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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.

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Catching up from the weekend ...

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, Bromley/Ludlow, Brownsville, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle, Clinton, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Grayson, Hawesville, Henderson, Horse Cave, Inez, 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.

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Catching up from the weekend on Facebook ...

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29; Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville and Monticello, Dec. 6; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calvert City, Columbia, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Owingsville, Paducah, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Trenton, Versailles and Whitley City, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10; Burnside, Elkton and Williamsburg, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

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Bill Straub in the Northern Kentucky Tribune: "Once you work your way through the briars, brambles, and bushes where a rabbit couldn’t go in Kentucky politics, you’ll discover that elections often come down to just two issues – abortion and guns."

So let's imagine you're in western Kentucky from out of state and trying to figure out how where to take the fam to eat tonight to kick off your #freakinweekend in style. Well, here's some (270) foodie 411 for you:

-- Tapas have come to Owensboro.

-- Tacoholics is expanding again in Henderson.

-- Patti's is not quite back yet in Grand Rivers, but they do now have that new grill named after the town's founder.

Loretto is getting sidewalks!

This interactive map, from Frankfort's Kentucky Center for Statistics, looks like so much fun, and I can't wait to find out what it is that it's teaching me.

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Free clothes ... 9-1 Central next Saturday at First Christian on South Green in Henderson.

Forum with the governor ... 2 Eastern today at the American Legion on West Broadway in Lawrenceburg.

It’s never too late to return an overdue book. This was just received by the Tates Creek Branch by mail from Georgia. #lexpublib #loveyourlibrary #livelex #librariesofinstagram #overduebook #betterlatethannever #1968wasagoodyear pic.twitter.com/6o9RioNP5M

— Lex Public Library (@lexpublib) September 5, 2018

Kacie Goode arrays an interesting anecdotal survey of teen-age employment around Nelson County (including a dry cleaner's son) for Bardstown's Kentucky Standard.

It's a wrap for The Gold Standard at Fort Knox.

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Good jobs news from Glasgow.

IGA and Kroger (along with a bunch of other workplaces) will be going head to head for employees at a hiring fair in West Liberty next week.

Opening in Fort Mitchell. Closing in Owensboro. Coming back in Madisonville. Came back in Beattyville.

I am tempted to enroll as a nontraditional, commuter student at Hazard Community and Technical College just to give this cool-looking CDL simulator a spin.

The nation's highest-paid state CIO is the one in Frankfort, per Lexington's Council on State Governments, reports Louisville's Courier-Journal.

Essential Hendersonian Douglas White weighs in with a typically outstanding update on the back and forth on the former Player's Club golf course.

The horse-racing track that Churchill Downs and Keeneland are planning to open in Oak Grove has moved a step closer toward a projected 2020 opening.


Heavenly Treasures shared in Washington County and beyond.

The alleged Nancy apple bandits have been apprehended.

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Glen Drury Week rolls on in Lawrenceburg.

It looked dire for a bunch of kitties at the Estill County Animal Shelter. But then Richmond's WBON TV did a story--adoptions surged, and somebody set up a GoFundMe account.

Here's a creative protest organized by 35 overflow prisoners from Louisville's main jail.

The standoff between Poor Peoples Campaign activists and state police continued Wednesday.

Equipping Kentucky's truckers to blunt human trafficking?

Making Haldeman great again.

Retirement is booming among Kentucky's public employees.

Schools in Hardin County are struggling to hire enough teachers, and "there's not a school district in the state that doesn't haven't the same problem," the local human-resources director tells Katherine Knott of Etown's News-Enterprise.

A cooperative of students in eastern Kentucky has built and is auctioning a bunch of "tiny houses."

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Cave City can hardly wait for Karst Beach and Boo Boo Playground.

Christmas parades: Bowling Green, Dec. 1, and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8.

Kentucky Opera Night at Louisville City FC is scheduled for June 30.

Corbin's third-annual Burger Week begins Monday. 

Are food trucks and restauranteurs getting too close for comfort in Owensboro?

Dalton Godbey for WBKO 13 looks at Prints of Peace, a jobs-training program for teen-agers, launched by Broadway United Methodist Church and the Bowling Green Housing Authority.

The senior center in Liberty is offering painting classes on Thursday afternoons, and its instructor hails its cognitive and social-skills benefits, per Zach Johnson in The Casey County News.

Hiking trails have come to Hazard, and Buckhorn,  Leatherwood, Viper and other Perry County communities are up next, reports Destiny Caldwell in The Hazard Herald.

Checking in on the vice-presidential campaign of Matt Bevin of Shelburne, New Hampshire, ...

Alliance Coal needed new warehouse space, so a spec building constructed by Madisonville-Hopkins County Economic Development in 2003 has a new owner.

Good jobs news from Bardstown, Florence and Franklin.

Rest in peace, Ronny Smith, publisher of Beauty of 3/Pinnacle VIEW Magazine, park ranger at Cumberland Gap National Park and volunteer photographer at Middlesboro ARH.

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Good jobs news from Bardwell, Bowling Green and Louisville.

The Woodford Sun is hiring.

"It's so barren out there that just being on the ground can have a really big impact."

Ale-8-One began trialing its first new flavor in the company's 92-year history--cherry--at a Shell in Winchester and four other convenience-store locations. Rollout across the rest of the soft-drink maker's core market--Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Frankfort, Lexington, Richmond and Owensboro--is planned for next month, reports The Winchester Sun.

Pikeville came together to try out a free clinic over the weekend. EKB-TV reports that it went great!

