Oh, Kentucky

Foes since both took office in 2015, it's Bevin vs. Beshear for Kentucky governor in 2019 https://t.co/iTyE3kS8l8 pic.twitter.com/iKeu3zUTgJ

— The Gleaner (@TheGleanerNews) May 22, 2019

There appears to be a heck of testing mess unfolding at Betsy Layne Elementary School.

Prayers for the 11 puppies fighting to survive in Louisville after being dumped in a Jackson County ravine.

Hooray for the multi-county collaboration that led to a first-of-its-kind rescue atop Natural Bridge!

Good jobs news from Morehead. Bad from (Dressbarns of) Elizabethtown, Florence, Lexington, Louisville, Pikeville and Simpsonville.

Hiring (fairs) in Louisville, Madisonville and West Liberty.

Godspeed to the forthcoming Carlisle Restaurant's operators as they hustle to beat the Blackberry Festival clock.

The Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival, launched in 1931, puts on No. 89 in and around Pineville, starting Thursday.

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Good jobs news from Hazard, Henderson, Lexington, Lexington (wow!) and Shepherdsville (WOW!).

Toward reversing Paducah's decline.

The Madisonville McDonald's restaurants are now locally owned.

CVG-Hebron set a new passenger record in July.

New day for Franklin's Goodnight Memorial Library.

The coal-fired power plant in Owensboro and maybe the one in Henderson are closing.

The Stoner Creek Golf Club fight in Paris is headed to court.

Once more ... about that rehab facility that might open in the old Cox's Creek school ...

And, as for the resident copperheads of Red River Gorge, ...

Christmas parades: Owensboro ("Our Christmas Wish"), Nov. 17; Bowling Green, Dec. 1; Richmond, Dec. 7, and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8.

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The Madisonville fire department helped us get our cat out of a tree a few years ago. Once the truck pulled onto our street, River got scared by the sound and leapt probably about 20 feet to the ground and scampered to the backyard. The Bardstown fire department had a more challenging time with Kitten, per Spencer Harsh's reporting in The Kentucky Standard.

I have never been to Red River Gorge, and I have never been to Miguel's Pizza near Slade, and, now when I do get there, it's going to look like I was just jumping on the Food & Wine bandwagon.

No fees at McCreary County's Natural Arch Scenic Area for National Get Outdoors Day, Saturday.

Eighteen bicyclists retracing the northern Trail of Tears route are due in Princeton tomorrow.

Bad Marco Polo news from Lucas.

Good jobs news from Bowling Green.

Hiring aplenty in and around Paducah.

Hoptown's forthcoming Tacos El Papi had me at "homemade tamales."

Hardin County Schools takes its summer-meals program to the streets.

Voter turnout for last month's primaries reportedly was highest in Grayson (33.2 percent) and lowest in Kenton (10.0 percent), among Kentucky's 120 counties.

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The Kentucky State Park posters are here and/or coming, and I want every one of them right now.

The drawdown of copy editing at America's newspapers is one of the pocks of the last 20 years, but even bad things yield good stuff: for example, Douglas White's heavier emphasis on business writing in Henderson's Gleaner. He is fantastic.

Hey, Gov. Bevin made The New York Times!

Here comes Kentucky Wired, at last, to Boyd County, etc.

Good jobs news from Glasgow.

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A discount code and Florida driver's license can get you a 25-percent discount on Kentucky State Park lodge rooms and cottages through Sept. 12.

What might dark fiber do for Nelson County?

Kentucky for sale (I would love to see a traveling exhibit of snapshots taken by "avid-candid-camera-enthusiast" Mrs. Chandler during her husband's years in office):

Bad jobs news in Left Beaver and Louisville.

An 82-year-old man from Russell Springs has become the Kentucky horseshoes champ for a fifth time.

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Mothers Day Buffet @kystateparks May 14. Details at: https://t.co/T66ZSjbO09 #kystateparks pic.twitter.com/ttIaDWKahw

— KentuckyStateParks (@KYStateParks) April 17, 2017

I'm getting very excited about Sixth Podcast.

Want to be among the first to see Audubon?

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And the campgrounds open tomorrow.

Kentucky for sale:

Hiring at Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park and My Old Kentucky Home. 

"Rattlesnake Trail," yes. "Copperhead Trail," no. 

