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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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Clarence Glover Court!

Will twin bridges both survive, or be tolled? Hearings coming up https://t.co/KLO6EjnITl pic.twitter.com/7o68cYyGZ5

— The Gleaner (@TheGleanerNews) January 4, 2019

Beware of bears in Dwale.

Unemployment is highest in Magoffin, lowest in Woodford and below 10 percent in all 120 Kentucky counties.

Bad jobs news for Pikeville/good for Morehead.

The sale of Marion's hospital is complete, and The Crittenden Press reports that the deal stipulates that 36 services must continue to be offered locally for at least three years.

Christmas18 parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville, Nov. 24; Cumberland and Fredonia, Nov. 30; Arlington, Barbourville, Berea, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle, Clinton, Columbia, Hawesville, Jenkins, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield, Lewisport, Madisonville, Marion, Murray, Paducah, Somerset and Whitley City, Dec. 1; Bowling Green, Dawson Springs (great play-by-play here on the planning and execution from the local Progress), Glasgow and Salyersville, Dec. 2; Lexington, Dec. 4; Bardstown and Greenup, Dec. 6; Frankfort, Maysville, Monticello, Perryville, Richmond and Smiths Grove, Dec. 7; Benton, Elkton, Eubank, Harlan, Hopkinsville, Horse Cave, Loretto, Louisa, Middlesboro, Munfordville, Quality, Pikeville, Prestonsburg and Stamping Ground, Dec. 8; Grayson, Dec. 11; Whitesburg, Dec. 14; Burnside, La Center, Manchester, Neon and Rabbit Hash, Dec. 15.

The Freakin' Weekend (1972/73)

I've gotten myself stagnated on my 46-years-ago pretend at the HP.

For one thing, we're smack in the middle of Christmastide as I observe it, and that's always a happily different season for me, vacating me from the same, old routines that nourish me throughout the rest of the year. And that's great. Not only is the different good in and of itself, the different also is good in that it makes me more grateful and renewed when I get back to the sames.

So Christmastide is one issue here. The other thing, though, is that pretend me is catching up to the real me that I actually remember, and so I'm getting bogged down in all of the 1972 media that 2018 me consumes. I'm pretty regularly looking at three daily newspapers on Newspapers.com; I'm looking for pretty much a whole prime-time schedule's worth of old TV episodes, and I wanted freaking everything in the 1972 Sears Wishbook this year. All of it fancies me.

Anyway, the chase is that I don't know what the heck I'm doing now. I'm all over the place, and I want to talk about everything, and I'm saying almost nothing. And that's no fun at all, because posting and commenting on stuff at the HP makes my heart just absolutely sing. I think my strategy is just going to be to start posting more stuff that is less connected and see how that goes.

Here's the Partridge Family that played on ABC on Friday, Dec. 29, 1972:

Previous and future NFL72 reports:

• Jan. 13, 1968, NFL67 wrap
• Jan. 11, 1969, NFL68 wrap
• Jan. 11, 1970, NFL69 wrap
• Jan. 15, 1971, NFL70 wrap
• Jan. 16, 1972, NFL71 wrap
• Feb. 1, 1972, Draft party
• Aug. 18, 1972, Plimpton! The Great Quarterback Sneak
• Aug. 20, 1972, Dolphins over Bengals
• Aug. 21, 1972, Rest in peace, Ray Jamieson
• Aug. 22, 1972, The GOP comes to Miami
• Aug. 23, 1972, Del Gaizo vs. Morrall
• Aug. 25, 1972, Atlanta Falcons preview (with original Dick Shiner artwork)
• Aug. 29, 1972, Week 1 ("Larry Little and Larry Csonka ... are the symbol of football")
• Oct. 2, 1972, Week 3
• Oct. 8, 1972, Week 4
• Oct. 9, 1972, Are the Steelers ever going to get better?
• Oct. 23, 1972, Week 6 (with the Hartleys tuning in for Monday Night Football)
• Nov. 11, 1972, Week 9 (with NFL Strategy innovation)
• Nov. 23, 1972, Steve Owens's little brother against Nebraska
• Nov. 26, 1972, The Raiders close in
• Dec. 7, 1972, "Pete Roselle had it blacked out"
• Dec. 14, 1972, Bruce Dern is a Rams fan
• Dec. 16, 1972, Week 14 (with prayer)
• April 30, 2014, Rest in peace, Earl Morrall and Dotty Shula
• April 16, 2015, Super Bowl VII revisited
• July 27, 2015, Rest in peace, Bill Arnsparger
• Sept. 13, 2015, NFL15 preview (justice)
• Jan. 8, 2017, NFL16 review (perspective)
• Sept. 1, 2018, I love to write

