Jack Brammer
Frankfort Bureau Chief at Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky politics news from @heraldleader journalists John Cheves (JC), @_AustinHorn (AH), @TessaDuvall (TD) and @AcquistoA (AA).
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1 week ago |
kentuckymonthly.com | Jack Brammer
Rare is a University of Kentucky men’s home basketball game in which ESPN analyst Jay Bilas does not enticingly consume on national TV a huge soft-serve ice cream cone, a treat available to the masses at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Bilas devours the ice cream with much enthusiasm—like a team experiencing a shooting drought hitting five straight three-pointers. From where does that fine, sweet concoction that brings so much pleasure to connoisseur Bilas come?
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2 weeks ago |
pmg-ky1.com | Jack Brammer
Viva Lafayette!Church bells pealed and a 24-gun salute was fired in downtown Shelbyville the evening of May 13 to mark the 250th anniversary of Marquis de Lafaytte's historic visit to Shelby County. The Frenchman who aided George Washington in the American Revolutionary War revisited the United States in 1824-1825 50 years after the battle for independence. One of those stops was at a ball in Shelby County.
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3 weeks ago |
pmg-ky1.com | Jack Brammer
SHELBYVILLE -- he controversial issue of converting homes in Shelbyville's residential neighborhoods into short-term rentals called Airbnbs has landed in the courts. Shelby Circuit Judge Michelle Brummer held a hearing May 8 on a lawsuit brought by Preston and Michaela Downing against the Triple S Board of Adjustments and Appeals for denying their request for a short-term rental contract for their property at 605 Brown Ave.
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1 month ago |
pmg-ky1.com | Jack Brammer
Sherry Keith Jelsma, a leader in state and local education and various civic groups including the Shelby County Historical Society, died April 30 at her Stockdale Farm in Shelby County. She was 86. Jelsma, a Louisville native, was secretary of education, arts and humanities in the administration of Democratic Gov. Brereton Jones. She was elected three times to the Jefferson County Board of Education and served two terms as chair. “Sherry Jelsma was faithful to her tasks,” said former Lt. Gov.
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1 month ago |
kentuckymonthly.com | Jack Brammer |Kool Treats
One late summer day in 2005, Tony Lamb and his family heard the familiar strains of jaunty music from an ice cream truck waft across their residential neighborhood in the Northern Kentucky community of Union. The kids came a-runnin’. Lamb’s 3-year-old daughter, Ava, knew sweetness awaited. Her little legs swiftly carried her to the truck for a cool concoction. But Lamb did not like what he saw.
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