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And now Nelson County has received a giant gift, too.

Restoring the African American cemeteries in and around Boyle County.

Taking the first step toward safer parks in Middlesboro.

Glasgow has hired its first female police chief.

Bringing Hazard together at GameStop.

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Kentucky's local "Lights for Liberty" vigils to end family separation and human concentration camps are scheduled to take place Friday at 9 p.m. locally in Danville, Florence, Frankfort, Lexington, Louisville and Paris so far.

$477 million in federal grant money for airport infrastructure is rolling in to Campbellsville, Falmouth, Greenville, London, Owensboro and Sparta, announced U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao (McConnell).

Spoiler alert: Probably not, surmises FiveThirtyEight.

At the Northpoint Training Center in Burgin, the state is piloting a program designed to help inmates not return to using illegal drugs after their release.

Shelby County's volunteer fire departments are shorthanded.

Southern Living is all about the free Kentucky River water-quality knowledge that Kentucky State University is dropping on us this summer.

I think the Chemical Coaters Association Intl. (CCAI) of Independence made an outstanding choice for its James F. & David J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

A man shot and killed Monday in southwest Louisville is being remembered as a "great" youth football coach: https://t.co/WqtZSZ2WcQ | @FallonGlick pic.twitter.com/tNZAJpd1Ls

— WDRB News (@WDRBNews) July 10, 2019

Rest in peace, ex-UK Wildcat Jared Lorenzen, and way to go, former U of L Cardinals Deion Branch, Jamon Brown and Chris Redman.

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— App. News-Express (@AppalachianNews) July 2, 2019

Way to go. You missed Barbara Bailey Day in Lexington. It was yesterday.

As for tomorrow: "Happy Fourth of July from the Carlisle Mercury: Nicholas County’s oldest business, serving Fleming County since 1867. The Mercury has been a cornerstone of Nicholas County culture for 152 years and as a product of ‘a free press’ in a nation where inhabitants enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we are proud of the fact that we have operated as a product of The American Free Press longer than the Statue of Liberty has been standing on Ellis Island."

What do you like about The Trimble Banner? There could be four tickets to the Quaker State 400 in it for you.

Floyd County Chronicle: "Both these agencies are public bodies and the business they conduct is done 100 percent on behalf of taxpayers and ratepayers. It’s vital that those on whose behalf this business is being conducted be involved in and aware of what’s going on."

Chuck Witt in The Winchester Sun: "What is impeachment?"

PRNewswire: "Dippin' Dots Heats Up Summer with Launch of Social Media Dance Challenge."

Per U.S. News and World Report, 15 colleges and universities have more than one grad currently serving as chief executive officer of a Fortune 100 company. The University of Kentucky is one of them.

In Elkton, you've got until 10 Central tonight and then 8 a.m.-10 p.m. tomorrow, Friday and Saturday to shoot off your fireworks--but that's it, buddy. In Louisa, it's until midnight Eastern today and then 10 a.m.-midnight tomorrow, and you're done--well, unless you put in a permit 15 days ago, and it was approved.

Felix E. Martin Jr's 2008 gift to Muhlenberg County keeps giving to economic development, community development, education and youth services there.

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"Micah Johnson is the cake that this country has baked," concludes Woodford County High's Shaun King in the New York Daily News.

They got together at the Christian County Senior Center on Sunday afternoon to talk about unity and diversity, and WHOP reports that they had to bring out extra folding chairs.

Comments to a Facebook post of a Kentucky Standard story about a protest march in Bardstown evidence disharmony.

Henderson Police Department looking for officers. Honorable career. Good people. Good department. @Henderson_PD pic.twitter.com/eDYaDrZ2KH

— Frank Boyett (@BoyettFrank) July 10, 2016

Mark Story reports in the Lexington Herald-Leader on another weird weekend at Kentucky Speedway and Brad Keselowski as "King of Sparta."

Kenton County is moving its government offices to an old brewery.

The Hazard Wendy's is one that got hacked.

The Kentucky Nurses Association throws its support behind medical marijuana.

The Kaiser Family Foundation comes down against Gov. Bevin's proposed Medicaid waiver.