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Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville, Nov. 24; Cumberland and Fredonia, Nov. 30; Arlington, Barbourville, Berea, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle, Clinton, Columbia, 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 (grandly marshaled by a "weimaraner named Grayson, the Kentucky 'Dockdog' champion, and his owners," per Danville's Advocate-Messenger) and Richmond, Dec. 7; Benton, Elkton, Eubank, Harlan, Hopkinsville (promised to "be spectacular," reports WHVO), Horse Cave, Loretto (thank you, Channel 6 Television of Bardstown, for the video above), Louisa, Munfordville, Quality (thank you, Beech Tree News, for the video not quite so far above) and Stamping Ground, Dec. 8; Whitesburg, Dec. 14; Burnside, La Center, Manchester and Neon, Dec. 15.

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Santa's House will be open Dec. 8, 9, 15, 16, and 22, 1-4:30 pm on the Historic Courthouse Lawn in downtown #MadisonvilleKY. https://t.co/qK1CrEa29G pic.twitter.com/z2nhGLyAeu

— Hopkins Co Tourism (@HCTourism) December 5, 2018

 

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville, Nov. 24; Cumberland and Fredonia, Nov. 30; Arlington, Barbourville, Berea, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle, Clinton, Columbia, Hawesville, Jenkins, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield, Lewisport, Madisonville, Marion, Murray, Paducah (congratulations to Paducah McCracken Composite Mountain Bike team, Highland Cumberland Presbyterian Church, MelRhea Balloons, Paducah Middle School, Tornado Cheer Squad, Paducah Tilghman High School Band of Balloon and all of the other entries), Somerset and Whitley City, Dec. 1; Bowling Green, Dawson Springs, Glasgow and Salyersville, Dec. 2; Lexington, Dec. 4; Bardstown (grandly marshaled by Bethlehem High School) and Greenup, Dec. 6; Frankfort (entries to be judged on how well they bring "The Songs of Christmas" to life), Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 7; Benton, Elkton, Eubank, Harlan, Hopkinsville, Horse Cave, Louisa, Munfordville and Stamping Ground, Dec. 8; Whitesburg, Dec. 14; Burnside, La Center, Manchester and Neon, Dec. 15.

Bad jobs news from Versailles.

What's next for the Springfield's old Saint Catharine College? The Mount Sterling company that bought it at auction isn't yet ready to say.

I'm excited to learn of the USK mascot and colors.

Many reportedly felt this performance of "The Wiz" could, indeed, be beaten. (Excellent reconstruction of the story by Thomas Novelly in The Courier-Journal.)

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Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville, Nov. 24; Cumberland and Fredonia, Nov. 30; Arlington, Barbourville (thank you, Mountain Advocate, for the video above), Berea, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle (thank you, Carlisle Mercury, for the video above), Clinton, Columbia, Hawesville, Jenkins, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield, Lewisport, Madisonville, Marion (thank you, Crittenden Press, for the video above), Murray, Paducah, Somerset and Whitley City, Dec. 1; Bowling Green, Dawson Springs, Glasgow and Salyersville, Dec. 2; Lexington, Dec. 4; Greenup, Dec. 6; Frankfort, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 7; Benton, Elkton, Eubank, Harlan, Hopkinsville, Horse Cave, Louisa, Munfordville and Stamping Ground, Dec. 8; Whitesburg, Dec. 14; Burnside, La Center, Manchester (thank you, Manchester Enterprise, for the news) and Neon, Dec. 15.

