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Catching up ...

Good jobs news from Benton, Bowling Green, Crittenden, Eddyville, Erlanger, Lexington, Louisville (and Louisville), Maysville and Paducah.

Bad from Clay and Hopkinsville.

The governor before the Paducah Rotary, per Channel 6: "Not rules that 'take away this or stop access to that.'"

Pete Koutoulas in The Winchester Sun: "I am not advocating taking away people’s guns. Nor am I advocating a free-for-all in which everyone walks around packing. I’m not supporting any particular new laws. What I am urging my fellow Americans to do is start taking this issue seriously. I am a gun owner. I own a pistol, a shotgun and a .22 rifle. I taught my sons how to shoot and how to be safe, responsible gun owners. It is absurd that we require higher standards of those seeking to operate a motor vehicle than we do of those who wish to own a firearm. It is absurd that we refuse to consider all possible solutions when dealing with a problem that has become a national health crisis. It is beyond absurd that we allow one organization to control the narrative — an organization that represents not the majority of gun owners, but gun manufacturers. Meanwhile, we allow our elected leaders to stifle attempts to conduct serious research into the causes of the epidemic of gun violence that has seized our nation. No other nation experiences the level of gun violence that America does. No other country would tolerate it. What makes us different?"

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Henderson reconsiders LGBTQ rights and fairness 20 years later. Chris Kenning with The Courier-Journal visits in advance of Tuesday's vote.

Hiring in Salem (for CNAs for all shifts and with a $1,500 signing bonus), Dixon (for Webster County High archery, cheer, golf and soccer coaches) and throughout the state (for career, elementary, special and technical education, among others).

"A quirky history podcast produced right here in Kentucky," The Past and The Curious, is getting a lot of love.

Thanks, Feds, for not shutting donw Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers in Edmonson, McCreary and Menifee counties.

Happy 50th, Louisville Zoo.

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On the Monday after Father's Day, Madisonville took a pass on Sunday alcohol sales. Opines Bro. Bill Adcock at SurfKY.com, "Isn’t it ironic that the day after Father's Day of honoring our earthly father, the Madisonville City Council was faced with honoring or dishonoring our Heavenly Father? ... My verdict is ya'll 'Done Good' fellas."

Resetting in Columbus.

Sheltering in Tompkinsville.

Restructuring in Glasgow.

"Not much remains of the home, except the UK sign, which was untouched by the slide. Now Bowen will have to start over, and the family is asking the community for help." Garrett Wyler of Lexington's WDKY Fox 56 heads to Powell County and comes back with a very gripping story.

"This megabuck competition may be Louisville’s to lose." There's millions in it, reports Dianne Timmering at The Lane Report--"it," being them thar aging people.

Kentucky lawmakers are skeptical that squirrels are to blame for a delay in spreading internet access throughout the state. https://t.co/GQNdJ5ZzxC pic.twitter.com/Jvz2tS31mW

— WDRB News (@WDRBNews) June 20, 2019

Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from Floyd, Johnson and Pike counties are STEM-ing it up this month at Big Sandy Community and Technical College in Prestonsburg.

New deals with Mattress Firm and Big Lots mean lots of hiring for Lexington-based Temper Sealy International.

Rest in peace, Mr. Kenny ("KY," "Shorty" or "Shortman") Short of Robards, friendly mentor to fellow millwrights, Henderson Moose Lodge 732 cards enthusiast, U.S. Army sharpshooter, Poole Missionary Baptist Church magi portrayer and hunting and fishing buddy of Sterling's. "To know Kenny," reads the beautiful obituary, "was to love him."

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Good jobs news from Campbellsville and Chavies.

Hiring in Clinton (for a full-time secretary for the Hickman County schools guidance counselor).

The Price Is Right and, this October, live from Rupp.

Greetings from Paducah (maybe Stanley Kubrick visited the Paducah City Hall, designed by Edward Durell Stone and completed in 1964, before figuring out 2001: A Space Odyssey):

Happy 80th to "a Covington hot spot."

Fifty years of hospitality in Liberty.

The African American Coalition of Hopkins County is, at last.

