Benton is a city in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,197 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Marshall CountyGR6. Shape-note singers gather annually at Benton on the fourth Sunday in May to sing from a tunebook called The Southern Harmony. This event, organized in 1884 and called The Big Singing or Big Singing Day, is considered by many to be the oldest indigenous musical tradition in the United States. Benton is also known for an annual festival called "Tater Day" at which Marshall Countians gather on the court square to eat, listen to music and political speeches. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,197 people, 1,767 households, and 1,111 families residing in the city. The population density was 411.3/km² (1,065.3/mi²). There were 1,922 housing units at an average density of 188.3/km² (487.8/mi²).
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I like players who have a good sense of humor…Demarcus Cousins, Jorts and Kyle Wiltjer have all shown an affinity for making jokes and being a bit of a prankster in their time at UK. Could Nerlens Noel be next? This photobomb of a picture at Keeneland shows some very promising potential in this area…nice [...]

As I referenced to earlier, the current lease agreement between UofL and the Yum Center has been a roadblock for Kentucky in scheduling a regular season game in downtown Louisville. Due to the current financial struggles of the Yum Center, the Arena Authority hopes to re-negotiate the agreement with Tom Jurich. Currently, the “agreement” calls for UofL [...]

@ABennett24 come join the movement bro! — Archie Goodwin (@A1Laflare10) April 22, 2012 Lets gooo @ABennett24 !! The #BBN got love for u kid, lets get #9 ! — Nerlens Noel (@NerlensNoel3) April 22, 2012 @ABennett24 #ABennett24toUK !!! We need ya! — Alex Poythress (@AlexTheGreat22) April 22, 2012

Kentucky fans are very excited about Patrick Towles, the incoming Rivals.com 4-star QB prospect from Fort Thomas, Ky, and many would like to see him start right away as a freshman. Towles starting as a true freshman is a real possibility. Joker has made it clear to all that Patrick will be given an opportunity to [...]

  After the NBA Draft declarations of the newest batch of Draft Cats and the commitment of Nerlens Noel, we have a good idea of what our roster will look like in the 2012-13 season.  With the roster being nearly complete, let’s take a look at a new uncertainty going forward into 2012-13: the non-conference schedule. Here are the [...]

Kentucky just won their eighth national championship. With the rioting over and life settling back into normalcy what better way to relive the season than buying some worthless merchandise? As soon as that final buzzer sounded people all over the country got great big dollar signs in their eyes and began to produce some “quality” [...]

The slightly rich got slightly richer when Tony Parker committed to UCLA after a 57-minute press conference from his school. That’s right — 57 minutes of talking before he announced that he’ll be joining Shabazz Muhammad and Kyle Anderson in Bruins uniforms. UCLA now has the No. 2 recruiting class in the country and everyone [...]

The Cincinnati Reds haven’t been interesting since Chris Sabo put down his corked bat in 1996, but the franchise that traded away Josh Hamilton is trying to be relevant again, at least for a night, by riding Kentucky basketball’s coattails. The Reds will honor your University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team tomorrow night on the [...]

As we slowly come down from that high of winning college basketball’s top prize, let’s take a second to look at the Capital One Cup standings, where Kentucky is the second-ranked athletics program behind North Carolina. The Tar Heels sit at the top of the scoreboard with 75 points, just nine ahead of Kentucky’s 66. [...]

“You gotta watch it when I get into autograph mode.” The Terrence Jones World Tour made stops at the Russell Springs Pharmacy in Russell Springs, Kentucky and O’Charley’s in Frankfort, Kentucky yesterday to sign autographs for fans in those areas. Event-goers were allowed to bring one personal item to be signed by the former Kentucky [...]

Class of 2013 wing player James Young out of Troy, Michigan has Kentucky at the top of his list, according to Rivals.com. Young told the website that his top three teams are Kentucky, Kansas, and Michigan State, in that order. He said he likes the way John Calipari lets his guys play and how Kentucky [...]

  While this weekend was an exciting one for fans of high school proms, Keeneland, and Nerlens Noel (I like two of those things), it was a dangerous one for Oklahoma City’s James Harden.  Harden, who made the mistake of bumping into the player formerly known as Ron Artest while setting up for an inbounds [...]

Nerlens Noel visited campus this weekend and if my Twitter and email inbox is any indication most of the city of Lexington ran into the Flat Top Feller at some point. By all indications, Nerlens was as nice as he could be to people and here is just a sampling of where people saw him: [...]

The following series recap post was written by David Mulloy from KSR College. For more coverage of UK baseball and all UK sports, check out ksrcollege.com. Game 1: 5-4 LSU The Tigers gave the Cats just their third one run loss of the season in front of a season high 3,785 fans, 5-4.  A pair [...]

In just three years in Lexington Coach Cal has coached an astonishing 28 different players. Among those 28 guys 15 of them will have gone on to the NBA draft due to the incredible amount of talent and all of the great performances in Lexington. But who would you place inside the top ten players [...]

The Cats are set to take on the Tigers at 1 p.m. at Cliff Hagan Stadium. Not only will this game determine the series winner but it will also decide who is first in the SEC and potentially who is the top ranked team in the nation. If those reasons weren’t good enough here’s one [...]

Nerlens giving the crowd some love -Coach Phillips said that he was happy with how his young guys played in the game, and that he likes where the team is headed. -Phillips stressed consistency as the thing that the team needed to work on most. He said there were some nice plays made, but there [...]

Morning, Cat Fans! Many of you are probably reading this in a dark room after living it up yesterday with the Keeneland, Baseball, and Blue/White triple header. In case you missed out on any of those events or just want to recap how they went down here are some links: Baseball: The second ranked Cats [...]

For the first time in John Calipari’s tenure at Kentucky his starting point guard will have some collegiate experience. Ryan Harrow is expected to take over as the new floor general in Coach Calipari’s dribble drive offense and hopes to lead the Wildcats to another  national title. Harrow, a Georgia native, recently sat down with [...]

Northern Kentucky was a success on Saturday and now the KSTV caravan is heading to Lexington for another round of auditions this weekend. Matt and the KSTV crew will be at the Lyric Theatre & Cultural Art Center at 300 E. Third Street in hopes of finding the next Perrin Johnson or Leslie Neeley to co-host [...]

While in Louisville for an autograph signing, Terrence Jones delivered flowers to the UL cheerleader he ran over at the Final Four. A true gentleman he is. pic by @maggieruper

One of the most frustrating things about last season was the inexplicable lack of catching ability from the receivers. I don’t think I’ve ever seen more dropped passes than I did from that group over the course of the twelve game slate. Dropped passes often stymied drives and destroyed momentum and it seemed like no [...]

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It’s not every day that a college coach compliments John Calipari (genuinely), but former LSU coach Dale Brown did just that in a recent conversation with Larry Vaught. When asked about Cal and the criticism he often faces from his colleagues, Brown said it’s a “bunch of baloney”: “I think John (Calipari) has done a [...]

Yeah, yeah I just told you about this on Monday but I have video to share now! Ageless Wisdom from Michelle Jones on Vimeo. Congregation Adath Jeshurun is proud to premiere a documentary video highlighting the stories of our members 80 years of age and older. The video, with an original sound track, highlights the [...]