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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear will skip next month’s Fancy Farm picnic — where prominent Kentucky politicians grill one another in the sweltering heat before heckling partisan crowds. Since it’s an off-year for elections, the governor will spend the weekend with his family, Beshear spokesman Sebastian Kitchen said Friday. Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman also will skip the event, and instead will be doing volunteer work alongside her family, he said. “Fancy Farm is a g...

From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: The Montgomery County Commission voted Tuesday to make the use of face masks in county-owned buildings optional, effective immediately. “Commissioners are strongly encouraging the public and employees to exercise personal responsibility and continue to wash hands, practice physical distancing, and wear masks when appropriate,” County Commission spokeswoman Hannah Hawk said in a release announcing the decision. A municipal mandate r...

Political speeches to resume at Kentucky’s Fancy Farm picnic at Catholic parissh May 4, 2021 associated press In this Aug. 4, 2018, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., waives to the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic, in Fancy Farm, Ky. (Credit: Timothy D. Easley/AP.) Some of Kentucky’s most prominent leaders can start warming up their best zingers — the political speeches will resume at the Fancy Farm picnic after a one-ye...

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By BRUCE SCHREINERMay 3, 2021 GMT FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Some of Kentucky’s most prominent leaders can start warming up their best zingers — the political speeches will resume at the Fancy Farm picnic after a one-year hiatus caused by COVID-19. Organizers confirmed Monday that the picnic and speeches are on for this year. Bob Babbage, a former Kentucky secretary of state and auditor, will be emcee of the political speaking — a rite of passage for statewide candidates in the Bluegrass Sta...

Credit Taylor Inman, WKMS / Fancy Farm   A former Kentucky secretary of state and former state auditor will emcee this year’s Fancy Farm picnic in Graves County, known for charged speeches and zingers from politicians across the state. Picnic organizers are planning for a more normal event after last year’s gathering was scaled down due to COVID-19 restrictions.    Bob Babbage of Lexington in a statement Monday said he was “humbled and honored” to be this year’s emcee for the picn...

FANCY FARM — With what organizers describe as “cautious optimism,” plans are being made to have the 141st St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic in its traditional entirety on Aug. 7, 2021. The first Saturday in August is the annual date for the picnic, once dubbed the “largest picnic in the world” by the Guinness Book of World Records, and which still attracts family of current and former residents from across the country to the small Graves County community. The event is perhap...

Last modified on Tue 22 Dec 2020 11.02 EST Set in Mexico, this is about a British former special-ops warrior once known as Nero (martial-arts movie veteran Scott Adkins) endeavouring to save his kidnapped adolescent son (Matthew Garbacz). With its one-word past-participle title, it’s as if the makers weren’t even trying to hide that this is basically a knock-off of Taken, with much lower-wattage stars and cheaper locations. That said, there’s a bit of satirical wit in the dialogu...