Regional

Boys and girls all over the country playing baseball in their backyard dream of growing up to become the next Derek Jeter or Jennie Finch.

Bowling Green native Hunter Green is living the dream.

Hunter was selected by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Calif., in the second round with the 59th pick of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Thursday, June 6.

Local motorists are enjoying the wide expanse of the new Milton-Madison Bridge over the Ohio River, which opened to traffic about 9:37 p.m. Monday.

The transition of traffic from the narrow 1929-vintage span to the new replacement span in its temporary location atop temporary piers came with a lot of fanfare as motorists on both sides of the river waited in queue for the opportunity to be among the first to cross.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Volunteers will be out in force on Kentucky’s highways  next week for Adopt-a-Highway’s “summer scrub.”

Summer Scrub Week is June 2-8.

Nearly 750 groups participate in Kentucky’s Adopt-a-Highway program, established in 1988. Volunteers clean approximately 5,100 miles of roadside annually, setting an example of responsible environmental stewardship.

By Jeff D’Alessio

Landmark News Service

CARROLLTON — You can find many of the characteristics of Carrollton in most towns across Kentucky and around the country.

Off Interstate 71 at exit 44, motorists are greeted by Taco Bell, Burger King and McDonald’s restaurants. Drive downtown along Hwy. 227 and you pass a Subway, a few banks, the Family Worship Center and a Walmart.