Boyd County

I was about to say, if Bourbon County's not.

Boyd County shoots up to number six.

Fleming stays at number seven.

GRC has fell back out.

So a couple points here.

And this may be more in Ryan's wheelhouse, but will the KHSAA ever classify baseball in the state of Kentucky? The reason I'm asking that is, Last year, if you followed, a little team out of eastern Kentucky, Boyd County, made it to the Final Four, got beat out by Trinity.

Made it back to the state tournament this year, made it to the championship game, and got beat out by Trinity.

So Trinity's won the state championship twice.

It's just the Trinity problem.

which is really a private school problem just in terms of the way they're able to have the amount of players.

Isn't that a bigger deal than classification? I mean, wouldn't you rather Boyd County play big teams than play just little tiny teams around the state?

Sure, absolutely, 100%.

They've been bouncing in and out.

Um, Boyd County's three losses, they've been on a, a quick slide.

Um, Greenup has pretty much hovered around the fifth spot the entire year.

Raceland, the preseason number one, made it all the way down to 10th, and now they have bounced back, um, up to the three spot, and really those top three, I don't see them moving.

Serving the campus requires new high voltage lines.

Kentucky Power's Muskie project calls for a 765 kilovolt Keevil substation named Venator in Boyd County, about 2.5 miles of 765 Keevil line and two parallel 345 Keevil lines totaling roughly six miles.

The substation application is due this month and the line application in January, with service targeted for October 2028.

Residents can review possible routes at an October 15 open house and comments are due October 29th.

Rowan fell two spots to number nine.

Boyd County down three spots.

Nicholas County, number six, up three spots.

Greenup stays at number five.

Nicholas County's got a running back that is absolutely, like, smashing it on the yards.

He's over 1,000 yards already and headed easily to 2,000 yards on the season.

Boyd County was up there.

They're on a two-game slide now, but it's almost like, Were they a fake 4-0? They've played two pretty good teams in a row and got handled.

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A Leaders in Our Community Evening of Leadership, Service, and Opportunity conference is being held at the Boyd County Community Center in Catlettsburg on Thursday, 6:00 to 8:00.

One of the speakers is my guest today on the Tom Roten Show.

Hi, everybody.

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Like and subscribe so you don't miss an episode, and you can find every episode on my website, tomrotenshow.com. Well, today, gonna be talking with Leslie Hubert of the Leadership Institute.

She'll be the moderator for the discussion panel at the Boyd County Community Center on Thursday evening.

The program will include remarks from Dr. Lee Watts, also State Representative Patrick Flannery, and David Salisbury of the Boyd County Commission.

And the wires are a real build.

InPower reports Kentucky Power is planning a new 765 kilovolt substation called Venator in Boyd County, about two and a half miles of 765 line and two parallel 345 circuits.

Final routes aren't picked yet.

So that 2029 date runs through landowner meetings.

[laughing] How much time do you have? Aye yi yi.

I was born in the same hospital as my mother, right across the street from my grandmother in Ashland, Kentucky, Boyd County, in 1964.

And we lived there until I was four.

Mother got thrown out of the house when she got pregnant.

And once it's gone, it's gone forever.

You just heard from Angela Briggs from Barren County, Suzanne Griffith from Boyd County, Shawntae West from Louisville, and Kristi Compton from Breckinridge County.

Appalachian policy groups who support miners with black lung disease were in Washington, D.C. this week.

For the Appalachian MidSouth Newsroom, Justin Hicks reports they want Congress to update benefits programs for sick miners and enforce protections for existing workers.