Oh, Kentucky

A Murray State history professor is writing a book about Adolph Rupp, and I think it sounds like it might turn out to be really quite good.

Leonard Pitts Jr. goes to Booneville, and--no surprise--the result is fantastic.

And here's a great story about a Louisville woman who is the principal dancer in the New York ballet, and the best part is the stuff about her parents' decisions around helping her pursue her dreams.

Hooray for planetariums.

Good jobs news from Leitchfield and Owensboro.

A landmark Greenville store is closing, and the reaction on Facebook is lively.

And now here are 12 photographs I took with my phone out the passenger-side window of my vehicle while driving the Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway from Madisonville to Sebree one very early Saturday in September: