Oh, Kentucky

There's a lot of stuff going on--wars and refugees, churches and cities, the 1970s and Vietnam, the 1980s and Japan, etc.--in this fascinating Georgetown News-Graphic article by Jackie Anders on the sale of the Cardome to the Catholic Diocese of Lexington. I had to read it a couple of times to take it all in, and I'm glad I did.

Bath County High has a (beautiful) new fine-arts wing. 

The NWSL is coming to Louisville.

"With forward-thinking public officials and involved volunteer groups, the rebirth of downtown Winchester will continue unabated."

"The report brings up many good questions for Danville and Boyle County. How are we doing on being a rural development hub? Are we setting our community up to succeed long-term in a world where everyone thinks rural communities are dying? How are we doing on improving quality of life, particularly for our most vulnerable populations? Are we resisting changes that could have huge impacts because we are risk-averse? Are we putting too much emphasis on old economic development methods and measuring sticks? How well are we working regionally?"

"Too big of a challenge to focus on our differences."

Free Thanksgiving dinner, in Ashland. (And Whitesburg.) (And Wurtland.)

Free Christmas trees, at LBL.

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Central City, Nov. 24; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29; Brownsville, Greensburg, Guthrie, Mayfield and Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Fredonia, Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville, London, Monticello, Pineville, Richmond and Trenton, Dec. 6; Barbourville, Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calvert City, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Grayson, Hawesville, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Marion, Middlesboro, Morgantown, Murray, Owingsville, Paducah, Rabbit Hash, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Somerset, Trenton, Versailles, Whitley City and Winchester, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10; Burkesville, Burnside, Elkton, Providence, Williamsburg, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

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A former EKU cheerleader who grew up in Winchester was working at a Las Vegas Hooters, where she met a model. They started dating. Then he got a job as a server at a restaurant featured in a Bravo reality-TV series. Then the guy and the woman from Winchester ended up getting their own Bravo spinoff, and on Saturday they got married at the Kentucky Castle in Versailles. People has exclusive photos and coverage--including details such as that former 'NSYNC performer Lance Bass officiated and that rentals were provided by Bryant's Rent-all of Lexington. "Mr. Vernon Bryant started in the rental business in Lexington, Kentucky in 1953, as a United Rent-All franchise store. His store was located at 531 South Limestone, just opposite the University of Kentucky. This was the first equipment rental store in central Kentucky. The telephone book did not have 'rental' as a heading at the time, so Mr. Bryant was the first business under that heading."

A mechanic decided to shift to law enforcement in 1957. He retired Friday from the Campbell County Sheriff's Office.

Hazard's new police department is an old McDonald's.

The U.S. Postal Service says Louisville's Girard Drive has gone to the dogs, and so they aren't going there for now.

Good jobs news from Wurtland.

World's largest pocketknife, in Radcliff.

"That's OK if you don’t believe in it, but it’s all about everybody being treated fairly." Shamarria Morrison has an interesting feature on Paducah's "safe spaces" for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or sexual-identity-questioning people.

Christmas parades: Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Hopkinsville, Dec. 6, and Henderson and Scottsville, Dec. 7.

Oh, Kentucky

.@covingtonkygov Piece by piece, the Covington floodgate takes shape https://t.co/91Eslz9elp pic.twitter.com/F20Gkwd7Nk

— The Lane Report (@TheLaneReport) February 12, 2019

Lexington homelessness reportedly is down 55 percent since 2014, and a $1.8 federal grant is intended to accelerate the trend.

A "Mobile Grocery Store" is coming to parts of Bowling Green where bricks-and-mortar versions do not exist.

"You can come one day a week, you can come every day if you want to. But seven days a week we are going to try to feed our community as long as we possibly can. We just want to show you the love of God." Erin Cox in the Corbin Times-Tribune delivers an inspiring feature on Lily's new New Day Cafe.

Guns, guns, guns: Pikeville.

On the specter of police cuts in Louisville.

Toward boosting Fort Knox's civilian workforce.

Toward stricter dog control in Clarkson.

Toward a less-shabby Paintsville.

