Oh, Kentucky

A big evening at Tom T. Hall's ranch.

Andy Griffith's week and Don Knotts's night in Elizabethtown.

The "Mayor Betty Howard Coal Miner's Memorial Theater" of Benham.

The mayoral firestorm in Corydon burns on; a potential one in Hoptown is snuffed.

Is the drought as bad in Floyd County as Washington thinks it is?

Kirksey has a new post office.

Madisonville's train depot is being repurposed.

Dewey Decimal departure at Louisville's Okolona.

Geese chased from Etown golf course.

Paducah reunion.

Good jobs news from Danville.

Good tourism news from Mammoth Cave National Park.

Bad "livability" news for Kentuckians of 2017.

Happy 125th, Morehead State.

Rest in peace, Mike Haydon, Gov. Beshear's chief of staff and former mayor of Springfield.

One and done: Eight done, in fact, in the 1935 boys' Sweet Sixteen

You think Wednesday and Thursday at the state basketball tournament are fun now? Well, you're right--it is.

But imagine trying to squeeze in a trip out to the concessions area for Dippin' Dots in the 1935 first round given this busy schedule:

Kirksey vs. Danville, 1 p.m.
Tompkinsville vs. Annville, 2 p.m.
Frankfort vs. Newport, 3 p.m.
Dixon vs. Maysville, 4 p.m.
Campbellsville vs Mt. Sterling, 5 p.m.
St. Xavier vs. Benham, 7 p.m.
Calvert City vs. Bardstown, 8 p.m.
Central City vs. Inez, 9 p.m.

A couple of other things from that link: What the heck was the "Little Sixteen," and how about a team being in the lead being "in the van"?

One and done: Girls' Sweet Sixteen

Kentucky's girls' basketball state tournament resumes noon Central today at Western Kentucky University's E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green. Everything's on iHigh.com.

Interesting how the bracket is playing out with four teams from a jagged gash through the commonwealth's midsection comprising the upper half and teams from points west and east (Murray, Inez, Mount Vernon and Manchester) battling it out in the bottom.

Today's games:

Bowling Green vs. Louisville DuPont Manual, noon Central
Louisville Butler vs. Marion County, 1:30 p.m.
Inez Sheldon Clark vs. Calloway County, 6:30 p.m.
Rockcastle County vs. Clay County, 8 p.m.

First round:

Bowling Green 58, Walton-Verona 32
Louisville DuPont Manual 78, Crittenden County 40
Louisville Butler Traditional 42, Perry County Central 40
Marion County 55, Montgomery County 41
Inez Sheldon Clark 74, Boyd County 59
Calloway County 62, Newport Central Catholic 57
Rockcastle County 55, Madison Central 52
Clay County 61, Owensboro Catholic 48