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Kentucky Wildcats Forward Jacob Toppin Makes Crucial NBA Draft Decision
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The Kentucky Wildcats have turn into a manufacturing unit for NBA gamers, and they’re going to see just a few modifications once more. Jacob Toppin, the brother of New York Knicks ahead Obi, has determined to declare for the NBA Draft, per his official Twitter web page.
ALL LOVE đ pic.twitter.com/fkwRmQJ1Pv
â Jacob T (@Jtoppin0) March 31, 2023
âIâve cherished my time right here, however Iâm able to lastly fulfill my lifelong dream of enjoying within the NBA. With that being mentioned I might be coming into my identify into the 2023 NBA Draft.â
Jacob Toppin posted a prolonged message, and after three seasons at Kentucky following his switch from Rhode Island, he leaves with NBA aspirations. Toppin began simply 4 video games a season in the past, however with Bryce Hopkins transferring to Windfall, Toppin instantly turned the subsequent man up and made the many of the alternative.
Jacob Toppin grew up at Kentucky.
First 3 school seasons: Began 9 of 33 video games, 17.8 mpg, 5.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 0.8 apg.
Senior at Kentucky: Began 31 of 33 video games, 31.4 mpg, 12.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.2 apg.
Had a 20-game stretch of 51% FG, 42% 3s, 14.6 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 2.6 apg.
â Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) March 31, 2023
Toppin averaged 12.4 PPG with 6.8 rebounds and began 31 of 33 video games for Kentucky. Cason Wallace and Oscar Tshiebwe are a few different Kentucky gamers anticipated to move for the NBA Draft. As soon as once more, John Calipari must remake the roster following a loss to Kansas State within the second spherical of the NCAA Event.
Toppinâs transformation is likely one of the greatest tales in school basketball, and he went from a three-star recruit at Rhode Island to an on a regular basis starter for one of many bluebloods of faculty basketball. It will likely be price monitoring Toppinâs draft inventory as he goes by way of the method after a terrific yr at Kentucky.
With Jacob Toppin headed for the NBA Draft, possibly we will see an Obi-Jacob battle within the Slam Dunk Contest.
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Voter registration up in June in Kentucky
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) – Voter registration numbers went up in June in the Commonwealth, officials with the Secretary of Stateâs Office announced Tuesday.
According to Secretary of State Michael Adamsâ Office, Kentucky saw 9,693 new voter registrations last month.
4,362 voter registrations were removed from the rolls.
Of the 4,362 registrations removed, 3,030 were of voters who have already died, while 603 were from those convicted of felonies. 554 had moved out of state.
Officials with the Secretary of Stateâs Office said Adams promised to defend from Kentuckians for the Commonwealthâs lawsuit Kentuckyâs bipartisan election integrity statute.
The statute, signed into law by Gov. Andy Beshear, is designed to prevent registered voters in other states from voting in Kentucky.
âKentuckyâs elections are a national success story,â Adams said. âThree years ago, Kentucky enacted a bipartisan law to prevent voting in more than one state in a presidential election. Now that a presidential election is underway, a fringe left-wing activist group is trying to undo that law and sow chaos and doubt in our elections. We believe voters should vote in only one state, and we expect to prevail in court.â
Republican registration increased by 4,947 voters, which is a 0.31% increase.
Democratic registration decreased by 1,717 voters, which is a 0.11% decrease.
Registration for those voting for a third party or âotherâ political affiliation went up by 1,502 voters, which is a 0.41% increase.
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Eastern Light Distilling breaks ground in Kentucky – The Spirits Business
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Located in Morehead, Kentucky, the new distillery is expected to open in late 2025.
The Kentucky Bourbon scene grows ever larger with the addition of Eastern Light Distilling, which began construction of its new distillery on 2 July with a groundbreaking ceremony.
Eastern Light comes from master distiller Caleb Kilburn and and CEO Cordell Lawrence, who previously worked together at Kentucky Peerless Distilling.
