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Hiring at the pen (starting at $14.25 per hour). Seeking someone with "a sincere passion for Henderson and our region."

Locals take over Owensboro's Towne Square Mall. Paducah downtown is amid a makeover (including a possible influx of Louisville investment). I love malls and downtowns, as well as Paducah and Owensboro, so this is all great news by my score.

Lexingtonwise, Sav's No. 2 has opened downtown; Drake's No. 14, in Hamburg.

Garbage goes private in Liberty.

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Central City, Nov. 24; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29;  Greensburg, Guthrie and Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs, Murray, Salem and Sebree, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Clay, Fredonia, Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville, Irvine/Ravenna, London, Maysville, Monticello, Pineville, Richmond, Smiths Grove, Stanton and Trenton, Dec. 6; Arlington, Barbourville, Beattyville, Berea, Bloomfield, Bowling Green,  romley/Ludlow, Brownsville, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle, Clinton, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Grayson, Greenville, Hawesville, Henderson, Horse Cave, Inez, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield, Lexington, Madisonville, Marion, Middlesboro, Morgantown, Munfordville, Murray, Owingsville, Paducah, Rabbit Hash, Raceland, Russell Springs, Salyersville, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Somerset, Trenton, Versailles, Whitley City and Winchester, Dec. 7; Auburn, Georgetown and New Haven, Dec. 8; Augusta, Burkesville, Burnside, Campbellsville, Cave City, Elkton, Franklin, Louisa, Mayfield, Providence, Williamsburg and Woodburn, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

Oh, Kentucky

The state's fastest internet speeds are found in Jackson and Owsley counties. "It is a gamble that has paid off," writes Kim Kobersmith in The Daily Yonder. "Residents are harnessing the power of the network to improve their lives by accessing well-paying jobs, opening new educational doors, and virtually visiting their doctors for health consultations."

"What's Next EKY?"

And how about for Daviess County's old Airport Fire Station?

Kentucky’s housing market in October: 8.4 percent more homes sold than in October 2018 at a median closing price that was 8.3 percent greater.

Bad jobs news from Paducah.

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Central City, Nov. 24; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29;  Greensburg, Guthrie and Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs, Murray, Salem and Sebree, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Clay, Fredonia, Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville, London, Monticello, Pineville, Richmond, Smiths Grove and Trenton, Dec. 6; Arlington, Barbourville, Berea, Bloomfield, Bowling Green, Bromley/Ludlow, Brownsville, Cadiz, Calvert City, Clinton, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Grayson, Hawesville, Henderson, Horse Cave, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield, Lexington, Madisonville, Marion, Middlesboro, Morgantown, Munfordville, Murray, Owingsville, Paducah, Rabbit Hash, Russell Springs, Salyersville, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Somerset, Trenton, Versailles, Whitley City and Winchester, Dec. 7; Auburn, Georgetown and New Haven, Dec. 8; Augusta, Burkesville, Burnside, Cave City, Elkton, Franklin, Mayfield, Providence, Williamsburg and Woodburn, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

Oh, Kentucky

Will Perkins with the Glasgow Daily Times delivers a lively feature from Farm Safety Day for Metcalfe County Middle School students. It sounds like quite an elaborate event--on the working family farm of a high-school ag teacher, 40 stations focused on different aspects of farm safety and involvement from businesses from as far away as Elizabethtown and Glasgow. "It's just a super, hands-on learning experience," said an advanced-placement biology teacher.

I'll tell you what also sounds great: the Tennessee River-Line trails project!

Mayor updates on Rite Aid renovation; groundbreaking set for new water planthttps://t.co/Oiqx2KT5FU pic.twitter.com/sKLJZO2sOL

— Grayson News-Gazette (@gcnewsgazette) May 10, 2019

Paper recycling? Yes in Covington, no in Lexington.

It's signing day for Madisonville Community College's advanced-manufacturing prospects.

The 2019 Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (ELI) class at Somerset's Center for Rural Development has been named. "ELI provides high school students in Southern and Eastern Kentucky with an in-depth look at what it takes to start their own business venture — from idea development to building a model prototype of their business concept."

Hiring in Harlan.

A residential treatment center for drug-addicted women and their children is planned for Clay County.

The Russell County Detention Center is moving to a higher-tech approach to identifying and tracking inmates, and the jailer interviewed on WJRS of Russell Springs--FM 104.9, "Lake Cumberland's Best Country"--sounds realistic but generally optimistic.

Three Murray State students shared their findings on "trauma journalism" with The Paducah Sun.

