🌱 How Ryland Heights’ own budget chair is steering Kentucky’s spending fight

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• How Ryland Heights’ own budget chair is steering Kentucky’s spending fight

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Very warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 84 and low of 66 degrees.
• Saturday: Heavy t-storms; not as warm, temps: high: 73, low: 40.
• Sunday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 58 and low of 36 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• GOP supermajority overrides most of governor's vetoes (kentuckynewera.com) — Ryland Heights residents are represented at the center of Kentucky’s budget fight, with hometown Sen. Chris McDaniel leading Senate budget negotiations as lawmakers override most of Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes. The GOP-controlled legislature advanced the two-year state and judicial budgets, sparred with the governor over funding priorities, and left a key housing bill’s fate to last-minute talks.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Baby Story Time (Ages Newborn - 2)
  Campbell County Public Library: Alexandria Branch , 8333 Alexandria Pike # 203 , Alexandria
  11:15 am
• April 17-19, 2026, Lost Person Behavior, Campbell County
  Campbell County Fire Training Center , 10 Fire Training Dr , Highland Heights
  6:00 pm
• Karaoke Night — Hopkinsville Brewing Company
  Hopkinsville Brewing Company , 102 E 5th St , Hopkinsville
  6:00 pm
• Finding Nemo JR the Musical
  Scott High School , 5400 Old Taylor Mill Rd , Taylor Mill
  7:00 pm
• 2026 Akt Like A Nupe
  Mathematics , Education & Psychology Center , Highland Heights
  7:11 pm

Saturday April 18

• Minecraft Club
  Campbell County Public Library: Cold Spring Branch , 3920 Alexandria Pike , Cold Spring
  11:00 am
• Books and Brunch
  Campbell County Public Library: Alexandria Branch , 8333 Alexandria Pike # 203 , Alexandria
  11:30 am
• Western KY State Fair Car Show
  Western Kentucky State Fair , 2810 Richard St , Hopkinsville
  2:00 pm

Sunday April 19

• Down the Rabbit Hole: A Reading Experience with Rabbits
  Kenton County Public Library - Independence Branch , 1992 Walton Nicholson Rd , Independence
  2:00 pm
• Kentucky Barrels vs. Oceanside Bombers
  Truist Arena , 500 Louie B Nunn Dr , Highland Heights
  3:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Music and Motion with the Singing Librarian
  Kenton County Public Library - Independence Branch , 1992 Walton Nicholson Rd , Independence
  10:30 am
• You've Been Booked
  Campbell County Public Library: Cold Spring Branch , 3920 Alexandria Pike , Cold Spring
  3:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Alexandria

• Eileen Rust Obituary in Newport at NKyTribune (nkytribune.com)

Highland Heights

• Fischer Group breaks ground on new corporate headquarters in the heart of Covington (nkytribune.com)
• Kentucky Senator Bourbon's ‘Jim Bunning Release' drives benefit for Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (nkytribune.com)
• Adam "Pacman" Jones Avoids Prison Time, Receives Five Years Of Probation (bet.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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