âWe are thrilled to celebrate this important moment as we bring Eastern Light Distilling to life,â Kilburn said. âBeing from Eastern Kentucky, Iâm grateful for the opportunity to grow the industry Iâm so passionate about in the region I call home.â
Eastern Light will contract distill, working with craft producers from product inception to branding.
The 230-acre campus will feature a 50,000-square-foot distillery, nine rickhouses with an average capacity of 33,000 barrels each, a full bottling facility, and a visitor experience. Once up and running, the distillery will employ more than 50 full-time staff and produce upwards of 97,000 barrels per year.
âEastern Light will fill a tremendous need in the Bourbon industry, operating with a fully customisable solutions-based model that will help craft distillers and Bourbon brands to not only reach their goals and bring their products to market, but to flourish,â Lawrence said.
âWe believe in removing barriers to entry in the spirits space so that we can share our passion with like-minded creators while prioritising quality, inspiring creativity, and investing in the stateâs signature Bourbon industry and the health of the region.â
Eastern Light joins a crop of new distillery projects that are either focused on contract distilling or plan on making it a core business component. The past decade saw a rise in non-distillery producers as entrepreneurs and upstart craft brands sought a piece of the Bourbon market without the high costs of building a distillery or the long wait times for whiskey to mature.
In October 2023, the team behind Bardstown Bourbon Company pledged more than US$350 million over the next 10 years to build a new distillery for contract whiskey production in the US. Located in Kentucky, Whiskey House will be the âfirstâ distillery designed from scratch to focus entirely on large-scale, flexible, contract whiskey production.
In January 2024, Garrard County began production as the largest independently owned distillery in Kentucky, with contract distilling as a part of its model.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Bidenâs upcoming meeting with Democratic governors: âWe want to make sure heâs doing OKâÂ
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear explained Tuesday that Democratic state governors requested a meeting with President Biden because they âwant to make sure heâs doing OK.â
Beshear, whose name has been floated as a possible replacement for the 81-year-old commander in chief on the Democratic presidential ticket, said during a CNN interview that Biden should be more open âabout his healthâ in light of last weekâs disastrous debate performance which the governor believes âhurt the campaign.âÂ
âI think weâve all got to be upfront and honest that what we saw in the debate â it was rough,â Beshear said during his appearance on âThe Situation Room.â Â
âIt [was] a rough night, and regardless of polls that you see, itâs going to hurt the campaign,â he added.Â
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz organized a Monday night call of his fellow Democratic state leaders â none of whom had heard directly from Biden â to discuss the concerns about the presidentâs debate against former President Donald Trump. Â
The White House has arranged a meeting between the president and Democratic governors slated for Wednesday.Â
âI think the governors just want a direct and candid conversation with the president,â Beshear said of the upcoming meeting. âWe want to make sure heâs doing okay.âÂ
âWe all know him. He has formed a personal relationship with us, and he says he is [OK], and we take him at his word, but itâs always good to see somebody in person.âÂ
What to know about the fallout from President Biden’s debate performance:
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) became the first congressional Democrat to call on Biden to drop out of the race Tuesday after a debate performance in which the octogenarian president repeatedly froze up on stage and lost his train of thought.Â
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), also on Tuesday, expressed that he had no confidence in Bidenâs ability to beat Trump in November.
Beshear, 46, stopped short of calling on Biden to end his re-election effort.Â
âJoe Biden is our nominee, and ultimately that decision on continuing or not will fall to him and his family,â he said.
The governor, however, urged Biden to open up about his health. Â
âI donât think that thereâs anything wrong with asking the president to talk to the American people a little bit more about his health or that debate performance,â Beshear said.
âItâs like seeing somebody that you havenât seen in a while and they seem a little off, and you asking how theyâre doing, and then listening to their answer, is both showing concern for them but also just trying to make sure that things are OK,â he argued.
âIf people have those questions,â Beshear said, referring to the presidentâs health, âitâd be great for him to answer them directly.â
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