Topgolf's first driving range/sports bar is planned for Louisville's Oxmoor Center, which already has an indoor putt-putt complex (!) my daughter and I played Saturday (and had a blast!) before our trip home to Madisonville (through Beaver Dam!!!).

Check out some of the awesome books that seventy-five years have given us! Here's to 75 more! #UPKbookshelf #UPK75 #75thanniversary #readUP pic.twitter.com/eUKuIq7jCz

— UniversityPressofKY (@KentuckyPress) April 15, 2018

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There's an alleged (balding) stereoscope thief on the loose in or around Paducah.

Jacob Ryan with the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting dives into the link between availability of public trash cans and poverty across Louisville.

Bad jobs news from Winchester.

The WKMS Battle of the Bands entry deadline is March 4.

Hiring in Madisonville (production technician starting at $15.36 an hour or receptionist for $10-$12 per).

Rep. Toby Herald (R-Beattyville) has proposed a 54-county Kentucky, and Ralph B. Davis with EKB-TV gives us the 411 of what that would look like.

Eighty-nine women filed to run for seats in the state legislature.

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Just can't get enough of these ...

City, county dealing with busted water pipes after sub-zero freeze https://t.co/aPuSbq38Vy #somky pic.twitter.com/BNYc4LkbiD

— Somerset Kentucky (@Somerset_KY) January 19, 2018

 

Lots of melting expected today with bright sunshine and temps near 40°. Continued warming takes us into the weekend with readings topping out in the 50s Sunday. Somewhat soggy weather returns Sunday. @TNelsonWX has more: pic.twitter.com/nlSdHNE58Y

— Spectrum News KY (@SpecNewsKY) January 19, 2018

 

Gov. Bevin also said he wanted suggestions on how to generate more revenue.

HAPPY 200TH, WHITLEY COUNTY!

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It's a total loss for the Calvert City McDonald's.

No suspects in the theft of Cadiz police chief's pistol from his car.

The cold, hard facts from Beattyville's Bobcat Dairy Bar.

Even before the Ky Leg takes an ax to the state budget this winter, wealthier schools are enjoying a financial advantage over poorer schools similar to what they saw before KERA in 1990, which was supposed to fix that. ^JC pic.twitter.com/MD0W4EXJG8

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) January 2, 2018

Creating localized power generation in Perry County (and at UK).

"Record-setting performance this year in job creation and corporate investment" in Kentucky, raves the governor.

"Another great year" in Fort Wright, per the mayor.

Asks SOAR: "What would you like to see happen in Appalachia Kentucky in 2018?"

The Kentucky Lake Ski Nuts were back at it on New Year's Day, even with the cold.

Rest in peace, Coach/"Crow" Fletcher, thought by some to be the 13th Region's first-ever jump shooter, Corbin High history teacher who flunked no one in 30 years and "a true Redhound icon."

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Rest in peace, Coach Noles, who once tripled as a 19-year-old member of the "KITTY" League Union City (Tennessee) Greyhounds, who went to spring training with the 1953 Washington Senators, who served in the U.S. Army in the aftermath of the Korean War, who taught civics and history at West Paducah Heath High School for more than 30 years and who coached the Lady Pirates to the 1980 Region 1 girls' basketball championship.

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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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NEWS || #BBN does it again. @KentuckyMBB led the nation in avg. home attendance for 19th time in past 22 seasons. https://t.co/zj0IUXJOVY pic.twitter.com/A4nHJCBDIb

— CoachCal.com (@CoachCalDotCom) August 8, 2017

Forrest Berkshire in Bardstown's Kentucky Standard: "He was similar in many ways to most other Nelson County residents who go to work each day to pursue the American Dream of raising a family and making a better life for their children. But there was one difference. Cortez entered the United States without authorization 20 years ago, when he was 15 years old. Late last month, U.S. Immigration enforcement deported him, leaving him at a Mexico City airport with no identification or money and only a bag of cookies, some chips and a water bottle."

Economywise, things are getting worse in eastern Kentucky, per the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Bad jobs news from Lexington.

Paducah's Paxtons have purchased Russellville's twice-weekly News-Democrat & Leader.

Gov. Bevin's posse has discovered a big black book of donors left behind by Gov. Beshear in Frankfort.

You can recycle in Elkton now--next door to the Dairy Queen.

Princeton City Council throws its support behind a new home for the Caldwell County Farmers Market.

Rest in peace, Mrs. Saltsman, itinerant southcentral-Kentucky drycleaners inspector (and welcome to the HP, Summer Shade).

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An HP exclusive from Mother's Day at Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park:

You've got until June 30 to submit your proposal for reopening the old "Arby's Island" Western Kentucky Parkway convenience center at Beaver Dam.

A 50-cent-per-hour raise is on the table for Pulaski County workers.

Valvoline HQ has opened grandly in Lexington.

SpanTech, a conveyor manufacturer in Glasgow, has worked with the state to launch an apprentice program for high-school juniors.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Bowling Green): "Treat our nation’s drug epidemic as a health crisis and less as a ‘lock-‘em-up-and-throw-away-the-key’ problem."

The American Medical Association reports that eight of the 10 U.S. counties experiencing the sharpest decline in life expectancy from 1980 to 2014 were in eastern Kentucky.

Meanwhile, one afternoon at Middlesboro Mall, ...

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An exciting afternoon with President @billclinton in Harlem!! pic.twitter.com/kjVO8TLL7t

— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) May 9, 2017

The Internet Is Amazing.™ Just ask JonathanHuston of London-based Troll and Toad.

What else might be done in the spirit of Moving Eastern Kentucky Forward with Broadband?