Oh, Kentucky

In Albany, they are ... Bulldogs: "As students piled into Lindle Castle Gymnasium, a sea of blue overwhelmed the seats. Every athlete involved in high school sports was on the gym floor, in uniforms, cheering on the crowd … but the rally wasn’t all about sports."

Mad props to a seventh-grade science teacher in Maysville, a retired mayor of Slaughters and Lake Cumberland State Park.

A big M&A score for Lexington mattress-maker Tempur-Pedic. Harlan's getting a TSC.

Per the gov's office: "Earlier this year, the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR), released a report showing that individuals who enroll in substance abuse programs at one of the state’s Recovery Kentucky centers are more likely to abstain from drugs and are less likely to spend time in jail." Says the report: "For every dollar spent on treatment for this sample of clients who were in recovery in 2009-2010, the avoided costs can be estimated as $2.92." And, so, reported WKDZ yesterday: "There was good news for the Trilogy Recovery Center for Women, in Hopkinsville ..."

Meanwhile, playing beat the calendar to keep a Hazard homeless shelter open through winter.

Enabling new distance-learning opportunities in Webster County.

The show goes on in Hodgenville. It's about to start in Bowling Green.