Having cracked down on drag racing around Lewisburg, the Logan County Sheriff's Department turns its attention to Auburn.

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Looking (ah) fine in in Prestonsburg.

All but one of the links in my "Google Alert" for Kentucky was about Brad Keselowski's win in the Quaker State 400 race, so I think that must mean it turned out to be a fun and successful weekend in Sparta.

Getting out the vote in Kuttawa.

Stumping for KET in Harlan.

Bringing "high-speed" rail to Bowling Green.

The future of Memories Past and Present in Henderson?

Billy Ray Cyrus of Flatwoods was scheduled to perform Saturday at Renfro Valley. The July schedule includes Tanya Tucker on July 7, the Kentucky Headhunters (of Edmonton) on July 13 and Randy Travis on July 14. Merle Haggard is slated for Aug. 9; George Jones, Oct. 13; Rick Springfield, Oct. 27, and Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, with a Christmas blowout, Nov. 9 and 10.

A former school librarian from Hazard is still filling the shelves.

Maurice Manning ... so hot right now.

And the Christmas-parade beat goes on: Danville, Dec. 7.

Well, for Pete's sake.

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"Another historic draft night for Kentucky and Coach Cal."

Historic day, too, for Kentucky and 640,000 of its residents, per another court.

Hear Henry Clay and raise 30 stars this Independence Day.

A renovated YMCA in Harrodsburg, a new water tank in Campbellsville, sidewalks (finally) for Sebree, a park for Sturgis ... and lots of questions in Louisville.

How much of a spurt for Sparta did NASCAR yield?

A former Paducah Tilghman High and University of Louisville star picks the Campbellsville Tigers over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

See? This is what happens when you leave Lawrenceburg.

Of course, bad stuff happens in Kentucky, too. Boo for the crooks in Cordia.

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"The biggest expansion of jobs in Louisville by an individual company in years."

Forbes also likes Louisville--but not as much as it likes Lexington. (Bowling Green also fared well in the I-AA rankings.)

"Johnson briefed Chamber members of the 101st Airborne's latest major deployment to Afghanistan, telling them of dramatic improvements in the country since the Taliban was in control. He noted that in the last ten years, there are now four times as many schools, 2.2 million female college students (up from zero), and the infant mortality rate (h)as dropped 22 percent."

Doping Kentucky's crafting elite.

Best of luck to a sidelined Channel 6 anchor.

An Erlanger boy hits the jackpot on Jeopardy!

Hopkins County's judge-executive says that farmers here receive more than $3.7 million in annual subsidies.

Good advice, regardless of the weekend. Here's your better route.

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Good jobs news from Louisville (and more to come, Tweets the mayor). Bad from Nicholasville.

Coal-to-gas in Paducah?

Elvis is Bowling Green.

NASCAR in Sparta.

H! H! S!

Kentucky's Family Resource Youth Service Centers turn 20.

In addition to the KHSAA fast-pitch tournament, look for the Harlan Village Center Mall Authors’ Festival in the Kentucky desk's CY12 marketing proposal to HP management.

This one's for you, map fans!

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Topix.com, whose Internet message boards just astound me, gave in to Kentucky's and 33 other state attorneys general in agreeing to more quickly review and remove abusive or inappropriate posts (and do so for free).

The U of L football team is sequestering itself.

Former Fort Campbell HS Falcon Micah Johnson is a "big-bodied player that plays thick," Dolphins coach Tony Sparano beamed after practice Tuesday.

More jobs for Bowling Green.

Sparta is officially NASCAR's first new market since 2001.

The FFA final four includes two Kentuckians.

Lone Oak's high-powered "Air Raid" offense will be piloted by a different quarterback for the fourth time in four seasons, and Coach Jack Haskins's Purple Flash will be trying to return to the Class 4A state-championship game for the third straight season.

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Tune in for UK's men's basketball exhibitions in Canada on Aug. 15, 16 and 17.

A Covington girl got the president's attention.

NASCAR might be coming to Sparta next year.

Doping the economic-development competition between Henderson and Evansville, Ind.