The disappearance in Paducah of a legendary San Francisco radio host has been solved, sadly, but the case appears to be not at all closed.

The expansion of the Paxton Media Group engulfs another half-dozen papers in western Kentucky.

The Bellevue-Dayton Fire Department is getting serious about the help it needs. So's Clear Creek Baptist Bible College in Pineville.

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Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville, Nov. 24; Cumberland and Fredonia, Nov. 30; Arlington, Berea, Cadiz, Calvert City, Clinton, Columbia, Hawesville, Jenkins, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield ("A Very Candy Christmas"), Lewisport, Madisonville, Marion, Murray ("there will be no marked detour; however, motorists may self-detour around this section of KY 94 via KY 2594/Industrial Road, US 641-Business/Chestnut Street, and US 641/12th Street"), Paducah, Somerset and Whitley City, Dec. 1; Bowling Green, Dawson Springs, Glasgow and Salyersville (rescheduled because of expected bad weather), Dec. 2; Lexington, Dec. 4; Greenup, Dec. 6; Frankfort, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 7; Benton, Elkton, Eubank, Harlan ("after consulting with meteorologists and officials, we feel like this is the best choice for our celebration"), Hopkinsville, Horse Cave, Louisa, Munfordville and Stamping Ground, Dec. 8; Whitesburg, Dec. 14; Burnside, La Center and Neon, Dec. 15.

I (heart) expungement fairs.

10 years and about 400 students and counting for the exchange program between Bowling Green's Warren Central High and the Anne Frank School in Werne, Germany.

"In this era of extreme political division in our nation, we reflect on the promise of our democracy, as well as the ongoing struggle to live up to its unrealized potential. We honor the long history of social justice work through small networks, largely unseen and unrecognized, often led by women of color, to secure voting rights for women and access to full participation in our democracy.  We also recognize that this struggle is far from over. This moment provides an opportunity for feminist artists to use an intersectional lens to imagine a world where all women and girls and gender-nonconforming people can engage equitably. With this grant, we invite you to imagine how your art (visual, performing, media or literary) can inspire action towards building power for women and girls, sharing power among and within your communities and wielding power towards fulfilling the promise of an equitable democracy. Individual artists and nonprofit organizations based in Kentucky who are using arts-based activities to address democracy and power for women and girls may apply.  Deadline to apply is March 1, 2019."

"The first-ever, peer-to-peer site for handcrafted hunting, fishing, and camping gear, as well other outdoor apparel and accessories."

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A former Kuttawa city clerk is charged with stealing a bunch of town money and running off to Gatlinburg.

About the "squatters" in Hillview.

No library tax in Hardin County.

An Edgewood thoracic surgeon is to narrate a lung-cancer surgery he performed on a 34-year-old during a live Facebook broadcast Friday.

Good jobs news from Lexington and Pikeville.

"FARMERS NEEDED!" In Lyon County.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville, Nov. 24; Cumberland and Fredonia (grandly marshaled by the Faughns, wed 69 years), Nov. 30; Arlington, Berea, Cadiz ("WKDZ 106.5 will broadcast live, and will have live video stream if you just can't make it"), Calvert City (59th annual), Columbia, Jenkins, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville, Marion, Paducah, Salyersville, Somerset and Whitley City, Dec. 1; Bowling Green (rescheduled from the day before), Dawson Springs, Dec. 2; Lexington, Dec. 4; Greenup, Dec. 6; Frankfort, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 7; Elkton, Eubank, Hopkinsville ("Get ready to text in your favorite float number for the PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD!"), Louisa and Stamping Ground (grandly marshaled by a Scott County sheriff's deputy paralyzed when shot responding to a suspected bank robbery in September), Dec. 8; Whitesburg, Dec. 14; Burnside, La Center and Neon, Dec. 15.

