Long-time journalist Mike Mallory digs through the archives to explore stories from the history of our region- from the serious to the savory.

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Marion Kentucky has a community building that is so much more than a building. It&#39;s a 100-year-old icon that has served the town so well since 1926. And the city is paying it back.

Episode Ten: Fohs Hall turns 100

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&#34;Creatures of Habit&#34; in downtown Paducah has more than 17,000 costumes. But Halloween is only part of their business; from local theater to Stranger Things to A League Of Their Own, Jack and Natalya Cody have been supplying wardrobes for almost 40 years.

Episode Nine: Creatures of Habit

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The latest episode of Storytime With Mike Mallory features Jay Page, a third-generation local restaurant owner. The Page family got started nearly 70 years ago with the Noble Park Dairy Queen; Jay now is president of a group that owns restaurants all over Kentucky and Indiana. He jokes that if you cut one of his veins, he may bleed ice cream or hamburger grease...

Episode Eight: Fast Food Family

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It&#39;s the oldest drive-in restaurant not only in Paducah, but in the state of Kentucky. Bob&#39;s Drive-In is a southside staple, and the man who bought it in 1978 as a 19-year old talks about how he&#39;s enjoyed success in a business famous—or infamous—for failure.

Episode Seven: Bob's Drive-In

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Paducah&#39;s downtown Executive Inn was home to many businesses. They were left in the dark—literally—when the electricity was shut off and the building eventually torn down. One salon owner talks about losing it all, then building it back.

Episode Six: Executive Inn

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What started out as a raffle for a house in Louisiana has evolved into one the most successful fundraisers in the country. In this edition of Storytime with Mike Mallory, Mike talks to St. Jude Dream Home Senior Director Russ Laney about 35 years—and millions of dollars—worth of homes.

Episode Five: Russ Laney, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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This week&#39;s episode discusses the basketball journey of Harold Ross.

Episode Four: Harold Ross — From Hickman to UK

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This week&#39;s episode explores the process of combining multiple schools into one over the course of more than a decade- and the impact on students and staff.

Episode Three: School Consolidation

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This week, Mike takes a look at a very special barbecue for legislators more than two decades ago.

Episode Two: Buffalo Barbecue

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In this week&#39;s debut episode of Storytime with Mike Mallory, Mike explores a 1976 bill introducing school prayer- and the current discourse on the separation of church and state.

Episode One: Prayer in School

Long-time journalist Mike Mallory digs through the archives to explore stories from the history of our region- from the serious to the savory.