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🌱 How Danville residents should prep Christmas trees for curbside pickup.
Morning Danville! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Danville residents should prep Christmas trees for curbside pickup.
- Which Danville Christian star is drawing statewide attention this season?
- How Danville briefly held America’s first known serial killers
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 48 and low of 37 degrees.
- Thursday: Windy with periods of rain, temps: high: 58, low: 27.
- Friday: Much colder, with a high of 33 and low of 25 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Kentucky Fish and Wildlife asks for live Christmas tree donations (fox56news.com) — Danville residents are being asked to cut their live Christmas trees into 3-foot sections and place them at the curb on their regular trash day for pickup. Boyle County is also accepting undecorated trees at the Alum Springs Convenience Center, while Kentucky Fish and Wildlife encourages donations of cleaned trees to create fish habitats in lakes statewide. 
• View top boys, girls standouts for 2025-26 KHSAA basketball season (courier-journal.com) — Danville fans will notice Danville Christian highlighted among the top girls basketball standouts heading into the 2025-26 KHSAA season, including their Sweet 16 win over Henderson County at Rupp Arena. The piece is a statewide photo-heavy look at key returning boys and girls players from programs across Kentucky, offering context on who could shape this winter’s high school hoops action.
• Harpe Brothers (worldhistory.org) — Danville appears in this chilling history as the place where the notorious Harpe cousins were once jailed before escaping, during a murderous spree across Kentucky and neighboring states in the late 1790s. The piece traces their Loyalist roots, brutal killings, clashes with river pirates, and gruesome deaths, showing how early frontier justice tried to reassert order after their reign of terror.
📸 Around Danville
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Upcoming Events in
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Coffee with a Planner!
Danville, KY Calendar , 236 W. Main Street , Danville
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Musical Storytime
Danville, KY Calendar , 116 N. 3rd Street , Danville
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Airport Board
Danville, KY Calendar , 420 Airport Rd , Danville
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How the Grinch Stole Tea Time
Danville, KY Calendar , 409 W. Main Street , Danville
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Rec League Basketball at Jennie Rogers
Danville, KY Calendar Danville, KY 40422
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Sunday Pickleball
Danville, KY Calendar Danville, KY 40422
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Pickleball at Jennie Rogers Community Center
Danville, KY Calendar Danville, KY 40422
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Danville City Commission Meeting
Danville, KY Calendar , 445 W Main Street , Danville
4:30 pm
Thursday December 18
Sunday December 21
Monday December 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Boyle County Rebels vs LaRue County Hawks
Boyle County High School , 1637 Perryville Rd , Danville
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Sensory Garden Storytime
Mercer County Public Library , 109 W Lexington St , Harrodsburg
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Papa Smoke Pizza
Papa Smoke Pizza , 112 S Main St #101 , Harrodsburg
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Baby Sensory Storytime
Mercer County Public Library , 109 W Lexington St , Harrodsburg
9:30 am
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Monday December 22
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💬 Chatter
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🗞 Nearby News
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- LifeWise Academy seeks in-school Bible instruction option (theinteriorjournal.com)
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