home games.

Eminence at Frankfort (AP A No. 2)

Ashland Fairview (AP A No. 3) at Nicholas County (AP A No. 10)--Game of the week? Winner probably wins Class A, District 7--and the likelihood of opening the playoffs with two straight home games.

Lynn Camp at Williamsburg (AP A No. 4)

Beechwood (AP A No. 5) at Ludlow

Hazard (AP A No. 6) at Pineville

Paintsville at Raceland-Worthington (AP A No. 8)

Louisville Kentucky Country Day (AP A No. 9) at Horse Cave Caverna

McLean County at Owensboro Catholic (AP 2A No. 1)

Somerset (AP 2A No. 2) at Middlesboro--Odd week for the home team.


Lexington Christian (AP 2A No. 6) at Danville (AP 2A No. 3)--Game of the week? Despite their rankings statewide, this game will determine the second- and third-place finishers in Class 2A, District 7. Both Lexington Christian and Danville are 1-1 in the district, with a loss each to Somerset.

Newport Central Catholic (AP 2A No. 4) 49 at Covington Holy Cross 10 on Thursday--NewCath rose this week from No. 7 in the Class 2A poll, and last night's win in a battle of the last two 2A state champs boosts the Thoroughbreds to 5-4 after a 1-3 start to the season.

Crittenden County at Caldwell County (AP 2A No. 5)--The home-standing Tigers soar in this week's poll from No. 10 after last Friday's win at Murray. Caldwell's only losses were 34-31 in Week 1 at home against Class 4A Calloway County and 38-37 at home on Sept. 7 against Trigg County (and that game was called with 5:42 to play because of lightning).

Murray (AP 2A No. 7) at Reidland--Healthy week for the home team.

Louisville DeSales at Bardstown (AP 2A No. 8)

Glasgow (AP 2A No. 9) at Metcalfe County

Christian Academy-Louisville (AP 2A No. 10) at Fort Knox

LaRue County at Louisville Central (AP 3A No. 1)

Knott County Central at Breathitt County (AP 3A No. 2)

McCreary Central 0 at Bell County (AP 3A No. 3t) 67 on Thursday

Bath County at Bourbon County (AP 3A No. 3t)--The home-standing Colonels are 8-0 and this week received one vote for No. 1 in the Class 3A poll--the only vote that did not go to Central. "#HoldTheRope?"

Pike County Central at Belfry (AP 3A No. 5)

Edmonson County at Monroe County (AP 3A No. 8)

Webster County at Paducah Tilghman (AP 3A No. 9)

Morgan County (AP 3A No. 10) at Magoffin County

Cincinnati (Ohio) Elder at Fort Thomas Highlands (unanimous AP 4A No. 1)

Marion County at Lexington Catholic (AP 4A No. 2)

Covington Catholic (AP 4A No. 3) at Covington Holmes

Russell County (AP 4A No. 4) at Barbourville Knox Central (AP 4A No. 5)--Game of the week? Winner wins Class 4A, District 6--and the likelihood of opening the playoffs with two straight home games.

Ashland Blazer (AP 4A No. 6) at Paintsville Johnson Central (AP 4A No. 8)--Game of the week? Winner wins Class 4A, District 8--and the likelihood of opening the playoffs with two straight home games.

Breckinridge County at Bowling Green Warren East (AP 4A No. 7)--The home-standing Raiders won again last Friday and are 8-0, but whoever voted for them two weeks ago for No. 1 in Class 4A did not vote for them this time.

Mercer County at Boyle County (AP 4A No. 9)

Lone Oak (AP 4A No. 10) at Madisonville-North Hopkins

Bowling Green Greenwood (AP 5A No. 7) at Bowling Green (AP 5A No. 1)--After going across town and whipping Warren Central, 24-0, last Friday, the Purples stay home tonight to receive the Gators at El Donaldson Stadium. Since withstanding Louisville Saint Xavier, 38-31, on Aug. 31, undefeated Bowling Green has yielded the following point totals, in order, to their opponents: 7, 3, 0, 0 and 0.