About 16 percent of all Kentuckians are said to be deaf or hard of hearing.

Christmas parades: Murray, Dec. 1, and Henderson and Scottsville, Dec. 7.

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Christmas18 parades (FINAL REPORT): Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville, Nov. 24; Cumberland and Fredonia, Nov. 30; Arlington, Barbourville, Berea, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle, Clinton, Columbia, Corbin ("downtown Corbin is alive and let's keep it that way," writes the editor of Ashland's Daily Independent), Hawesville, Jenkins, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield, Lewisport, Madisonville, Marion, Murray, Paducah, Somerset and Whitley City, Dec. 1; Bowling Green, Dawson Springs, Glasgow and Salyersville, Dec. 2; Lexington, Dec. 4; Bardstown and Greenup, Dec. 6; Frankfort, Maysville, Monticello, Perryville, Richmond and Smiths Grove, Dec. 7; Benton, Cave City, Elkton, Eubank, Harlan, Hopkinsville, Horse Cave, Loretto, Louisa, Middlesboro, Munfordville, Quality, Park City, Pikeville, Prestonsburg and Stamping Ground, Dec. 8; Grayson, Dec. 11; Whitesburg, Dec. 14; Burnside, La Center, Manchester, Neon and Rabbit Hash, Dec. 15.

It's back to the capitol and (real) legislature for the Kentucky Council of Churches "to pray for government officials and act on behalf of Kentucky’s most vulnerable citizens."

Way to ruin an entertaining @Imaginedragons half-time concert with the weird rantings of a tired, has-been like @LilTunechi... One act still rising...The other, not so much...

— Matt Bevin (@MattBevin) January 8, 2019

Paducah and McCracken County officials talk prioritizing economic-development activities such as arts support and airport expansion, via WKMS.

KFVS is all excited about the possibilities of flying from Cape to Barkley Regional, and so am I.

Hiring in Fulton.

Suicides, fatal auto accidents, homicides and overdose deaths were down; SIDS and drownings, up—for a net decrease of 78 deaths from 2017 to 2018 in Warren County, per WKYU FM.

Christmas19 parades: Scottsville, Dec. 7.

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Good (steel) jobs news from Coalton.

Freeze warnings are creeping into Kentucky forecasts, and the Barren County Detention Center lobby remains available to folks who need a place to stay overnight. The jailer "kept it open all summer, actually. We had some coming and going, and we actually had a woman and some kids stay up there a couple of nights. (Homelessness is) still prevalent. It's still out there and we're doing what we can to help them." I'm always impressed with a good meeting story, and Melinda J. Overstreet has a good one about the Barren County Fiscal Court in the Glasgow Daily Times. My favorite sentence is the last of her story: "The entire meeting, including the time for the roll call, prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, was just shy of 15 minutes."

“The wealthiest Kentuckians benefit the most from our growing economy, and by a widening margin,” Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Senior Policy Analyst Anna Baumann said. “It would be reasonable for them to pay a little more in taxes, according to their ability, for the investments that benefit us all. But instead, we have been cutting their taxes, cutting investments in our schools and community based services, and leaning more heavily on middle- and low-income Kentuckians.”

Re-org at Papa John's.

Recovery at Goodfellas.

A fresh start in Madisonville.

I've never been to one, but I'm always interested in these auctions of stuff confiscated by the state government. It's fun, for example, to imagine myself becoming a jon-boat guy.

Rest in peace, Sen. Huddleston, a Cumberland County native and World War II veteran who moved town to town up and down the dial of Kentucky radio stations before going to Washington and eventually being felled by 1984 "Switch! To! Mitch!" fervor at Fancy Farm and elsewhere.

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Yoga 411.

"I’ve often dreamed about watching my son run and play with family and friends in his very own back yard. I’m excited to be able to entertain family and friends at my home for Thanksgiving, Christmas and social events." Hooray for Habitat for Humanity, and hooray for journalism like Henderson's Gleaner.

Good jobs news from Scottsville.

Remembering the Carrolton crash in Radcliff.

Rest in peace, Mr. Clark, the "Red" in Paducah's Red's Donuts.