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On the "Action Whether to Keep McKinney Elementary Open or to Close McKinney Elementary," Stanford's WPBK lays out some crucial Lincoln County school history.

Your Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame nominations are due Friday, so you better get on it.

Short run for a Russell Springs restaurant.

Ashland needs a new Salvation Army administrator; Owensboro, a new symphony-orchestra CEO.

Madisonville appears to be headed to experiencing its first apartment-complex construction in about 30 years.

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Good jobs news from Dekoven and Owenton.

Dining options in Russell Springs narrow.

Business-travel options between Louisville and Los Angeles get a big boost.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Berea, Bowling Green and Paducah, Dec. 1; Richmond, Dec. 7, and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8.

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Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Bowling Green and Paducah (video of 2017 available at this link!), Dec. 1; Richmond, Dec. 7, and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8.

It's not where I do my online shopping, but apparently you can pick up a pilfered database of Kentucky voters' full names, voting history, etc. for $2,000 at DarkWeb.com.

Bad jobs news from Bowling Green, Grayson, Louisville and Russell Springs.

When downtown Sears opened, it was the Amazon of 1929. And it was huge https://t.co/8WzZtmHtuv pic.twitter.com/ig1DpCiwe9

— Courier Journal (@courierjournal) October 16, 2018

And what's next for BG's iconic Judy's Castle?

Owensboro's new Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens Thursday-Saturday in gradually more open fashion.

Three-days-a-week autumn leaf pickup starts Monday in Elkton, but your last chance? Well, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen--or at least they're not saying.

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Will Perkins reports in the Glasgow Daily Times on two brothers who opened their custom-gun business on the day before Sunday: “We can build any type of gun you want, any kind of customization you're looking for, from straight-up build or if you're trying to supe it up.”

A "trivial" dispute about leaves and glass clippings appear to be at the heart of neighborly violence that sent U.S. Sen. Rand Paul to the hospital with broken ribs.

Typical workplace power and male insecurity appear to be at the heart of a sexual-harassment settlement that led to Ky. Rep. Jeff Hoover to resigning his leadership post in the legislature. 

The Clinton County Jail reportedly had to be evacuated this morning because of a fire.

Kmart's Kentucky footprint is down to Erlanger, Grayson, Paducah, Russell Springs and Somerset following its recent spate of closings, reports West Kentucky Star.

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A discount code and Florida driver's license can get you a 25-percent discount on Kentucky State Park lodge rooms and cottages through Sept. 12.

What might dark fiber do for Nelson County?

Kentucky for sale (I would love to see a traveling exhibit of snapshots taken by "avid-candid-camera-enthusiast" Mrs. Chandler during her husband's years in office):

Bad jobs news in Left Beaver and Louisville.

An 82-year-old man from Russell Springs has become the Kentucky horseshoes champ for a fifth time.

Kentucky High-school Girls' Basketball, Two Teams Left

1920 Paris
1921 Ashland
1922 Ashland
1923 West Louisville
1924 Ashland
1925 Georgetown
1926 Maysville
1927 West Louisville
1928 Ashland
1929 Ashland
1930 Hazard
1931 Woodburn
1932 Woodburn
1975 Louisville Butler Traditional
1976 Louisville Sacred Heart
1977 Laurel County
1978 Laurel County
1979 Laurel County
1980 Louisville Butler
1981 Pulaski County
1982 Marshall County
1983 Bowling Green Warren Central
1984 Marshall County
1985 Whitley County
1986 Oldham County
1987 Laurel County
1988 Louisville Southern
1989 Clay County
1990 Lexington Henry Clay
1991 Laurel County
1992 Louisville Mercy
1993 Nicholas County
1994 Hazard M.C. Napier

1994 KHSAA girls basketball state champions, the M. C. Napier Navajos. #MountainSportsHOF pic.twitter.com/lO5MuHw9xz

— Mountain Sports HOF (@MtnSportsHoF) March 30, 2017

1995 Scott County
1996 Union County
1997 Hazard
1998 Elizabethtown
1999 Lexington Catholic
2000 Olive Hill West Carter
2001 Lexington Catholic
2002 Louisville Sacred Heart
2003 Louisville Sacred Heart
2004 Louisville Sacred Heart
2005 Lexington Catholic
2006 Lexington Catholic
2007 Lexington Catholic
2008 Louisville Butler
2009 Louisville Iroquois
2010 Louisville Mercy
2011 Rockcastle County
2012 Louisville duPont Manual
2013 Marion County
2014 Louisville Butler
2015 Covington Holy Cross
2016 Louisville Butler
2017 ...?

