Storytime with Mike Mallory

Episode Eight: Fast Food Family

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:45:26 +0000

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 Seven: Bob's Drive-In

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:45:47 +0000

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

Episode Six: Executive Inn

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:53:25 +0000

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

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:45:47 +0000

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 Four: Harold Ross — From Hickman to UK

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:20:26 +0000

This week's episode discusses the basketball journey of Harold Ross.

Episode Three: School Consolidation

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:45:10 +0000

This week'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 Two: Buffalo Barbecue

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:41:30 +0000

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

Episode One: Prayer in School

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:40:25 +0000

In this week'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.