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— ACS Sports (@acs_sports) January 6, 2018

“Produce Best Practices Training,” “Eastern Kentucky Beekeeping School,” “Women & Your Finances,” “Marketing Locally Grown Meat Workshop,” “Becoming Body Aware,” “Plate It Up,” “Beef Quality and Care Assurance Training” are among the Kentucky Cooperative Extension this month in eastern Kentucky.

Per Brittany Fuller's story in The Jessamine Journal, nine chimpanzees and 38 different breeds of monkeys live at Nicholasville’s 30-year-old Primate Rescue Center.

Kentucky Lottery sales were highest last year in Jefferson, Fayette, Kenton, Hardin and Christian counties, but, of course, we need these numbers to be converted relative to population. It should be noted, for example, that Christian County is only the 11th-largest Kentucky county.

Henderson's Kmart also is closing.

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Ever want to gather your tribe and parade? Here's your chance! The application to be in our Christmas parade on Dec 2 is part of this post. See you soon! https://t.co/YSzKKwFYgC#visitmunfordville #holidaylikealocal pic.twitter.com/PU8RmJTRIY

— Munfordville Tourism (@MVKYtourism) November 17, 2017

Christmas parades: Irvington and Owensboro, Nov. 18; Ashland, Nov. 21; Lebanon, Nov. 24; Brownsville and Danville, Nov. 25; Greenup, Nov. 28; Cumberland, London, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 1; Arlington ("Around the Block"), Barbourville, Beaver Dam, Fordsville, Georgetown, Harlan, Hartford, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville, Marion, Munfordville, Murray, Paducah ("Let It Glow, Let It Glow, Let It Glow"), Somerset and Winchester, Dec. 2; Dawson Springs and Evarts, Dec. 3; Mount Sterling, Dec. 4; Lexington, Dec. 5; Bardstown, Dec. 7; Frankfort, Dec. 8; Augusta, Cave City, Elkton, Hanson, Hopkinsville and Paintsville, Dec. 9, and La Center (donated canned goods and nonperishables go to the Ballard County Food Pantries) and Oak Grove, Dec. 16.

Kentucky is reportedly spending 15.8 percent less per public-school student than it was in 2008.

With about 40 percent of the state's regulations on combat sports rolled back, the WWE has returned to Kentucky for the first time in six years.

The Franklin-Simpson SKYCTC is doing something about Kentucky's CDL-driver shortage.

Rest in peace, Mr. Ausenbaugh, Western Kentucky State College attendee as an infant, Nebo Aces basketballer, one-time coal miner, journalist in Princeton and Russellville (and elsewhere), husband of former gift-shop manager for Barren River State Resort Park, and bonafide hall-of-famer. Barry Rose in Bowling Green's Daily News:

He probably wouldn’t have liked this analogy, but Ausenbaugh was the rock of a dream team of sorts on Western Kentucky University’s faculty that began in the mid-1970s under the direction of David B. Whitaker, head of the Department of Journalism.

In photojournalism, Jack Corn and Mike Morse created a nationally recognized program. In print, Bob Adams – or “Mr. A,” as we called him – taught the basics and shepherded the College Heights Herald staff. Jim Highland taught public affairs reporting and told us we could do practically anything.

Ausenbaugh, a former regional editor of The Courier-Journal, brought us back to reality and taught us how much we had to learn. To us, he knew everything about writing and editing, knew every Kentucky editor who might hire a young student for the summer and could throw in stories from his days at what he called the "Curious Jumble." He probably knew more Kentucky history and its towns than anyone in the History Department.

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Good jobs news from Carrollton.

You know, until about 10 years ago, I had never even heard of "heirloom seeds," but now I have a bunch of them in the garage freezer.

No, I did not know how Hart County got its name.

They're planning to get together in Kevil on Oct. 24.

The eighth-graders are celebrating at Hickman County High.

KY Poet Laureate Frederick Smock works with AP students. #Royals #amwriting @MCHSRoyals1 pic.twitter.com/yRzdJ2ieoj

— MCHS Royal Decree (@MCHSRoyalDecree) September 29, 2017

Meanwhile, in other news from the University of Louisville, ...

