Madisonville after dark

Let's go racing!

Song and dance

Not out of their gourds

stacked more than ever now
Lisa Wigley remembers the summer her family moved to Fulton. She had just finished the fourth grade and didn't know ...
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romeo club: camaraderie and gossiping
ven with their eyes half closed, as they usually are, the men know the place by the lingering aroma of bacon and eggs. As ...
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king coal
f the western Kentucky coal industry were a truck, it could accurately sport one of those silly bumper stickers that ...
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Madisonville After Dark
Dusk creates a softening effect on buildings in downtown Madisonville. A darkening sky contrasts with streetlights, ...
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take us out to the ballpark
Marlee Burden puts things in perspective as only a 4-year-old can. "We hit the ball and if it goes in the grass, ...
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if we build it ....
Thirty-four years ago, construction workers started wedging a brown two-story building between two hills on the north ...
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historic hotels
America has been on the move since the end of the Depression. Thanks can be given to Henry Ford and Barney Olds, among ...
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renaissance
EARLINGTON Mayor Steve Everly had heard it for years. Even by small-town standards, Earlington was nothing to ...
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yonder comes the train
Railroading in this area dates back to the late 1860s with The Evansville, Henderson & Nashville Railroad, which began ...
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song and dance
The patrons file in and take their seats for the concert. Behind the stage, a talented group of men and women warm ...
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pharmacies go high tech
There was a time when a person could hand a pharmacist a prescription and then sit at the soda fountain and enjoy a ...
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women in sports
Vicki Cunningham wasn't cut out to lead cheers and wave pompoms. While the other White Plains School cheerleaders ...
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south by southeast county scenes
A pair of donkeys come to the fence to see what's going on along the Old Nortonville White Plains Road. A church ...
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dying breed
Whether it is local residents or families passing through on a road trip looking for a place to eat, Madisonville has ...
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double exposure
When Hans Duerichen moved to Madisonville four years ago, he never dreamed an old photograph taken in 1965 in Austria ...
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fryscs
Family Resource and Youth Service Centers don't simply put Band-Aids on problems. They are seeking a much broader ...
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food flight:
Before the days of soccer practice, music lessons and mothers entering the work place, families sat down together for ...
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going high tech to catch a crook
A string of drug arrests and violent crime - including murder - has shocked and frightened area citizens. Local ...
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designing businesses
To grow and to thrive, living things must be nourished and fed. This applies not just to people, animals and plants, ...
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sales pitch:
Company executives don't pin a map of the United States on a wall and throw a dart to determine where they are going ...
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let's go racing!
That's the yell you can hear Saturday nights at Western Kentucky Speedway, just outside of Nebo. Racers from around ...
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room with a view
We like to associate the idea of home with permanence and stability. It's the place that will always be there, where ...
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not out of their gourds
Farmers. They're the ones who raise corn, soybeans, wheat, tobacco and maybe corral a few hogs or cattle. Unless ...
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landmark:
There is much more to a wall than just mortar and bricks. Many walls have a significant place in history. There's ...
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theater fanatics
Theaters have come and gone in Hopkins County over the past 50 years. But the basic experience of sitting in the dark ...
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bridging generations
The Western Kentucky Veterans Center's childcare program is a unique one where children and veterans participate in ...
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