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Proud for Sprocket to host today's announcement by the KY Innovation office of the launch of a Regional Innovation for Startups and Entrepreneurs (RISE) hub for our region! pic.twitter.com/7V7Lv0gRQt

— Paducah Schools (@bluetornado1) November 27, 2018

 

I will be excited to read the Jim Host story.

I tend to want to live in and be in houses with some age, but I do love myself a new hotel.

"In Kentucky alone, SNAP keeps 164,000 of us out of poverty, including 73,000 children. It also helps our economy. In 2017, the federal government injected $933 million into local Kentucky economies through SNAP. And by reducing food insecurity, SNAP keeps us healthier, too. Research shows that people who are food insecure are likelier to have a chronic disease such as heart disease, cancer or diabetes. Despite all of these benefits, the state has erected new barriers to SNAP participation in recent months."

"There is no generic marker for 'race'--it is a creation of our culture and law, and very often a cruel creation."

"We’ve had nothing but crap from the people that have attended these meetings that are saying that we’re not doing anything and, by God, we need to be doing this. And this is one of the steps that you take before you even get to the decision-making process."

Paintsville's Market 606 small-business-Saturday shopping event included what the local Herald described as "a massive giveaway of free Christmas decorations," which is an excellent idea.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville, Nov. 24; Arlington, Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Columbia, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville, Marion, Paducah, Salyersville, Somerset and Whitley City, Dec. 1; Dawson Springs, Dec. 2; Lexington, Dec. 4; Greenup, Dec. 6; Frankfort, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 7; Elkton (grandly marshaled by a member of the CBK58 champs and first-ever basketball coach at Todd County Central High), Eubank and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8, and Burnside and La Center, Dec. 15.

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A man wrote "Paducah is trash" in chalk on Rose Garden Florist in Paducah. Now, the shop owner is providing chalk and asking people to come by and write positive messages about the city.https://t.co/00nTiLE2jW

— WPSD Local 6 (@WPSDLocal6) November 26, 2018

Trivia time: The farthest-west Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregation is in ...?

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville, Nov. 24; Arlington, Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Columbia, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville, Marion ("there will be no marked detour, but passenger vehicles may self-detour via side streets; there is no practical detour available for commercial trucks"), Paducah, Salyersville, Somerset and Whitley City, Dec. 1; Dawson Springs, Dec. 2; Lexington, Dec. 4; Greenup, Dec. 6; Frankfort, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 7; Eubank and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8, and Burnside and La Center, Dec. 15.

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Hiring in Fulton: full-time midnight-shift dispatcher for the Fulton County Transit Authority ("Going & Coming Your Way").

"Historic Russellville's goal to promote awareness of Russellville native, Alice Dunnigan, is so important because the example of her life is one that all Logan Countians need to be aware of."

Prayers for legendary San Francisco broadcaster Ray Taliaferro, reportedly last seen at the Paducah Mellow Mushroom.

Black Lives Matter, in Louisville's West End.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Brownsville ("You can watch the entire 2018 Edmonson County Lions Club Christmas Parade below!"), Nov. 24; Arlington, Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Columbia, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville, Paducah, Salyersville ("Toys will be given out by Santa and Mrs. Claus at Salyersville Fire Department following the parade"), Somerset and Whitley City, Dec. 1; Dawson Springs, Dec. 2; Frankfort, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 7; Eubank and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8, and Burnside and La Center, Dec. 15.

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Did you know that Northern Kentucky and the @kyanaworks areas led the state in growth of weekly wages from 2010 to 2018? Learn more in the most recent Kentucky Labor Force Update: https://t.co/hkrSVlupN2 #kydata pic.twitter.com/QLRYdgwh8G

— KY Center for Statistics (@kystats) November 20, 2018

 

Good jobs news from Jeffersontown.

