Business

A local store is striving to increase interest in the video game industry throughout LaRue County.

Games R Us is a video game store located on 201 North Lincoln Boulevard in downtown Hodgenville. The store is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays.

Owner Joey Halprin said he buys, sells and trades new or used video games and video game systems. He also repairs video game systems, televisions, computers and several other electronic devices.

Our current workplace culture includes more generations working together than ever before. For the first time in history we have four generations in the workplace at one time – Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen X and Millennials. Such a diverse group of people working together can create challenges for workplace culture, but this also provides an opportunity for employees to learn and grow as a team.

Walking into Joel Ray Sprowls’ restaurant is like taking a dinner theater excursion into country music history.

Lining the wall above the food serving line are histories, photos, and mementos of many of the great stars of the musical past.

A life-size statue of “Kawliga,” the wooden Indian who was the subject of the Hank Williams song, stands like a maître-de near the front of the serving line.

A retirement reception was held May 8 for Linda Ireland, editor of The LaRue County Herald News. Linda began her tenure with Landmark in the mid-1990s, worked as a correspondent several years and became editor in 2001. She worked also with the newspaper when it was owned by the McDonald family. Linda, left, visited with former co-worker Ramona Coffey, long-time office manager at the Herald. Ramona retired due to medical reasons and continues her battle with ovarian cancer.