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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 21, 2012) – Gov. Steve Beshear today recognized the sacrifice of a Fort Campbell soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

According to the Department of Defense, Pfc. Shane G. Wilson, 20, of Kuna, Idaho, died Oct. 18, in Khost, Afghanistan. Wilson was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

The Governor will order that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of Pfc. Wilsons’ interment for which arrangements are still pending.

Editor's Note: Intrepid reporter Karen Stewart braved the cold of a Wisconsin night to cover a campaign event in Green Bay Wisconsin for us. Follow the jump for her report

"...On the issue of taxation, Clinton gave a short lesson on the “Economics of Arithmetic v. Economics of Illusions.” Romney’s plan, he told us, depends on your not understanding addition, subtraction and multiplication. It’s simply impossible to give a 20% across-the-board tax cut, simultaneously increase military spending and end up with a surplus. You can’t pay out more with less money. The First Grade level arithmetic does not work. There have been five balanced federal budgets in the past 50 years, Clinton told the crowd. Four of the balanced budgets occurred during the Clinton administration; the other, during the Johnson administration. How is it that the Republicans crow about their record of “fiscal responsibility”?..."

YES, I CAN! –Five Graves County High School students have won the Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children’s 2012 "Yes, I Can Award."

Pictured, from left, back row, they include Morgan Elliott, for technology; Logan Lear, for athletics; and Megan Roach, for employment. Elliott also won an award last year. Two other GCHS students received certificates recognizing their nominations. Pictured, from left, front row, are Robert Trent, for community service, and Brett Errickson, for academics. Elliott, Lear, and Roach will receive their awards at the November state conference in Louisville.

Kentucky’s tax system needs to be modernized. We need to distribute the total tax burden more fairly among economic segments of the population. But we also need to produce more revenue with which to address our evolving needs in the 21st century. This problem of inadequate revenue must be addressed if we are to maintain, much less grow, our standard of living.

...The City of Mayfield applied for the grant earlier in the year in order to provide face masks and a mask leak/fit tester for the members of the Mayfield Fire Department.

(October 19, 2012) - On this date in 1862, Rebel Gen. Braxton Bragg was in full spin doctor mode, claiming his retreat from Kentucky was a good move.

On Oct. 8, 1862, Bragg fought Gen. Don Carlos Buell to a standstill at the Battle of Perryville in Boyle County. But Bragg's withdrawal turned his tactical victory into a strategic win for the Yankee army...