Oh, Kentucky

"For people who are traveling through our area in their EV (electric vehicle), this will be a convenient opportunity to stop and charge for free. And it will make a good impression of Danville." https://t.co/eiuidVsvBL

— Advocate Messenger (@amnewsonline) April 4, 2019

Hugs accepted today, in Cadiz and newsrooms nationally.

Five years of live-elk shipments from Kentucky to Wisconsin successfully wrapped Wednesday.

"The business model simply doesn't work." Will Wright in the Lexington Herald-Leader delivers a sobering overview of the child-care shortage in eastern Kentucky.

Turning to sports, "he's been everything to Barren County." Nice Will Perkins feature in the Glasgow Daily Times on Terry Reed, who coached the County High Trojans to the 1990 state cross-country championship and was inducted to the Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association hall of fame.

Oh, Kentucky

No running water in Martin County, and the Family Dollar in Warfield is out of bottled, per Taylor Frost with WYMT.

Owensboro's loss.

As Matthew noted last week, Kentucky is again a pioneer in dramatic change in the way that poor people experience healthcare coverage.

Good jobs news from Madisonville and Pikeville. 

Sweet Mark Story feature in the Lexington Herald-Leader on the unlikely friendship shared by Wes Strader and Kenny Walker.

For the fourth time, UK has won a third-straight Universal Cheerleaders Association national championship.

Boys' Basketball Poll

Here's the latest top 10 from the Kentucky AP high school boys' basketball poll.  All ten teams were ranked last week as well.  Note that CovCath beat Holmes 87-77 back on January 7, and Lafayette beat Lexington Catholic 63-56 on January 14:

1.  Lou. Ballard:  14-4
2.  Lou. Trinity:  11-2
3.  Hopkinsville:  13-2
4.  Cov. Catholic:  12-0
5.  Scott Co:  14-2
6.  Montgomery Co:  15-0
7.  Cov. Holmes:  12-3
8.  Newport Central Catholic:  11-3
9.  Lex. Lafayette:  10-5
10.  Lex. Catholic:  12-4