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I had never seen this picture of Jim McDaniels with his Italian pro team, Snaidero Udine, in 1974-75. Once again, rest in peace, "Big Mac:" I worked with Jim at Jim Johnson Pontiac nearly 21 years ago. I was blessed with my first granddaughter while we worked together. He would bring all his customers to my office to see a picture of the new baby. Will always remember him holding her and his hand was bigger than her back. He called her "the baby" and we taught her to call him "Uncle Jim". Sweet memories. ... I was at Diddle area for a Murray game when he did the "illegal" dunk. Watched Big Mac beat UK. And almost watched a national champion. Great memories! ... Talk to Jim a lot when I worked at CDS drug store. He was always very nice he will be missed. ... Last time we talked he told me about nearly drowning on our Sr. Trip in a swimming pool somewhere we were. Said Coach Cline saved his life. I'd never known that story before. ... We grew up together, went to the same 3 room school, and later the same high school. I'll treasure those memories. May God give you peace in your grief. ... I will miss him coming to Wendy's getting he's food when I work there Going to miss you he was so nice when he came in we talk the longest on my break break b over prayers are with the family he was a Great friend ... When we were in school, he always sat behind me. Back then we had to set in abc order. He would have to put one leg on one side of my desk and the other on the other side. His feet was always in front of my desk. Every time I had to get out of my desk, he would have to stand up to let me out. That is if he thought I needed to get out. if not I had to set there. I left Scottsville after graduation but still kept up with his career. I was living in Florida and believe it was then that our 25th reunion came around. I was battling cancer and could not come. Somehow he found out and sent me a very nice letter and a picture of him and Jabar. Said I hear he is your favorite. After I moved back home I ran into him at Dumplings. Was surprised he knew me ( I don't look the same as high school). He gave me his number and told me to keep him informed when the group was getting together for one of our breakfast. I did and he and his lovely wife came. Was really happy to see how happy they were. ...

I really would like to know who donated a book to the Livingston County Historical Society and what the local education board's solar-panel plans are.

Guthrie Strong.

The Kentucky Emergency Management Association hails the Lewis County judge-executive for his work in getting that county "Storm Ready."

Graves County has mobilized its future workforce in the campaign to bring Mazda and Toyota manufacturing there.

Covington is incentivizing small businesses like crazy. I am particularly interested in the new restaurant named after Walt "Smoke" Justis of the 1913 Federal League Covington Blue Sox.

Larry Rowell in The Casey County News details the local food-insecurity situation.

Here's a pretty Maira Ansari feature for WAVE 3 on an Elizabethtown boy being made able to hear for the first time.

I enjoyed this Melinda J. Overstreet/Glasgow Daily Times piece on the local Kiwanians' 50 years of service, but I was hoping it would also have the date of the Glasgow Christmas parade.

Seen on C-SPAN2: U.S. Senate votes to table (kill) Senator @RandPaul's amendment to repeal AUMFs for Iraq & Afghanistan wars, 61-36. pic.twitter.com/cZFkyu4Ux0

— CSPAN (@cspan) September 13, 2017

Yes, we did have a 64-percent decline in the percentage of Kentucky's population without health insurance since 2013. (Gov. Bevin: Hold my beer.)

Alexandria is getting a new library!

Oldham County made The New York Times!

Paducah made Snopes!

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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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Rest in peace, Jim McDaniels (1948-2017). We are amid a hard season.

And they're off! Just some of the nearly 50 members of the @PaducahChamber delegation in Washington, D.C. pushing for local projects #wpsd pic.twitter.com/cFF0jjtGaT

— Todd Faulkner (@TFaulknerWPSD) September 6, 2017

Against infrastructure decline.

WBKO's Kelly Dean delivers a moving feature on a family of Harvey refugees resettling in Bowling Green.

Kate Howard of the Kentucky Center for Investigative Journalism reports on the Louisville police's compassionate assistance to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

Oopsy daisy.

Individual health-insurance plans will be offered in all of Kentucky's 120 counties next year--but Blue Cross Blue Shield is getting out of 61 of them.

