Oh, Kentucky

Good jobs news in Richmond and (wow!) Wickliffe.

The old IGA in Livermore might still end up being a grocery--but probably not the one in Calhoun any time soon.

The new Shoe Sensation is grandly open in Williamsburg.

Paducah's (and many of Kentucky's) historical markers are rusting away.

Greens reseeding idles the Mineral Mounds and Pennyrile state-park golf courses for about a month.

CNN in Lovely. Fox News in Hebron.

I went to a party Saturday evening, and they were talking about Madisonville's new miniature-golf course. It was all over my Facebook feed by late that night. It was the lead story in Sunday's paper. I heard about it plenty at church. "City venue gets rave reviews," indeed.

Sad story out of Villa Hills--here's hoping the Sisters of St. Benedict get their deceased sisters' rings back.

"Connecting communities of compassion and care"--next month in Louisville.

Pfc. Elmore Comes Home.

Oh, Kentucky

KSP blocked the protesters from entering together and said two people at a time could enter the building.https://t.co/tWA1Hj7l24

— The State Journal (@statejournal) June 5, 2018

Five Kentucky National Guard troops are headed to New Mexico to join the U.S. Department of Homeland Security border patrol.

The bedbug problem at Louisville's Dosker Manor public-housing complex sounds awful (per this terrific report by Jacob Ryan for the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting).

Newport High School has a new football coach, but it's not a happy story--by Matthew Monks in The River City News.  

Chris Harris in the Commonwealth Journal: "So as of yet, the mystery of Somerset’s smelly Saturday night remains unsolved."


The IGAs in Calhoun and Livermore--the only two full-size groceries in McLean County--are closing.

A passing of the mom-and-pop-hardware torch is afoot in Lexington.

The Leitchfield city council has voted to compensate the local tourism commissioners.

Good jobs news from Bowling Green.


Rest in peace, Charles Martin "C.M." Newton, a native of Rockwood, Tennessee, who came north to come off the bench for the University of Kentucky's 1951 national-championship basketball team; who pitched in the New York Yankees minor-league system; who coached the Transylvania Pioneers to the 1963 NAIA basketball tournament; who moved on to the University of Alabama on the recommendation of Adolph Rupp to Bear Bryant; who coached Vanderbilt to the 1988 and '89 NCAA men's basketball tournaments; who chaired the NCAA rules committee when the shot clock, three-point line and coach's box were implemented; who, as the school's athletics director, brought national-champion coaches Rick Pitino and Tubby Smith to UK; who presided over USA Basketball when the "Dream Team" was formed and won Olympic gold, and who brought the first African-American basketball players to Transylvania and Alabama and the first African-American basketball coaches to UK, among other accomplishments.

Oh, Kentucky

#Raptors coach Dwane Casey was attending an all-Black school in racially segregated small town in Kentucky when MLK was assassinated. #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/MsFo15aKKw

— Gianina (@giaplusnina) January 15, 2018

23rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Walk - Cadiz https://t.co/j0bSSAKjeH

— WKDZ Radio (@WKDZ) January 15, 2018

Today in my hometown, Owensboro, Kentucky @visitowensboro the @sozochildren choir was part of a MLK celebration worship service. This awesome choir was rehearsing prior to the service. It includes our Sheriff, Mayor, my 9th grade science teacher etc #thistownrocks #obky pic.twitter.com/tDJpgehPcM

— Jon Brennan (@jonbrennan_com) January 15, 2018

Lexington, UK celebrate MLK Day with downtown march and program: https://t.co/y5z4AefHVu pic.twitter.com/1x3JCNT2N4

— Kentucky Kernel (@KyKernel) January 15, 2018

Kentucky's most recently formed public library is in McLean County, created six years ago, and now it's among the first three in the state to participate in Library Economic Advantage Forum collaboration, reports Rhonda Miller with WKU Public Radio.

Channel 6, hacking off the rest of the Mississippi River counties.

