In case you missed it yesterday, The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post announced they will cease publication on New Year's Eve. The Kentucky Post had drastically reduced its coverage of our area in recent years, but from the 1960s to early 90s the paper did an excellent job of covering news and sports here. My aunt, Goldie Dunaway, had the Post delivered to her home daily. I remember scanning the sports page in her paper. Jack Condon would always tell me when The Post's high school basketball preview was coming out. You had to have a copy of the preview. I can't tell you how many times I saw Arthur "Punk" Griffin make the daily walk from his apartment to The Post newspaper rack at the corner of Third and Market Streets to buy the paper. The Post was one of the many newspapers that Griffin called with the scoring summary of every Maysville Bulldogs game. Former Kentucky Post Sports Editor Dan Weber and current Kentucky Post Sports Writer Terry Boehmker filed many stories on 10th Region basketball and other local sports.
Here are some of the headlines of stories from The Kentucky Post that I have saved over the years-
Royals sweat out final seconds in first-round win
March 19, 1981 ( state tournament win over Shelby County)
Feldhaus disputes key calls after Mason fall in overtime
March 23, 1985 (overtime loss to Doss in the quarterfinals of the state tournament)
The best in basketballFinal curtain comes down on Feldhaus father-and-son act April 6, 1987 (a story about Coach Feldhaus coaching his third and youngest son, Deron)
No. 1 Royals face slippery road
January 21, 1994 (top ranked Mason County team had cabin fever after a big snow).
The local coverage wasn't the only reason sports fans turned to The Post. Hall of Famer Earl Lawson provided the best coverage of the Cincinnati Reds in The Cincinnati Post for 34 years.Count me as one of the many readers who will miss The Post.
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