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2010 Recommended Highway Plan presented to General Assembly

Feb 01, 2021 at 10:29 am by admin

Envisions investment of nearly $11 billion in Kentucky transportation FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 2, 2010) - Gov. Steve Beshear's recommended Kentucky Highway Plan for fiscal years.... Read More

2008: Home Building here hits a 25 year low

Feb 01, 2021 at 10:29 am by admin

Editor's Note: February 2008, we carried a story from the Henderson Gleaner about slow housing starts. 2008 was the last crash of the economy. Construction activity tumbled in.... Read More

2009 Ice Storm Day One: Isn't It Pretty?

Feb 01, 2021 at 10:29 am by admin

Editor's Note - This story didn't get published until February 8, 2009 after electricity was restored. (February 1, 2009) Sparkly, twinkly covers of ice on trees, bushes, car.... Read More

2020 closest to 1918 and 1932

Dec 23, 2020 at 10:49 am by admin

The Christmas Season of 2020 brought the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. It also brought death tolls that rise every day, governments in Frankfort and Washington that.... Read More

During another pandemic, a toy to bring joy

Dec 08, 2020 at 12:22 pm by admin

This year has seen much tragedy with the COVID-19 pandemic, but at other points in our history we have seen bright moments at this time of year even in the midst of simil.... Read More

Kentucky will have even more divided government in 2021

Nov 07, 2020 at 11:03 am by admin

When the General Assembly reconvenes on January 5, 2021, Republicans will be high fiving their November wins. That will mean hard times ahead for Governor Andy Beshear. Repub.... Read More

Look for the helpers: On Election Day in Hickman County, it will be students

Oct 31, 2020 at 11:22 am by admin

When Hickman County voters pull up to the elementary school gym on Tuesday, they will be greeted by smiling students, hired for one purpose: to help them get through the votin.... Read More

McGrath on a barnstorming campaign flying herself across Kentucky

Oct 23, 2020 at 10:59 am by admin

Using a skill learned in the Marines, Amy McGrath is flying herself around Kentucky in her campaign to defeat Senator Mitch McConnell. Retired Marine pilot Amy McGr.... Read More

Clardy receives regional history award

Oct 23, 2020 at 10:49 am by admin

The Jackson Purchase Historical Society announced that Brian K. Clardy, Associate Professor of History at Murray State University, has received the Dr. Lonnie E. Maness Award.... Read More

Kentucky KCC speaks out on Breonna Taylor

Oct 01, 2020 at 11:50 am by admin

From the Faith Leaders of the Kentucky Council of Churches With so many others in the Commonwealth today we stand in solidarity with those feeling the frustration and outrage.... Read More

Grassley seals his legacy

Sep 22, 2020 at 02:19 pm by admin

Dear Friends, This will probably annoy some of my Democratic friends, so let's just get it out of the way: I once voted for Senator Chuck Grassley. That's right. In 1991, Gras.... Read More

Amy McGrath visits Paducah for outdoor socially distanced rally

Sep 03, 2020 at 12:11 pm by admin

(Paducah KY - August 31, 2020) - Senate candidate Amy McGrath flew into Paducah for a socially distanced meet and greet on one of the steamiest days of a steamy West Kentucky.... Read More

Laws of Change and Entrepreneurial Education

Sep 01, 2020 at 04:59 pm by admin

Law No. 1 The entrenchment of traditions, without compassion and or vision, suffocates the rise of educational innovation. Law No. 2 Order and chaos are in equal proportion.... Read More

Ghost Battalions of West Kentucky on the March to Defeat Mitch McConnell

Sep 01, 2020 at 04:59 pm by admin

Editorial and Political Intelligence They call themselves "concerned mothers and grandparents." Others are now calling them the Ghost Battalion of West Kentucky. Old time pol.... Read More

Freedmen's School at Columbus KY- teaching former slaves

Aug 04, 2020 at 11:41 am by admin

After the Confederates left Columbus, KY, it became an important Union Army and Navy supply depot. It also became a refugee center for former slaves among which was raised the.... Read More

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2010 Recommended Highway Plan presented to General Assembly

2008: Home Building here hits a 25 year low

2009 Ice Storm Day One: Isn't It Pretty?

2020 closest to 1918 and 1932

During another pandemic, a toy to bring joy

Kentucky will have even more divided government in 2021

Look for the helpers: On Election Day in Hickman County, it will be students

McGrath on a barnstorming campaign flying herself across Kentucky

Clardy receives regional history award

Kentucky KCC speaks out on Breonna Taylor

Grassley seals his legacy

Amy McGrath visits Paducah for outdoor socially distanced rally

Laws of Change and Entrepreneurial Education

Ghost Battalions of West Kentucky on the March to Defeat Mitch McConnell

Freedmen's School at Columbus KY- teaching former slaves

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