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"Not everyone gets a supportive family to go to during the holidays ..."

Here's how they harvest the pecans in Kevil.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 19; Ashland, Nov. 22; Lebanon (still time to enter a float), Nov. 25; Sebree, Nov. 26; Bardstown, Dec. 1; Maysville, Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 2; Arlington, Beaver Dam (I've got to check out this Ky. Wildflour Cakes place), Berea, Bowling Green, Clinton, Frankfort, Glasgow, Harlan, Henderson, Madisonville, Manchester, Paris, Somerset and Winchester, Dec. 3; Boyce, Owenton and Schochoh, Dec. 4; Hickman and Lexington, Dec. 6, and Augusta, Cave City, Elkton, Hopkinsville (entry deadline extended), La Center, Nicholasville and Pikeville, Dec. 10.

Somebody in or around Hoptown's getting coal in her or his stocking.

Ky Forestry Official Calls Fire Control ‘Mop Up Stage.’ https://t.co/9AsCYhL8jO

— WEKU Newsroom (@WEKUnews) November 22, 2016

A Hazard homeless shelter needs more revenue if it's going to start staying open again during the day.

This week in Ballard County ...

Oh, Kentucky (1969)

Have you been wondering what Joe Namath has been up to since Super Bowl III ended?

Well, the Associated Press reports carried in Hopkinsville's Kentucky New Era in the first days after Jan. 12, 1969 say that he is contemplating retirement. But he's going to be on Ed Sullivan tonight 1969, and he doesn't mention anything about such thoughts during his interview.

Among the other highlights on tonight's Ed Sullivan is Tommy James and the Shondells' performing the No. 2 song in the nation, per Cash Box, "Crimson and Clover."

More from the Jan. 8-26 editions of Hopkinsville's Kentucky New Era:

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Sporting News: Ky. the best college hoops state http://t.co/6Mwa8Hxmvc @JonathanLintner @GoCards @UKCoachCalipari pic.twitter.com/VaGhATJp96
— Courier-Journal.com (@courierjournal) January 16, 2015

Good jobs news from Louisville.

Hardin and Pembroke distilleries are expanding distribution through a forthcoming George Jones museum.

"Four of the most popular cycling events in Kentucky"? Per the state, they include the Redbud Ride, in London; the Horsey Hundred, in Georgetown; the Preservation Pedal, in Frankfort, and the Hub City Tour, in Elizabethtown.

"When the URL one of the local plaintiff groups is 'TaxlessSociety.com', they will be back.  They are on a mission."

"Celebrate Valentine’s Day at a Kentucky State Park this year with your special someone!"

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Well, it's going to be a lively night in Bardstown when Mrs. Partridge's memoir comes up for discussion at the Nelson County Public Library book club.

Last night at #boonefair #instagram pic.twitter.com/4UQiRFM9dN
— Stephanie Salmons (@SSalmonsNKY) August 6, 2013

And you thought Caterpillar Weekend was only about the caterpillars?

It's almost football season, but that's not all. The rifle 'Cats also are taking aim at a new schedule.

And the Henderson Breakfast Lions Club has noted that Christmas is just around the corner! 

Rebuilding at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Owensboro. Closing a chapter with the Leitchfield City Pool. Hiring in Crittenden County.

"What stories in Washington County have yet to be told"?

Rest in peace, McCracken County Sheriff's Deputy Shaw.

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The Kentucky State Parks also are for lovers.

My and the president's wives would likely say that they're going too light on the proteins for breakfast this morning at South Irvine, Estill Springs, West Irvine and Estill County Middle.

Two more Dollars in Etown.

Turning to Louisville culture, the orchestra CEO has had enough understandably; Lynn's Paradise Cafe has closed mysteriously, and Jennifer Lawrence has won finally.

Cycling update: Announcing the Kentucky Century Challenge!

Rest in peace, "Big Dan" Hall, a Betsy Layne standout and part of the UK recruiting class that also included Jack Givens, James Lee, Mike Phillips and Rick Robey.

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"I couldn’t have made up a better quote." Actually, that's a pretty good quote, too.

This bus brought to you by www.HeathPost.com.

Also, this arena.

Two Kentuckys.

Seeing a movie in Bardstown.

Eating a pizza in Berea.

Meeting the Press in Paducah.