Toward what is said to be the state's first "outdoor bodyweight circuit-training system," in Mount Washington.

Toward marketing "Our Paducah."

Good jobs news from Wurtland.

Turning to sports, I am thankful that Kacie Goode's reporting in The Kentucky Standard gives me reason to launch the HP's #khsabowl label.

And, finally, happy Saint Valentine's Day tomorrow: The eastern golden eagle that Bernheim Forest officials have been tracking over the last four years appears to have found a mate.

Oh, Kentucky

Kentucky for sale:

Police arrested that guy who allegedly stabbed the Middlesboro sports writer and college professor.

West Kentucky Star's Facebook post about a bank's sponsorship of an Alabama concert in Mayfield turned into a conversation about the bank's marketing expenditures, a 1981 show by the band in Paducah and Mitch McConnell.

Meanwhile, RaeLynn's coming to Madisonville.

The Hartings of Leitchfield make a return appearance on Family Feud. “Everybody needs to watch this time,” Pastor Harting tells Matt Lasley of The Grayson County News-Gazette.  “That’s all I’ll say.”

It's #QuiltWeek! These are some of the awesome pieces of artwork you'll see at this year's show. pic.twitter.com/iN0pUD1hXR

— Brianna Clark WPSD (@bclark_WPSD) April 26, 2017

Good jobs news from The McConnell House in Wurtland.

The Kentucky Democratic Party's new executive director is a Frankfort coffeeshop operator and Bernie Sanders backer.

You can come out to a meeting this afternoon in the City of Manchester Council Room to speak your piece on the proposed Ramsey Ballpark renovations (or you can write to Frankfort in the next couple of weeks), but, if you intended to hear state Sen. C.B. Ramsey (R-Louisville/Morgantown) talk General Assembly at the Ohio County Senior Citizens Center, you're a day late and a pillow short, bub.

Also in sports, ...

Former Edmonson County Coach Charles Alexander Has Number Officially Retired In Ceremony:https://t.co/hVuSibq63C pic.twitter.com/lx1FpPPZVh

— The Edmonson Voice®™ (@edmonsonvoice) April 26, 2017

Anderson Co. softball player @Bailey_Curry11 is closing in on national HR record despite a ton of intentional walks. https://t.co/oI1DpNmrtJ pic.twitter.com/TFtvzxndZR

— John Herndon (@ANewsJPHerndon) April 26, 2017

The 64-team field is set for the KHSAA state fishing championship, May 12-13 in Gilbertsville.

The parks aren't, but Kentucky State Parks is moving.

Oh, Kentucky

"Bobby Hayden has spent most of his life rocking out with some of the greatest stars in Rock & Roll as well as being addicted to everything from drugs to living the lifestyle of a Rockstar." This week, he's on tour across Muhlenberg County.

Four holes in one!

Good jobs news from Lexington and Louisville (heard up north).

My wife, daughter and I recently had over to the house of our local extension agents and a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) minister, and it was a delightful affair.

More Christmas parades: Owensboro, 4:30 p.m. Nov. 19 (grand marshall former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Wendell Ford); Ashland, 7 p.m. Nov. 22 (grand marshal is U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor winner Ernie West of Russell, Versailles and Wurtland); Paducah, 5 p.m. Dec. 3, ... stand by for updates ... Twitter desk WILL ADVISE!

Rest in peace, Mr. Judge, Kentucky Proud proponent and educator of a generation of Kentucky farmers.

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Boys' one and done: Happy birthday, Wes Unseld, who led Louisville Seneca to the 1963 and '64 state championships ... Hodgenvillean Idol ... One of Kentucky's top unsigned prospects plays for the Second Region champs ... Litkenhaus has Louisville Eastern as a pretty solid favorite for the KHSAA Sweet Sixteen, which starts Wednesday at Rupp Arena in Lexington.

Food Network would like Louisville in a Savory Sixteen, too.

Happy birthday, too, to Casey Jones.

And congratulations, Col. Young, for earning May's Lick its first Heath Post mention.

Good jobs news from Catlettsburg and Wurtland.

My multi-pronged Twitter call that the NCAA committee meetings be open seems to have gotten nowhere.