2 p.m. Eastern today, Mercer County Titans (30-6) vs. Franklin County Lady Flyers (33-5)

Kentucky High-school Girls' Basketball, Four Teams Left

Well, I've loved my Google Maps map all week long.

6:30 p.m. Eastern, Murray Lady Tigers (29-5) vs. Mercer County Titans (30-6)

8 p.m., Franklin County Lady Flyers (33-5) vs. Covington Holmes Lady Bulldogs (30-5)

Kentucky High-school Girls' Basketball, Eight Teams Left

Our map is tightening; can Murray and/or Henderson County keep it from turning into a triangle today? Here are today's state-tournament quarterfinals at BB&T Arena at Northern Kentucky University.

Noon Eastern, Louisville Butler Bearettes (34-2) vs. Murray Lady Tigers (28-5)

1:30 p.m., Winchester George Rogers Clark Lady Cardinals (31-4) vs. Mercer County Titans (29-6)

6:30 p.m., Franklin County Lady Flyers (32-5) vs. Independence Simon Kenton Lady Pioneers (29-6)

8 p.m., Covington Holmes Lady Bulldogs (29-5) vs. Henderson County Lady Colonels (29-5)

Here's a printable KHSAA bracket, by the way.

Kentucky High-school Girls' Basketball, 12 Teams Left

Twelve teams remain in play for the state championship, and here are today's four games ...

Noon Eastern, Henderson County Lady Colonels (27-5) vs. Hindman Knott County Central Lady Patriots (28-6)

I've went ahead and tuned in to WSON AM 860 ("Your Teams, Your Town") early this morning, and, before Lady Col-pregame coverage started, I happily heard Them's 1964 "Gloria;" Michael Jackson's 1982 "Beat It;" Chicago's 1988 "I Don't Want To Live Without Your Love;" Boz Scaggs's fantastic 1977 "Lido Shuffle;" Kenny Loggins's 1986 "Danger Zone" (I moved back to Kentucky in 2008, and, seriously, I can't imagine one day has passed since then that I didn't hear this song on some local radio station or supermarket overhead); Harry Chapin's 1974 "Cats in the Cradle" (this one's for you, Go Heath!); Chic's 1977 "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)," which I thought was going to be Steve Miller Band's (also) 1977 "Swingtown;" the Hall & Oates 1980 version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," and Bachman-Turner Overdrive's 1974 "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet."

1:30 p.m., Russell County Lakers (26-8) vs. Franklin County Lady Flyers (30-5)

6:30 p.m., Independence Simon Kenton Lady Pioneers (27-6) vs. Paintsville Lady Tigers (28-4)

8 p.m., Covington Holmes Lady Bulldogs (27-5) vs. Grayson County Lady Cougars (22-10)

Kentucky High-school Girls' Basketball, 16 Teams Left

Those are the 16 teams who are competing for the 2017 Kentucky High School Athletic Association girls' basketball championship, depicting the routes of the eight with state-tournament games today at BB&T Arena in Newport:

Noon Eastern, Louisville Sacred Heart Valkyries (29-5) vs. Louisville Butler Bearettes (32-2)

1:30 p.m., Murray Lady Tigers (26-5) vs. Nelson County Lady Cards (30-3)

6:30 p.m., Boyd County Lady Lions (26-8) vs. Mercer County Titans (27-6)

8 p.m., Winchester George Rogers Clark Lady Cardinals (29-4) vs. Harlan Lady Dragons (27-8)

You can find all kinds of valuable information at the fabulous KHSAA website, including a program and this handy list of radio stations carrying the network feed.

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Ready to vote in western Kentucky? Channel 12 is.

Kentucky for sale: "ALL OF OUR GEODES COME FORM CREEKS AND THE BACK WOODS OF KENTUCKY …"

LBL’s Energy Lake, Hillman Ferry, Piney and Wranglers campgrounds want part of that sweet eclipse action.

Marion County Public Library is turning itself into a "makerspace."

Good jobs news from Central City.

Ellie and Finn's parents update The Lane Report on challenges and opportunities for the Berea-based EllieFinn healthy-snacks business.

Here's hoping you find that pot of gold. Beautiful double rainbow over Paducah this morning. #WPSDWx pic.twitter.com/iATsh8IQMz

— WPSD Local 6 (@WPSDLocal6) October 20, 2016

Oh, Kentucky

Shaun King of the New York Daily News and Woodford County High: "What I am doing is not enough, though. Police brutality, by every statistical measure is the worst it's ever been. Racial terror is real in this country. The deadliest hate crime against African Americans in the past 85 years didn't happen in 1955, 1965, or 1975, but happened LAST YEAR in Charleston. LAST YEAR. On our watch, in our lives. Police are murdering are sons and daughters, mothers and fathers with relative impunity all over this country."

