Oof, it’s gonna be warm today after that weird mess we had last night. Expect the potential for a few pop-up showers because we apparently don’t deserve calm. A cold front could bring more rain on Saturday but a cool-down is to follow. [WXorNot YouTube]
Look, lots of stuff sucks right now but there’s something enjoyable we can all do to help. Support local restaurants! Even if you’re broke, you can probably afford to eat something from a restaurant every once in a while. When you can and want to? Please do it. [WBKO]
How to know Frankfort is failing you: March Receipts Edition. Sales taxes were up a whopping 16.3% for the month and up 5.9% for the year, far outpacing the decrease in payroll taxation you may have experienced. This is how they misled you into believing income tax decreases were a net-positive. Corporate income and limited liability excise taxes cratered 21.6%, down 42.9% for the year. Individual income taxes rose 6.1% because it’s tax time. Property taxes fell 22%. Cancer stick taxes rose 2.3% because other states have increased their taxes on cancer sticks to be more expensive than ours. Coal severance taxes fell another 17.6%. Income on investments slumped $14 million. The governor and all Democrats and Republicans in Frankfort are lying to you about everything being puppies and rainbows on the economic front. Yes, all of them. Even if one is slightly less bad than the other. [State Budget Director Press Release]
With the state set to receive around $1 billion in opioid settlement funds over the coming years, the Kentucky Association of Counties has formed a cohort of 20 counties across the state to learn how to more efficiently spend the funds. Kentucky will receive the funds as part of the National Settlement Agreement that’s dispersing nearly $50 billion across the country. [WPSD]
Moral of the story: Don’t adopt children to use for photo ops and then abandon them in Jamaican abuse centers. Maybe do right by your children, help them succeed in life. If you have vast wealth, set them up for success even if you don’t make them wealthy. Do not be a monster like this. Why do we keep mentioning this case? Because Matt Bevin’s former Lieutenant Governor is based in BG and continues to defend his atrocious, inhumane behavior. [Courier-Journal]
What in the good old boy world is going on here? Was someone trying to buy a church’s votes with gravel? Surely Warren County wouldn’t stoop to the level of most of the 119 other Kentucky counties. [BG Daily News]
Revised unemployment information (meaning these are estimates – typically to make things sound rosier than they are) for January has been released Frankfort is frantic about distracting you. Kentucky’s civilian labor force was 2,114,515 in January 2026, a decrease of 5,476 individuals from December 2025. The number of people employed in January was 2,024,289, a decline of 3,119 from December. The number of unemployed was 90,226, a decrease of 2,357 from December 2025. [Press Release]
Area gardeners have a low-cost way to kick off their spring planting this weekend at the annual plant and seed swap. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 18, from 8 a.m. until noon at the UK Cooperative Extension Office at 1463 West Main St. in Glasgow. [Glasgow News 1]
A packed crowd at The Capitol Arts Center on Sunday watched “Jonesville: When Sunflowers Fall” and then encouraged WKU to reckon with the Black neighborhood it helped erase. The documentary traces the history of Jonesville, a community founded by African American Civil War veterans that stood just off WKU’s hilltop campus until it was seized and demolished during the urban renewal era. For many in the room, it was the first time they had seen Jonesville not as a footnote, but as a place with faces, names, homes and businesses. [WKU Herald]
The Forest Health Research and Education Center at the University of Kentucky, dedicated to woodland health in the Commonwealth, is being gutted and closed by the Trump Administration. It’s one of 57 research facilities in 31 states that the U.S. Forest Service is closing. On top of that, the USFS is closing all nine (all 9!) of its regional offices – including the Southern Region 8 headquarters in Atlanta. That office oversees all 900,000 acres of Kentucky forest service lands that include the Daniel Boone National Forest and Land Between the Lakes. TL;DR: This is bad for us here. [Herald-Leader]
At least 188,000 neighbors across the Commonwealth’s heartland still face food insecurity, according to Feeding America. Through its Food Rescue program, Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland partners with area retailers and community members to recover safe, nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste. [WNKY]
If you haven’t noticed, the far-right in Kentucky is trying to take over and destroy your State Supreme Court. On the final day of the legislative session, the Kentucky House and Senate filed separate resolutions, censuring Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Kelly Thompson. Justice Thompson filed a concurring opinion to the Supreme Court’s ruling, terminating the impeachment of Fayette County Circuit Judge Julie Goodman. The Supreme Court’s ruling terminated the impeachment against the Lexington judge. [WKYT]
A Kentucky nonprofit is working to make outdoor recreation more accessible by providing adaptive equipment to people with mobility challenges. Wheelable Wilderness, founded in Bowling Green by Kent and Jessica Madison, focuses on helping people with disabilities access parks and trails. [WDRB & Wheelable Wilderness]
Young, eligible men will be automatically registered for the military draft pool starting in December as part of a measure tucked into the annual defense policy bill Congress signed into law late last year. The rule will apply to all male U.S. citizens and “every other male person” in the country between the ages of 18 and 26. That includes green card holders, refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented men. This is not something new, it just automates a process that already existed. No reason to panic like some in partisan media organizations are panicking. [CNN]
Are you going to see Legally Blonde: The Musical this weekend? Of course you are. Bowling Green High School has three shows – tonight, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon – at the Bowling Green High School Performing Arts Center. Go learn about the Bend and Snap. It has an 83% rate of return on a dinner invitation. [BGHS & Instagram]
Last week, Western Kentucky University students wrapped up the Downtown BGKY Ambassadors Academy with a capstone showcase. Their creative ideas to help shape a more welcoming, vibrant Downtown for everyone are worth checking out and this program continues to highlight what’s possible when our community comes together. [YouTube]