Wild Turkey on Tuesday debuted its first-ever television ad campaign in the United States.
In the ad, Wild Turkey spreads its “Give ‘em the Bird” marketing campaign that first appeared in print and on billboards last year, reports the Associated Press.
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A metals products manufacturer broke ground Monday on a 31,000 s.f. expansion of its existing 60,000 s.f. facility in Shelbyville.
Roll Forming Corp. plans to add 30 jobs as parts of the expansion, a $6.3 million investment.
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The Kentucky Derby may not be offered to bettors at Illinois racetracks because of a dispute between Churchill Downs Inc.’s Arlington Park near Chicago and the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, reports the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Marty Maline, executive director of the Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, said his owners and trainers group is blocking races from Churchill Downs going to Arlington because Arlington does not have a contract with the ITHA, the paper says.
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A central Kentucky city is attempting to lure Prince William and Kate Middleton to town for a visit, the Danville Advocate-Messenger reports.
Last week at the London home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, three members of the Danville Sister Cities Commission and three other Danville supporters in London presented Kentucky gifts. The commission has invited the couple to visit Danville.
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Long John Silver’s seafood restaurants, based in Louisville, is casting its nets for local talent to appear in a new national television commercial promoting the return of Long John Silver’s Thick Cut Cod.
Fans, friends and customers of the restaurant are being recruited to serve as extras in a 15- and 30-second commercial that will be shot at the Long John Silver’s at 4214 Shelbyville Road in St. Matthews.
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Energy-producing states are bracing for lower tax revenue from the plummeting price of natural gas, which is just above half of what some states forecast when they put together budgets for 2013 and beyond, reports USA TODAY.
Production of natural gas is up nationally because of the spread of hydraulic fracturing. A warm winter cut demand, driving the price below $2 per thousand cubic feet in April.
That reduces natural gas heating costs for millions of Americans but crimps states dependent on natural gas taxes, the newspaper reports.
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