Prayers for the flooded.

In Dunnville--and, apparently, across south-central Kentucky--"(l)ack of workers is now my No. 1 inhibiting growth factor, bar none."

An Owensboro Independence Day party never stops.

We've made the turn to the back nine toward Christmas, and early next week in Berea is the time to get your act together.

Good things ahead! An update on the upcoming expansion of the @BSCTC05 Pikeville Campus from Pres. @DevinStephenson: pic.twitter.com/QmYw6UwhxQ

— City of Pikeville (@PikevilleBuzz) July 6, 2016

Oh, Kentucky

30-NOV-1928 Happy 87th Birthday to Joe B. Hall. Hall played 3 games at UK, scoring 0 pts, then transferred to Sewanee where he starred...

— bigbluehistory (@bigbluehistory) November 30, 2015

...Hall later returned to UK to graduate. He coached at Regis College, then took asst. coach at UK, then head coach pic.twitter.com/ihB7o2fYRd

— bigbluehistory (@bigbluehistory) November 30, 2015

Joe B. will always be known for taking Cats to every part of Commonwealth with exhibition games each year. That's when Kentucky became BBN.

— Oscar Combs (@wildcatnews) November 30, 2015

Louisville wins again in Lexington.

Building a (new) bridge in Aurora.

"Because Kentuckians are often celebrated for their fighting spirit, those individuals and groups in the state who have questioned war have often been downplayed or ignored by historians."

“Whatever Christmas was before, whatever losses you’ve suffered, however far you’ve traveled, Christmas has to be where you are now—that’s the last line: ‘it has to be here.’”

Christmas parades: Hazard and Owensboro, Nov. 21; Ashland, Nov. 24; Russell Springs and Williamstown, Nov. 28; Lexington, Dec. 1; Louisa, Dec. 3; Central City, Harlan, Maysville and Walton, Dec. 4; Arlington, Bowling Green, Frankfort, Grayson, Hopkinsville, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville, Middlesboro, Munfordville, Murray, Paducah, Somerset and Winchester, Dec. 5; Hickman, Dec. 8, and Benton, Elizabethtown, Elkton, La Center and Nicholasville, Dec. 12.

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Time to start planning that summer vacation.

Good jobs news from Elkton, Owensboro, Russell Springs, Henderson and Morganfield. Unemployment statewide? Up from 2012 to 2013 in 57 counties, down in 51, same in 12.

Toward Appalachian Innovation.

Paducah's Spring Tradition.

Purchase Parkway widening and new Lake Barkley bridging are among the state's road projects in the works.

Farley Elementary School, near Woodlawn-Oakdale (and not far from the (really) old Wal-mart site), is closing.

A richer John James Audubon experience is coming.

Oh, Kentucky

Rest in peace, Mr. Crittenden, a big winner in Cuba and later Russia, a record-breaking Racer in between, a snubber of the Knicks for the Peoria Caterpillars, Calloway County High's first basketball coach and, finally, one of the state's premier principals.

Happy 50th, Boyle County High. 

A College of the Ozarks history professor remembers desegregation in Bowling Green.

The culture wars rage on--outside a McCracken County High art classroom and inside the Harlan County school cafeterias.

Live from Gilbertsville, it's Col. Sanders.

Live on TV, it's Pineville's Jimmy Rose.

Good jobs news from Frankfort, Georgetown, Hopkinsville, Louisville and Russell Springs.

Oh, Kentucky

Princeton welcomes home Emma Talley, and the media frenzy continues.

The HPKo13 competition is, indeed, fierce!

"Bridge to Nowhere" is just a great, great name for a band.

Good detail from Cris Ritchie in The Hazard Herald in a story about a prayer service at a new Hazard elementary school: "(W)hen the group, which consisted of local residents ranging from students’ parents to police officers and school board members, first attempted to circle the school they found themselves about 50 feet short. That’s when the Perry Central football team, which was practicing nearby, joined in to complete the circle."

Are you ready for some squirrels?

These are the days for the VolleyTops.

Good jobs news from Franklin, Louisville and Russell Springs.

Good dog news from Mayfield.

Good for Joe B!

Lexington's Parkette has expanded.

There's only one "Big Swap Tradio," and it's on "The Big One."

Flooding in the home of the King ...

Pic from Wayland (Floyd County). Sent in by viewer Sandi Sexton Willoughby. pic.twitter.com/5yOkvnAobA
— Brandon Robinson (@wymtbrobinson) August 12, 2013

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