Oh, Kentucky

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It's always interesting to see when Sen. McConnell chooses to be clear and when he chooses to be not clear. The number of words (4 vs. 134 in this case) is a pretty dependable tell.

A robo cop (not Robo Cop) appears to be coming to Madisonville.

Maker's Mark plans an expansion near Raywick, reports Stevie Lowery in The Lebanon Enterprise.

They're growing tennis players at Springfield's Idle Hours Park, writes Zack Penalva in The Springfield Sun.

Metcalfe County is raising its birds-per-barn ribbon by about 7 percent to better align with trends in today's poultry industry, Gina Kinslow details in the Glasgow Daily Times.

Angela Turner in Corbin's Times-Tribune: "(I)f you buy a bushel of tomatoes or a mound of cucumbers at the Whitley County Farmers’ Market, you just might be buying them from a hometown hero."

Jeff Neal and Janie Slaven deliver an interesting report on a mistake and correction around a burial at Pulaski County's Science Hill Cemetery, and the Somerset Commonwealth Journal article thoroughly answers a question I had never thought to ask: What happens to a person with no money or identifiable next of kin when he or she dies?

Rest in peace, Alvin Luther Randlett, 32-year janitor at Covington's Sixth Street Elementary School and $175,000 giver to the state Child Victims Trust Fund.

Oh, Kentucky

100 years for the Ursuline Sisters in Marion County.

82 years of Wingo Trade Days in Graves County.

25 years of rescued primates in Jessamine County.

20 years of Larry A. Ryle High in Boone County.

Everything's coming up Cadiz. Outdoor Life identifies it as the nation's 21st-best "Fishing and Hunting Town."

Opinion roundup ... Per wet-dry in Hindman: "Parents and residents of Knott County need to give their children and themselves more credit."  ... Per bullying in Hazard: "Childhood is supposed to be a time of learning and development, and when some of our children are opting to end their lives when they should have so many years ahead of them, then we as adults need to stand up and address this issue." ... Per mail service in Lovelaceville: "'I got people to carry me, I paid for 'em, just to get somebody to sign who's along this route.'"

$100,000!

Play on, musicians in Louisville! Roll on, filmmaker in Owensboro! Rock on, photographer in Columbia!

Rest in peace, Mr. Zuniga, Paducah composer and producer of music.