Showing posts with label Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Island. Show all posts

Friday, April 5, 2019

Oh, Kentucky


"We understand the violence, we understand the drugs. But one fact remains, many of our children are innocent. Police need to find a better way." Prayers for real peace in Louisville (and great reporting and writing by Andrew Wolfson in The Courier-Journal).

Turning to sports, a former Murray State University history professor has a new book out on a certain old University of Kentucky basketball coach.

Groundbreaking is afoot for (horse) racing in Oak Grove.

Preparations are underway for (motocross and car) racing in Nebo.

Madisonville has expanded its annual women's conference (coming up next week), and the keynoters are from Turkey (via Lexington and NKU) and Marshall County.

Henderson's first Tech on Tap is.

Good jobs news from Louisville.

Hiring in Berea (for positions in central Kentucky)Morehead (for a local police dispatcher) and south of Dawson Springs (for Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park housekeepers).

Remember the Holy Cross High valedictorian whom the Diocese of Covington wouldn't let speak at commencement? He's now a University of Louisville freshman and Hugh Hefner Foundation First Amendment Award winner.

Rest in peace, Michael Hardin, a U.S. Army dental-lab specialist who served in Vietnam and will be buried at the veterans cemetery in Hopkinsville. "He had no known surviving family members and VFW Post 4730 in Dover, Tennessee put out a call this week asking for anyone who can to attend and honor the fallen veteran," reports WHOP.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Oh, Kentucky










Gangs of Louisville.

The police situation in Bardstown is troubling.

The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is history, and now people are touring it.


Good jobs news from Covington and Lexington.


Producing "highly sought after multi-skilled employees" in Madisonville.


The local-food boom in Corbin.


Kentucky fattens its I2 pipe.


Wednesday, July 17, 2013

MLB Power Rankings

Baseball comes back from the All-Star Break tomorrow.  Here are the top 10 teams in MLB, according to CBS Sports.  Another big week for Eric:

1.  Oakland Athletics:  56-39
2.  Boston Red Sox:  58-39
3.  St. Louis Cardinals:  57-36
4.  Tampa Bay Devil Rays:  55-41
5.  Pittsburgh Pirates:  56-37
6.  Atlanta Braves:  54-41
7.  Baltimore Orioles:  53-43
8.  Detroit Tigers:  52-42
9.  Texas Rangers:  54-41
10.  Cincinnati Reds:  53-42

Natstown continues to poke around in 16th.  The CBS Sports guy has finally accepted that the Nats aren't going to win the pennant.  He now has the Reds meeting the Tigers for the title.  Personally, I'm still hoping for the A's and the Cards.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Oh, Kentucky

Downtown Paducah has survived a variety of challenges over the years. This is no comprehensive list, but here's one. And here's another. And here's the latest.

(Janis Ian, by the way, is just a phenomenal songwriter.)

Hey, Loretta Lynn's great, too.

Cage the Elephant, meanwhile, is so old school. 2010s Bowling Green is 1980s Athens.

A quieter life in Winchester.

I need to do some checking to see how Lebanon Junction's "chupacabra" story came out.

George Wilson is my favorite Buffalo Bill of all time.

I've heard Island, in McLean County, pronounced both "aye-LUHND" and "ihz-LUHND."

"BOYCOTT TENNESSEE."

"I should've hit him to get the insurance money."