Kroger's got a new idea cooking in Union, and they're hiring.

Getting off the beaten path in Boyle County.

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More Room, in Radcliff.

Tickets for the annual Midway Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Feast of the Epiphany are now on sale (no refunds).

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 19; Ashland, Nov. 22; Lebanon, Nov. 25; Brownsville and Sebree, Nov. 26; Bardstown and Tompkinsville (first of the season in south-central Kentucky), Dec. 1; London, Maysville, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 2; Arlington, Beaver Dam, Beaver Dam/Hartford, Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calvert City, Clinton, Columbia, Corbin, Flatwoods, Frankfort, Franklin, Glasgow (more than 140 entries), Grayson, Guthrie, Harlan, Henderson (tree lighting and Christmas in the Park the night before), Horse Cave, Madisonville, Manchester, Marion, Morgantown, Munfordville, Murray, Paducah, Paintsville, Paris, Richardsville, Somerset, Scottsville (starts at the Dollar General Warehouse) and Winchester, Dec. 3; Boyce, Nortonville, Owenton and Schochoh, Dec. 4; Hickman and Lexington, Dec. 6; Augusta, Benton, Burnside, Cave City, Crofton, Edmonton, Elkton, Hopkinsville, La Center, Livermore, Nicholasville, Pikeville, Princeton, Quality and Williamsburg, Dec. 10, and Auburn, Dec. 11.

Good jobs news from Dawson Springs.

Happy Bicentennial, Kentucky, from 7Up (Kentucky for sale):

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Hey, Kentucky made Snopes!

You know how former officeholders and their families sometimes become friends and everybody enjoys seeing these two folks on opposite sides of a political divide come together? Yeah, I don't think that's going to happen with the Beshears and the Bevins.

I love it when the Kentucky and 1970 desks cross paths:

Don't miss The Somerset Ball presented by Dr. Mikel D. Smith next Thursday at 7 pm! #EveningsUpstairs #LocallyGrown pic.twitter.com/CWRs28Ds7E

— McCracken Co Library (@mclibdotnet) July 7, 2016

What's next for the La Grange skate park?

The business value chain and policy environment around Kentucky hemp are taking shape.

Appalachia food is trendy; will Appalachia benefit?

For your homesteading and survival needs in Louisville.

Good jobs news from Henderson, Russellville, Shepherdsville and Sturgis.

The company that owned the hospital in Fulton also owned a hospital in Martin, Tennessee; when Fulton County sought to take it over and find bidders for the local hospital, the company passed and instead closed the hospital, forcing the folks in Fulton to choose between going to the company's Martin hospital or a hospital owned by the company's competitor in Mayfield (which is further away from Fulton than is Martin). So writes Al Cross in a Kentucky Health News blog post.

Kentucky for sale by Lyon County (you've been warned about the leak).

"The classes expose citizens to a number of current law enforcement issues and the latest Paducah Police Department procedures."

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire that destroyed Vicco's one police vehicle.

Sue Massek of Willisburg is the Kentucky Arts Council's featured artist for July/August.

The Freakin' Weekend (1969)

It breaks my heart that this July 30, 1969, broadcast does not appear to be available on the Internet. I'm just going to pretend that ABC's on the blink in Hoptown this weekend.

I'm also going to take one more 1969 weekend to pay extra-special attention to baseball before football begins to set in in a big way.

Plus, there's other TV.

And the Western Kentucky State Fair!

This little 1969 project has really turned me on to the fact that there's a lot more to Jeannie C. Riley than "Harper Valley PTA."

Also, I didn't know Billy Graham was a filmmaker until I got into this thing.

In my heaven, when all the colors have bled into one, I will have no deadline for completing the HP #ohky I write about what happened over the last 46 years to all of the farmers who competed in the 1969 Western Kentucky Fair Dairy Show.

Girls’ Sweet 16

Thank you, players, coaches, administrators, parents, teachers, bus drivers, WKU Physical Plant, radio broadcasters, Tweeters, concessionaires, EMS and security personnel, etc. Thank you, Houchens Industries, and thank you, Kentucky High School Athletic Association.