A slow the expansion roll at Anton International.

UK has its first Rhodes Scholar since 1955.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Arlington, Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Columbia, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville, Paducah (and etc.) and Somerset ("like it or not, for some children, this might be the only positive experience they have this Christmas; we want to make sure to give them a really great experience, a memory that they can hang on to"), Dec. 1; Dawson Springs, Dec. 2; Frankfort (including Moms Demand Action, on gun violence) and Richmond, Dec. 7; Hopkinsville, Dec. 8, La Center, Dec. 15.

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Nursing apprenticeship launches in Louisville.

Toward bolstering Kentucky's IP game.

This Emily Adams report in the Times-Tribune about a Chicago sports appraiser's visit to Corbin sounds like the premise of what would've been my favorite Andy Griffith Show ever.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Arlington (grandly marshaled by owners of Carlisle County's oldest business), Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Columbia, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville and Paducah, Dec. 1; Dawson Springs, Dec. 2; Richmond, Dec. 7; Hopkinsville, Dec. 8, La Center, Dec. 15.

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Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Columbia, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville and Paducah, Dec. 1; Dawson Springs, Dec. 2; Richmond, Dec. 7; Hopkinsville (with "Skating on the Square"), Dec. 8, La Center, Dec. 15.

The Hopkins County Humane Society "MEOWvember Kitty Cafe" is tomorrow at PublicLibrary.org.

Ken Howlett of K105: Kelley Beekeeping, originally of Paducah and since 1952 of Clarkson, has been purchased by a Minnesota company.

Andrew Henderson of The Oldham Era: Steve-O's, a Buckner pizza staple since 2005, is expanding into Louisville's Clifton neighborhood.

Chuck Stinner of The Gleaner: Shaw's Flowers, a Henderson florist since 1928, thrives while it has "not changed as much as others."

Keith Lawrence in the Messenger-Inquirer delivers solid coverage from the Kentucky Travel Industry Association conference at the Owensboro Convention Center: "Chapman said that recently in Pikeville a company was looking for 100 workers. Seventy-one of the first 100 screened failed the drug test, he said." Lawrence was writing about Rex Chapman. 

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Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Columbia (streaming live!), Lawrenceburg, Madisonville and Paducah, Dec. 1; Dawson Springs, Dec. 2; Richmond, Dec. 7; Hopkinsville, Dec. 8, La Center, Dec. 15.

I'm working to The Crittenden Press's 43-minute video of snowy driving around the county this morning, and IT! IS! GLORIOUS! (Note to self: Make this video the lead of an "Oh, Crittenden County" post.)

Gov. Bevin, emboldened.

Kentucky Downs, "a pioneer in modern Historic Horse Racing," has been sold.

"Of the 2,828 businesses operating in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 2016, nearly 80 percent had fewer than 10 employees, for example, and all but 29 of those businesses had fewer than 500 employees. Businesses employing from two to nine people made up 68.1 percent of all businesses in Hopkins County in 2016." The Global Entrepreneurship Week observance rolls on!

"A once-in-a-lifetime deal for the parks system for Glasgow," but just another typically fantastic meeting story by Melinda J. Overstreet in the Daily Times.

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Christmas parades: Owensboro (more than 20k expected), Nov. 17; Ashland (grandly marshaled by the voice of the Reds), Nov. 20; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Lawrenceburg (indeed, featuring the New Jersey woman credited with helping prevent school shootings in Anderson and Shelby counties), Madisonville and Paducah, Dec. 1; Dawson Springs, Dec. 2; Richmond, Dec. 7; Hopkinsville, Dec. 8, La Center, Dec. 15.

Country Loving hails Bardstown as one of the nation's best 30 small towns for Christmas.

American Pickers falls for Big City of Madisonville.

"Unnecessary and extremely unfair." The Lebanon Enterprise takes on the grinches on the local Property Maintenance Code Enforcement Board.