Oh, Kentucky

Yes, you have been seeing tundra swans north of Geneva.

It's Christmastime, but Eagle Weekend in Gilbertsville also is on its way.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 19; Ashland (the giant KFC bucket was terrific), Nov. 22; Lebanon, Nov. 25; Brownsville and Sebree, Nov. 26; Bardstown, Dec. 1; Maysville, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 2; Arlington, Beaver Dam, Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz (I hate deadlines), Clinton, Columbia, Frankfort, Glasgow, Harlan, Henderson, Horse Cave, Madisonville, Manchester, Munfordville, Murray, Paducah (themed, "Pictures of Paducah at Christmastime"), Paintsville, Paris, Somerset and Winchester, Dec. 3; Boyce, Owenton and Schochoh, Dec. 4; Hickman and Lexington, Dec. 6; Augusta, Burnside, Cave City, Elkton, Hopkinsville, La Center, Livermore ("remember, all units in the parade must be 'lighted' and Christmas themed"), Nicholasville and Pikeville, Dec. 10, and Auburn, Dec. 11.

Rest in peace, Florence Henderson, grand marshal of the 2015 Owensboro Christmas parade.

What's next for northern Kentucky's "Voice," WCVG?

Remember Mid-Continent University?

If you can't keep it under 35 mph, keep it out of Edmonson County.

Full House "Stephanie" is scheduled to speak tonight at NKU about substance abuse.

Oh, Kentucky (1969)

The 1969 desk takes a road trip from Hoptown to Hartford.

"Your Picture Newspaper" put the following picture of the 11th District basketball champs on Page 1 of the March 13, 1969, edition. The Eagles ripped the Fordsville Trojans, 145-59, and then turned back the (1965-state-champion) Breckinridge County Tigers, 75-59, to win the district tournament.

"Ohio County played Drakesboro last night in the opening game of the regional tournament at Owensboro," added the Page 15 story. "Results of the game were not known at press time."

Says Wikipedia: "Ohio County is famous for its coal mines, which in the 1970s produced much of the nation's coal."

In 1969, though, basketball appeared to be a big deal. Here's a brief about some sort of rec-league game that ended 107-106!

I love newspaper activities like these.

 

Listing the hospital's visiting hours right there with the admissions is a brilliant stroke of community building.

Clean sweep for ol' OCHS ...

Oh, Kentucky

$27.08 in 1986 dollars, so this seems about right.

Good jobs news from Bowling Green, Hickman, Annville and Hazard. Bad from Owensboro?

Nashville's lauded "Room in the Inn" homeless-shelter model is being adapted in Bowling Green.

The Kentucky Baptist Convention is done with Louisville's Crescent Hill Baptist Church, and Campbellsville University is done with the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 22; Louisville, Nov. 28; Danville and Monticello, Dec. 5; Berea, Cadiz, Calhoun, Columbia, Harlan, Island, Morganfield and Shelbyville, Dec. 6; Evarts, Dec. 7, and Benton, Livermore and Sacramento, Dec. 13. (And the Kentucky desk applauds the intra-county cooperation in McLean.)

@Kentuckyweather The Old Capitol in Frankfort getting ready for the Season. pic.twitter.com/cvQoWnQkCm
— Bill Ayer (@rumpole2) November 12, 2014

Oh, Kentucky

As of about 7:30 Central today, 83.26 percent of 229 visitors to a poll at the Glasgow Daily Times web site said they thought UK would beat U of L in the men's basketball Final Four tomorrow.

I totally agree with Billy Joe Fudge and ColumbiaMagazine.com (the future of journalism): underrated.

KET News Quiz!

Good jobs news for Glasgow and Madisonville. Better for Buckner? And even better for Winchester?

Woodford County has the state's lowest unemployment rate; Fulton, the highest.

Midway College is booming, but its leader is leaving.

"Benton is the best place on Earth to raise children." Maybe, but what about booze?

Visit Bourbon country.

Less disturbing, but still weird bird news from Kentucky.