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Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville and Monticello, Dec. 6; Berea, Bowling Green, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Henderson, Madisonville, Paducah, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Trenton and Whitley City, Dec. 7, and Cave City, Dec. 10.

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Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 19; Bardstown, Dec. 1 (or maybe Dec. 2); Richmond, Dec. 2; Berea, Glasgow and Madisonville, Dec. 3; Boyce and Owenton, Dec. 4, and Cave City, Elkton, Hopkinsville and Pikeville, Dec. 10.

Good jobs news from Bowling Green and Henderson. Bad from Bowling Green and Henderson (and Madisonville).

I love Holiday Inn Expresses.

The Kentucky Historical Society is commemorating the founding of the seventh-oldest Boy Scout troop in the country, Paducah Troop 1.

The new Prairie Home Companion guy lived in Murray for a while.

"If people will just commit to listening to what is going on with other parts of the community, to actively and with intention listen, we can start to build understanding."

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Post by Munfordville First United Methodist Church.

OK, now we're getting serious, baby. Here is today's Christmas-parade lineup:

-- Berea, 

-- Bowling Green, 

-- Cadiz, 

-- Calhoun, 

-- Calvert City,

-- Campbellsville,

-- Carrollton, 

-- Clay, 

-- Clinton, 

-- Columbia, 

-- Dixon,

-- Flatwoods, 

-- Fordsville, 

-- Frankfort, 

-- Franklin,

-- Glasgow, 

-- Greenville,

-- Guthrie, 

-- Harlan, 

-- Henderson, 

-- Hopkinsville, 

-- Horse Cave, 

-- Island, 

-- Lewisport,

-- Madisonville, 

-- Marion, 

-- Morganfield, 

-- Morgantown,

-- Munfordville, 

-- Murray, 

-- Paducah, 

-- Park City, 

-- Pikeville,

-- Providence,

-- Salvisa,

-- Scottsville, 

-- Shelbyville, 

-- Tompkinsville, 

-- Trenton and 

-- Winchester.

Oh, to be Santa's driver today! I would freaking love to be driving him around the state today, delivering him to the tail end of each parade (and charging 56 cents per mile, plus meals and hot chocolate, in expenses). Of course, I wouldn't want to have to be in a hurry. 

One of the great things about being Santa Claus, it seems to me, would be that the systems of time and other constraints of our world do not seem to apply to him. That would be wonderful.

Plenty more parades are on the horizon after today: Boyce, Clay City, Dawson Springs, Evarts, Mortons Gap and Schochoh, Dec. 7; Mount Sterling and Stanton, Dec. 8; London, Morehead, Owingsville, Prestonsburg, Richmond and Whitesburg, Dec. 12; Benton, Burnside, Cave City, Livermore, McKee, Nicholasville, Princeton, Quality and Sacramento, Dec. 13; Auburn, Central City and Edmonton, Dec. 14, and Lewisburg, Dec. 19.

Class 3A State Champs -Russell Co. Mighty Laker Marching Band - 2014 Christmas Parade pic.twitter.com/XiEm5tFZhG
— Michael A. Ford (@fordmich) November 30, 2014

New Haven KY Christmas parade. pic.twitter.com/7yfqQvEuU4
— Michelle Burfield (@deerspooker82) November 30, 2014

See photos from last night's Christmas Parade in downtown Lexington. http://t.co/HboYMKZDsT pic.twitter.com/92CdAv7QO1
— heraldleader (@heraldleader) December 3, 2014

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In the wake of Sunday's horrible tornadoes, the Brookport bridge remains closed.

Hooray for the former firefighters of Maysville. Hooray for the newcomers in Owensboro.

Good jobs news from Bowling Green and Hebron. And Louisville?

Getting creative in Pikeville.

From the murals beat in Lexington ...

Chris Searcy, who works for the city of Bellevue, adds a bow to a Christmas garland on a light post on Fairfield Ave pic.twitter.com/eSPWztowdn
— patrick reddy (@patrickreddynky) November 19, 2013

Christmas parades: Hazard and Owensboro, Nov. 23; Ashland, Nov. 26; Inez, Nov. 30; Nortonville, Dec. 1; Glasgow, Dec. 5, 1960; Elkton (route updated), Lebanon and Maysville, Dec. 6; Columbia, Marion, Middlesboro (meeting today), Paducah, Shelbyville and Somerset, Dec. 7, and Evarts, Dec. 8.

KHSAA basketball season starts Dec. 2.

Rest in peace, Mr. Etienne, who supervised 420 7-11s in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia but, in retirement, had a passion for the country stores in Boyce, Drake and Plano.

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Strong reviews are rolling in from Commonwealth Christmas parades ... From Boyce, Stanford, Ashland, Bowling Green, Henderson, and Columbia ... From Hanson ...

And from Madisonville ...

From WHVO/WKDZ: "The community put its backing into this year's Cadiz Christmas Parade and the results were spectacular." ... And from Anonymous: "Great christmas parade in marion today! 'Tink' Hicklin was one of the 4 grand marshals. He represented the Air Force branch and the veterans of World War II. Even Santa made an appearance!" 

More parades: Monticello, Dec. 7; Frankfort, Dec. 8, and Augusta, Dec. 15.

Frankfort's newspaper will have a new editor for the first time since 1979.

Rest in peace, Mr. Crigler, 1958 UK hoops national champion, Hebron native and the man for whom the basketball court is named at Scott County Middle School.