In Russellville, "you will think you are on vacation in Florida." Neat story on a "ground blessing" for a forthcoming local hotel by Chris Cooper in the News-Democrat & Leader.

The last link of the once-13-stores-strong Food Fair of Somerset chain is apparently finished, reports Janie Slaven in the Commonwealth Journal.

Kentucky’s longest wooden covered bridge (in Washington County) is back!

Good jobs news from Russellville and Wilder.

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Among the Kentucky election headlines:

• "Bluegrass, white folks and GOP red"
• "Trump delivers for McConnell in Senate races"
• "Heads or tails to drink? Coin flip to settle Kentucky vote"
• "Third Danville school board seat decided by one vote"
• "As Democrats take House, Louisville's John Yarmuth may rise to power"
• "Madisonville Elects First Openly LGBTQ City Council Member"
• "Trial date set for Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon"
• "Mitch McConnell warns Democrats against 'harassment' of Donald Trump"

Some gripping reporting/writing from Channel 6 in Paducah: "Police say, although they are investigating the alleged theft and Boggs’ disappearance, their priority is Boggs’ safety and well-being. 'We’re all hopeful that he turns up safe and sound. You know, if he’s watching out there, we all want him to know that everything can be taken care of.'"

Some more from the Gimlet Edmonson News in Brownsville: "The new location of Jacob’s Home Furnishings opened with a steady stream of customers all day. With tears in his eyes Jeff Jacobs thanked everyone for their support over the years for their businesses and family. 'We really appreciate it all more than you will know and we can’t say thank you enough by letting us work with what we dreamed of doing, we won’t let you down, we’ll take care of you when you do business with us.'"

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville and Paducah, Dec. 1; Richmond, Dec. 7; Hopkinsville, Dec. 8, La Center, Dec. 15.

Oh, Kentucky

Record Attendance At 2018 Halloween On The Square

— The Edmonson Voice® (@edmonsonvoice) October 31, 2018

 

Meanwhile, in Owensboro, ... 

And in Louisville ...

And, finally, Shepherdsville ...

"I feel that she's not just the people in Kentucky's hero, but also our hero." (Also, Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Berea, Bowling Green, Lawrenceburg and Paducah, Dec. 1; Richmond, Dec. 7, and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8.) 

Way to go, Bloomfield Elementary fourth-grader Cameron Blair.

Happy retirement from McDonald's, Mr. Gill.

A church brings new life to an old school in La Center.

The agenda for the Nov. 30 Kentucky Creative Industry Summit at Georgetown is compelling: "ensure that artists are thriving with support from every sector ... how to develop their aspirations into an intentional, concrete and strategic foundation for future success ... connecting your financial goals to your creative ones ... ensure you have the tools you need to protect your work, and yourself, in your arts practice ..."

Good jobs news from Paris.

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Good jobs news from Dekoven and Owenton.

Dining options in Russell Springs narrow.

Business-travel options between Louisville and Los Angeles get a big boost.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Berea, Bowling Green and Paducah, Dec. 1; Richmond, Dec. 7, and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8.

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Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Bowling Green and Paducah (video of 2017 available at this link!), Dec. 1; Richmond, Dec. 7, and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8.

It's not where I do my online shopping, but apparently you can pick up a pilfered database of Kentucky voters' full names, voting history, etc. for $2,000 at DarkWeb.com.

Bad jobs news from Bowling Green, Grayson, Louisville and Russell Springs.

When downtown Sears opened, it was the Amazon of 1929. And it was huge https://t.co/8WzZtmHtuv pic.twitter.com/ig1DpCiwe9

— Courier Journal (@courierjournal) October 16, 2018

And what's next for BG's iconic Judy's Castle?

Owensboro's new Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens Thursday-Saturday in gradually more open fashion.

Three-days-a-week autumn leaf pickup starts Monday in Elkton, but your last chance? Well, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen--or at least they're not saying.