It’s warming up and staying active. We might be nearing the mid-80s. Yes, you read that correctly. Then things get wonky and, hold on to your wigs, the time is gonna change on Sunday. [WXorNot & YouTube]
This is a wonderful thing to happen to children in need, isn’t it? Citing Trump administration priorities, the U.S. Education Department rescinded about $900,000 approved for kindergarten readiness at Jennings Creek Elementary and mental health at Moss Middle as well as chronic absenteeism and family connection across both schools. [BG Daily News]
U.S. Senate candidate Andy Barr says his campaign office was broken into, vandalized. Which would be straightforward news except that the campaign has since issued multiple statements about what happened that do not entirely agree with each other, which is a remarkable achievement for an organization whose primary job is to say things clearly and mean them. [WTVQ]
The alleged perpetrator was arrested in Madison County not long after the incident. Barr’s campaign office was broken into. He blames his own racist ad — Al Cross’s characterization (rofessor emeritus at the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and the longest-serving political writer in Louisville Courier-Journal), not ours — though law enforcement hasn’t confirmed that. [WKYT]
The only problem here? The necessary data has been turned over. What they want is already available elsewhere and they don’t need it. The Department of Justice announced on Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against Kentucky and four other states, alleging failure to produce voter rolls upon request. [WBKO]
Frankfort Republicans passed a bill opting Kentucky into the federal school choice program. So let’s all count the days until this, too, is struck down by the courts. [Courier-Journal]
Bowling Green’s Unitarian Universalist church echoed prayers, songs and chants during the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Monday gathering Monday morning. Organized by Kentucky’s chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign and SOKY Indivisible, the event aimed to organize and empower attendants to advocate through a “moral revival.” It bridged local religious and advocacy leaders with a congregation of community members. [WKU Herald]
Republicans in Frankfort have issued subpoenas for the Beshear Administration to get more information they claim they need regarding the state’s budget. Here’s the thing: that’s wildly unnecessary because legislators already have access to all the information they need, as they have for the past hundred or so years. Political stunt at taxpayer expense. And your writer says this as a longtime Beshear critic. [Herald-Leader]
It’s been 30 years but an arrest has finally been made in the killing of Bowling Green girl Morgan Violi. Federal and local authorities announced a major development in the nearly 30-year-old abduction and murder of 7-year-old Morgan Jade Violi, calling it one of the most significant actions taken by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in at least a decade. [WNKY]
The problem? Those medications aren’t just used for inducement of abortion. A bill filed in the Kentucky legislature would make it a felony to traffic or import abortion-inducing drugs into the commonwealth, adding those medications to the state’s list of controlled substances. [WKYT]
Western Kentucky University is planning a major new residence hall project after multiple dorms built in recent years were closed because they were deemed unsafe for students to live in. The university plans to tear down the aging Hugh Poland Hall and Douglas Keen Hall and replace them with a nearly 1,000-room dormitory. [WDRB]
The Tennessee Performing Arts Center has announced its upcoming Broadway season with eight new shows. They are: The Sound of Music, Death Becomes Her, The Neil Diamond Musical A Beautiful Noise, Phantom of the Opera, The Great Gatsby, Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Buena Vista Social Club. [TPAC]
It’s Colon Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky and you should pay attention. Learn more at the Commonwealth’s Colon Cancer screening and prevention program website. Why take it seriously? Because it’s the second-leading cause of cancer-related death among all people combined. It’s the first-leading cause of cancer-related death for those under 50. An estimated 60% of deaths could be prevented by screening. Your writer lost a sibling to this just over a year ago, so get checked if you can. You may qualify for a free screening. [Press Release & Click Here]
Staying up-to-date with what’s occurring in your community? Check out the February 24, 2026 Code Enforcement and Nuisance Board Meeting and February 17, 2026 Board of Commissioners Meetings. [YouTube & More YouTube]
Howdeeeeeeeee! Saturday. 10:30 A.M. Book it to the Tennessee State Museum for an event with Mary Ellen Pethel and Don Cusic. “HOWDY! The Minnie Pearl Story” delves deep into the life of Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon. Seriously, go to this TN Writers-TN Stories series if you, like us, have tons of childhood Hee Haw memories. [Nashville Downtown Partnership & TN Museum]