Elizabethtown John Hardin (AP 5A No. 2) at Grayson County

Franklin County (AP 5A No. 3) at Montgomery County

Bowling Green Warren Central (AP 5A No. 4) at Logan County

Grant County at Union Randall K. Cooper (AP 5A No. 5)

Hebron Conner (AP 5A No. 8) at Scott

Graves County (AP 5A No. 9) at Hopkinsville--Another trip across the Eggner Ferry Bridge for the Eagles, who entered the Class 5A poll this week on the strength of last Friday's 42-37 win at No. 6 Christian County.

Nicholasville East Jessamine at Anderson County (AP 5A No. 10)--After losing 56-52 at Franklin County on a last-play-of-the-game kickoff return for a touchdown, the Bearcats seek to stave off a streak.

Lexington Paul Laurence Dunbar at Scott County (AP 6A No. 3)

Louisville Pleasure Ridge Park (AP 6A No. 4) at Louisville Southern--The visiting Panthers are 8-0 and this week received one vote for No. 1 in Class 6A--from the one person in the country who does not believe that Trinity is the best team in all of Kentucky, at least.

Louisville Eastern (AP 6A No. 5) at Louisville Fern Creek

Muhlenberg County at Henderson County (AP 6A No. 6)--Homecoming tonight and home-staying for a while for the Colonels.

Louisville Butler (AP 6A No. 7) at Louisville Seneca

Louisville duPont Manual at Louisville Male (AP 6A No. 8)

Louisville Ballard (AP 6A No. 10) at Oldham County

Massac County (Ill.) at Barlow Ballard Memorial--"Today's going to be a great day at Ballard Memorial, and we are fired up and ready to go!"

Marshall County at Daviess County

Fulton City at Fulton County

Mortons Gap Hopkins County Central at Owensboro

Bracken County at Paris

Wayne County (AP 3A No. 7), Christian County (AP 5A No. 6), Louisville Trinity (AP 6A No. 1), Louisville Saint Xavier (AP 6A No. 2) and Independence Simon Kenton (AP 6A No. 9) are idle this weekend.

Previous reports:

-- Week 1 roundup, western Kentucky results and the Lexington Herald-Leader's preseason rankings

-- Week 2 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 3 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 4 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 5 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 6 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 7 roundup

-- Week 8 roundup, western Kentucky results and standings

-- Week 9 roundup, western Kentucky results and standings

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From the recruiting trail, ...

Kentucky is coming to Arlington, Va., and RFD-TV.

Western Kentucky went to Frankfort.

Darrell Scott (!) is coming to Madisonville, and Tommy Womack (!) is coming back.

The Very Worst Thing, again.

The Turett, no more.

KET News Quiz, baby! Nine of 10 for the Kentucky desk.

Defending the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

Keeping Long John Silvers in Louisville.

Rejuvenating a neighborhood in Hopkinsville.

Bullish on beef.

"'In Kentucky' is perhaps the best known and most printed poem about Kentucky. It was written by Judge James Hillary Mulligan for a banquet for the members of the Kentucky legislature held 11 February 1902 at the Phoenix Hotel in Lexington. ..."

Speaking of awesome (again).

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They're back on the course for the second and final round of the KHSAA boys' golf tournament at Bowling Green Country Club. Not all of them, though. Heath's Chad Behbehani and the other golfers who scored nine or more strokes over par in yesterday's first round were cut. As the 64th finisher in the 64-player-field First Region boys' tournament of 1986, let me say that I am very impressed with anyone who simply got himself to the state tournament. I hope you got to enjoy being out of school and visiting Bowling Green, and I hope you got to stay two nights in a hotel with good cable.

Great jobs news for Louisville?

McCracken County Education Association is reportedly no longer negotiating with the local teachers union.

There's the time the river caught on fire in Cleveland, and now there's the time the water plant caught on fire in Crofton.

Call this a comeback, too--Boy Lincoln is back in Hodgenville!

"The youngest touring comic hypnotist in the world."

No word yet on the condition of local Coke machines.

Less than three months until Christmas!

RIP, Marthella Mayhall, multi-dimensional Harlan High School band star.