Louisville-area gas prices were higher Thursday morning, reaching $2.80 per gallon at many stations one day after oil prices surged along with the stock market.
The event has been aided by nearly $1 million raised in the last couple of weeks by sponsor Alltech, which has been selling memberships to the Alltech Commonwealth Club.
A Hardin County farmer says that some ears among his feed corn rows popped on the stalk in a phenomenon that agricultural experts say is associated with irregular rainfall and high heat.