Life! More Life!

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I voted "maybe"!

Need to see something festive on this gloomy day? Check out this pic from last night's Luminate Lexington parade! pic.twitter.com/MyFuUJb18b
— LG&E and KU (@lgeku) December 3, 2014

Christmas parades: Catlettsburg, Russell and Taylorsville; Dec. 4; Central City, Danville, Monticello and Smiths Grove, Dec. 5; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calhoun, Calvert City, Columbia, Fordsville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Harlan, Hopkinsville, Horse Cave, Island, Madisonville, Morganfield, Munfordville, Murray, Paducah, Park City, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Tompkinsville and Winchester, Dec. 6; Dawson Springs and Evarts, Dec. 7, and Benton, Livermore and Sacramento, Dec. 13.

Good jobs news from Hopkinsville and Lewisport.

The road to I-69.

Newest Mexican restaurant (37th) in the great Mexican restaurant wars of #somky in #Pulaski county. Who will win? pic.twitter.com/znwx07LcaI
— Hacksaw Lee Duggan (@DraftCats) December 2, 2014

Kentucky High-school Football, Class 4A First-round Wrap

A couple of close Region 2 decisions knocked out two teams that I thought might advance to the semifinals (Shelbyville Martha Layne Collins, the defending state champ, and Spencer County); otherwise, the first round of the Class 4A playoffs was filled with blowout wins by favorites. So let's get on to the fact that I actually attended a game! Part of one, anyway.

My daughter's elementary school had its fall festival last night, so I didn't get to Madisonville-North Hopkins until the Marching Maroons were finishing their halftime show. It was the band's first performance since earning its 10th consecutive Class 4A state championship, and they sounded terrific!

Allen County-Scottsville opened the second half by recovering an onside kick. Then the Patriots turned the ball over, but, then, so did the Maroons.

Down the field, AC-S drove.

Eventually, on third down from the 1, a Patriot runner barreled into the end zone to pull AC-S to within 33-14 (after a conversion pass for two points).

That's as exciting as this story gets, however. Madisonville-North Hopkins went on to win, 46-14. And I left at the start of the fourth quarter, because I was cold. I wish I would've taken a picture of the $6 ribeye sandwich that I purchased from the concession stand; it was really good. I did, at least, get this picture showing off how AC-S's jerseys read "PATRIOTS" across the back, over the numbers. I really like that.

Here were all of the 4A first-round results:

-- Owensboro 49, Breckinridge County 0

-- Bowling Green Warren East 38, Calloway County 0

-- Madisonville-North Hopkins 46, Allen County-Scottsville 14

-- Franklin-Simpson 62, Hopkins County Central 6

-- Goshen North Oldham 48, Nelson County 0

-- Louisville Western 49, Collins 43

-- Louisville Doss 35, Spencer County 32

-- Louisville Fairdale 44, Louisville Waggener 6

-- Lexington Catholic 48, Clay County 6

-- Rockcastle County 28, Marion County 7

-- Boyle County 45, Russell County 22

-- Barbourville Knox Central 21, Taylor County 21

-- Fort Thomas Highland 44, Boyd County 7

-- Ashland Blazer 49, Covington Holmes 14

-- Covington Catholic 39, Greenup County 8

-- Paintsville Johnson Central 67, Harrison County 14

And here's the updated bracket.

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The story behind "#LouisvillePurge."

Bowling Green High grad Jason Frakes is getting ready for a changing of the guard in Class 5A KHSAA football: "Others in the class appear to be gaining," he writes in The Courier-Journal.

First practice of the day wrapping up for the Tops. #GoTops pic.twitter.com/kwK5L9CPkr
— WKU Football (@WKUFootball) August 18, 2014

The falcon, snowman and Valley Forge Composite Technologies.

The Henderson police are hiring.

Really bad jobs news in and around Fort Campbell?

Rest in peace, Rev. Neagle, Mrs. Neagle's husband of 73 years, General Baptist minister in Kentucky and Tennessee for about 40 years and former co-owner/co-operator of Neagle’s Hitching Post Campground on Barren River Lake in Allen County.