Welp, we can’t decide if we should glue our wig down tight or take it off. We’re looking at rain chances that are few and far between the next several days. Unfortunately, the focus is on increasing devil heat and humidity. Hotter than blue blazes, even. Maybe just stay inside with air conditioning and a dehumidifier. [WxOrNot]
People in south central Kentucky are paying tribute to Dolly Parton following her death. Jennie Chapman, the talent buyer at SKyPAC, said Parton changed the country music industry and paved the way for artists who followed her, especially women. Chapman said Parton stayed true to her roots, embraced where she came from and was unapologetically herself. [WBKO]
It’s not this weekend but it’s still free! The Capitol will screen The Blues Brothers for free on Wednesday, September 2 at 6:30 P.M. Central. You should probably go watch it even if you’ve seen it dozens of times. Two soul-singing brothers are sent on a “mission from God” to raise $5000 to save a Chicago orphanage. On their fund-raising tour de force, they encounter a multitude of mishaps and mayhem. [Capitol BG]
The same rich people “bought” a country ham at the Kentucky State Fair again. But the part no news outlet ever explains: it’s because they get a fat tax write-off. At the Kentucky State Fair’s annual Kentucky Farm Bureau Ham Breakfast and Auction, held on Aug. 26, the yearly charity auction of a prized ham ended with a winning bid of $10 million from Joe and Kelly Craft, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, along with Luther Deaton, president and CEO of Central Bank. [Courier-Journal]
Attorneys suing a former Kentucky State Police trooper for using excessive force against a handcuffed arrestee have asked for a trial date after the judge presiding over the case declined to sign off on a settlement. Timothy Heston has a lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court against former KSP trooper Aaron Tucker, in which Tucker is accused of excessive force, assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress following Heston’s arrest on March 17, 2019. [BG Daily News]
The Education and Labor Cabinet released unemployment data and instead of gobbling up a phony narrative, let’s just look at the lows and highs so we know what’s what. The lows: Cumberland and Woodford Counties 4.1%; Campbell 4.2%; Boone, Fayette, Kenton, Scott 4.3%; Franklin, Harrison, Trimble 4.4%. The highs: Martin 10.1%; Wolfe 9.5%; Lewis 9%; Elliott 8.9%; Magoffin 8.4%; Jackson 8.3%; Carter 7.9%; Lawrence 7.8%; Pike 7.4%; Knott 7.3%. [Press Release]
Money is more important than anything else in education in Kentucky and that’s half the reason problems at schools like WKU exist today. Prove us wrong. In appreciation of estate gifts totaling $2.8 million, the WKU Board of Regents approved several naming requests in honor of Romanza Johnson. The board also approved the naming of the Bill Edwards Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Room and CAYA Advancing Research and Community Health Institute. [WKU Herald]
Two of the biggest gifts you can give your children: the ability to communicate in American Sign Language and Spanish. Fortunately it’s easier than ever to do just that. The Warren County Public Library is hosting bilingual storytime and sing and sign events for the next couple months. We lowkey think these same things should be offered for adults. Not joking. [Sing & Sign & Spanish Storytime]
Hear us out: Keep your kids off social media! Yes, really. Until they’re 18. No exceptions. If they use it before then? You need to be present and they don’t need their own secret account. Your lives will be better without it at all. Meta, parent company to Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday proposed a $17.1 billion settlement to end litigation being pursued by Kentucky and 46 other states over claims that the tech giant knowingly endangered children with its addictive social media platforms. [Herald-Leader]
Poverty rates and fixed incomes were among concerns raised by citizens at a public hearing on Friday, Aug. 21 ahead of Barren County setting this year’s ad valorem property tax rate. While no actual rate was stated at the hearing, the county has legally advertised a rate of 12.4 cents per $100 of assessed property, with a lower, compensating rate of 12 cents. [WCLU]
In a world of smartphones, tablets and instant messages, one Bowling Green business owner is finding value in something much slower: the typewriter. Sam Freeman, owner and lead mechanic at Barren River Typewriter, buys, sells, services and repairs typewriters, bringing machines that may have sat unused for decades back to life. [WNKY]
Just in case you’re wondering why everything continues to get more expensive. Canada struck back at the United States on Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment, as the trade war between the once-friendly neighbors escalated sharply. [WKYT]
1 in 5 Kentuckians are going hungry at this very moment. Half of you probably blow $10 on watered down coffee-sugar slurry every day. So it might be nice if you threw a couple dollars toward fighting that hunger by helping your neighbors this week. Or if you can’t afford to, ask your employer, friends or church group to help. [Feeding Kentucky]
You see the sticker shock every time you go to buy beef or steak at the grocery store; however, the Trump Administration made a move this week to lower beef prices, and that’s left some American beef farmers shocked. Right now, the average price for ground beef is $6.89 a pound compared to about $4.25 a pound for chicken and $3.50 for ground pork. WAVE spoke with cattle farmers at the Kentucky State Fair to get their take on the government’s plan to allow more beef imports. [WAVE3]
If you don’t know what’s going on in your local community with your local government, you don’t have control of your life. Want to know what absentee landlords and corporate slop beasts are doing with rental properties? Wondering how the city tries to improve? Pay attention. Start by watching the latest Code Enforcement and Nuisance Board meeting. Play it in the background while you work. [YouTube]