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Muddy Bottom Blues

Program #219 (September 25 at 8:00 p.m. and September 26 at 3:00 p.m.)

The response to Sean Hogan’s 1996 debut album was extraordinary. His uniquely authentic blend of ‘alt-country’ and ‘modern rustic pop’ immediately caught the attention of country radio and music fans across Canada, leading to his first Canadian Country Music Association award (Independent Male Artist of the Year, 1997).

This morning, Governor Andy Beshear authorized the deployment of approximately 500 service members of the Kentucky National Guard to Louisville.

This activation is to provide civil disturbance support to the Louisville Metro Police Department and to protect critical infrastructure sites in and around the Louisville area. Guard leadership will retain command and control while working with the LMPD.

"Our goal is to make sure we can keep everyone safe," said Gov. Beshear at his daily press conference.

Morehead State University is now harnessing the sun’s energy to power its newest demonstration barn, located at the northwest side of the MSU Farm’s property.

Fifty-five solar panels have been placed in the pasture field approximately 75 feet from the barn. Each panel is 39” wide and 76” long while weighing approximately 50 lbs. They are 365-watt models generating more than 20 kilowatts. The panels’ purpose: to power the lights, fans and water heating elements in the barn—eliminating the need for traditional electric power. 

Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).

The Governor also was joined Wednesday by state Rep. Charles Booker and J. Michael Brown, secretary of the Governor’s executive cabinet, to respond to questions about the grand jury report into the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville.

The Governor acknowledged that he could not control the decision made, but did call for more information to be released and committed to listening, hearing and doing more.

Program #416 (September 27 at 3:00 p.m.)

"Moth Stories"

Program Performers:

Angela Dorman

Bruce Feiler

Alvin Hall

Maxie Jones

Mills Brothers

Cathy Fink/Marcy Marxer/Sam Gleaves

Taking "The Next Opportunity" to return to the course this fall, Morehead State men's and women's golfers claimed a banner day, claiming a superfecta and perfecta across the men's and women's division at The Next Opportunity event at Keene Trace Golf Club.

The two-day event took place across both of Keene Trace's 18-hole championship golf courses as Monday's round took place at Champion Trace-the home of the PGA Tour's Barbasol Championship-and Tuesday's round at Keene Run.

NPR is planning live coverage of the four presidential and vice presidential debates this fall.

Tuesday, September 29

First Presidential Debate -Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) 

Host: Audie Cornish

Wednesday, October 7

Vice Presidential Debate - The University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)

Host: Ari Shapiro

Thursday, October 15

Second Presidential Debate - Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (Miami, FL)

Host: Ailsa Chang

As COVID-19 continues to impact schools, one MSU instructor has found a way to help her students and help students, teachers and parents in area public school systems.  

Shawn Justice, instructor of education, was trying to develop creative ways to help students in her Children’s Literature and Materials class get their required field experience hours virtually this fall.  

Morehead State Athletics mourns the passing of former Eagle football student-athlete and later head coach Cole Proctor. Proctor passed away at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, this weekend.

Proctor was a member of the 1966 Ohio Valley Conference championship team and later returned to his alma mater to lead the Eagle program from 1990-93. After retiring from coaching Proctor was a longtime NFL scout for the Arizona Cardinals and Tennessee Titans.

Arrangements are not complete yet but will be sent out once they are.

Dr. George “Mac” Luckey Jr., MSU professor emeritus and namesake of the George M. Luckey Academic Honors Program and husband of Dr. Sue Luckey, died Tuesday, Sept. 15. He was 85. 

A native of Paris, Tennessee, Luckey joined Morehead State’s philosophy faculty in 1961. Luckey was active on campus, serving as a faculty advisor to the Open Forum Club, the Blue Key Honors Society and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a professional music fraternity. He also served on several departmental, college, and university committees. 

Muddy Bottom Blues

Program #218 (September 18 at 8:00 p.m. and September 19 at 3:00 p.m.)

Joe Ely started out as a rebel in Texas music and eventually became one of the Lone Star State's most respected elder statesmen of music, all without changing his outlook that much.

Sunday Night Jazz Showcase

Program #297 (September 20 at 8:00 p.m.)

A native of the South Bronx, Ray Vega is a veteran of the bands of Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Mongo Santamaria, Mario Bauza, Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Hector LaVoe, Johnny Pacheco, Larry Harlow, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez and Louie Ramirez to name a few.

Live From The Jazz Lounge

Program #42 (September 20 at 6:00 p.m.)

Jim Hall

Recorded live at The Village Vanguard, New York, NYC, December 4 – 8, 1996

Performers include:

Jim Hall – guitar

Greg Osby – alto saxophone

Art Farmer – flugelhorn

Slide Hampton – trombone

Geoff Keezer, Kenny Barron – piano

Scott Colley – bass

Terry Clarke – drums

(provided by Discogs)

At Morehead State University, Eagles Always Soar...and so have the university’s rankings over the past two years.

In conjunction with the National Park Service, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources earlier this month stocked about 1,200 individual mussels into the Green River within Mammoth Cave National Park in southcentral Kentucky, in order to restore a federally-listed endangered species historically found in waters of the commonwealth.

The rayed bean, a species of freshwater mussel, has not been found in Kentucky waters in more than four decades. The mussels for this restoration effort were moved from the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania because of a tar spill.

On Monday, Gov. Andy Beshear welcomed one of the state’s latest corporate donations of personal protective equipment (PPE), which will help bolster the commonwealth’s response to the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).

The outdoors have provided a much needed escape for one student and her service dog.

The life of Emily Miller, a junior at Morehead State University, hasn’t been affected greatly by COVID-19, however, her service dog, Blue, has had her training disrupted.

“I was very lucky in that she had already passed the major socialization period with my trainer,” she said. “But it was very important that she get socialized and get public access under her belt.”

Morehead State graduate student Thomas Buteyn of Somerset has been elected to serve as the student member of the board of directors for the Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE). 

Buteyn is pursuing his Master of Science degree in Engineering and Technology Management and plans to graduate in December 2022. He was nominated for the board post by Dr. Ahmad Zargari, associate dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS). He was elected by the vote of ATMAE members. 

Gov. Andy Beshear on Saturday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in the commonwealth.

“Make sure you’re protecting your family, yourself and one another,” said Gov. Beshear.

As of 4 p.m. Sept. 12, Gov. Beshear reported that there are at least 56,415 cases in Kentucky, 721 of which were newly reported Saturday. Eighty-one of the newly reported cases were from children ages 18 and younger, of which 15 were children ages 5 and under. The youngest was a 6-month-old from Warren County.