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Posted on: September 18, 2008
Segments of four Kentucky National Guard units from the 149th Brigade Supply Battalion (BSB) came to Clinton Thursday to assess Hurricane Ike's damage. Dividing the county into six segments, Guard members fanned out looking for structural damage to residences from the storm.
Posted on: September 18, 2008
....A reconsideration of the Constitution is particularly pressing at this moment in our history.
We are facing a balance of powers issue, one created by an executive branch that believes itself to be more co-equal than the other two branches. Mrs. Cheney’s husband is a strong proponent of “Executive First”. Vice President Cheney is a strong advocate of the concept that the executive is far and away the senior partner with the judicial and legislative branches.
Posted on: September 17, 2008
Governor Assesses Storm Damage in Western Kentucky
Process underway to secure Presidential Disaster Declaration
Posted on: September 17, 2008
By: Lt. Gov. Press Release
To date, the Kentucky National Guard has mobilized more than 10,000 Soldiers and Airmen in support of the Global War on Terror, with 780 troops deployed overseas at this time.
The Kentucky Guard has also responded in full force in support of Hurricanes Katrina, Gustav and Ike, in addition to the homeland security mission along the Arizona-Mexican Border and natural disaster relief missions within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Posted on: September 17, 2008
By: Dustin Wysong- Ballard Memorial Beacon Staffwriter
EDITOR'S NOTE: Time's flying. Donate to their cause soon. These students need money to make this trip. If you can donate to the trip, send donations in care of: Anita Bugg, Ballard Weekly, P. O. Box 725, LaCenter, KY 42056. Designate your checks "NASA Trip".
On Nov. 10, the BMHS Multimedia staff will be going to the NASA STS-126 shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center near Cocoa Beach, Florida. Pictured above: Warren Newberry, Josh Underwood, Josh Yancy and Cory King, Ballard Memorial High School multimedia students.
Posted on: September 17, 2008
The Calloway County Democratic Party headquarters on Chestnut Street in a former car dealership has windows on three sides. There is more than enough room for large banners and campaign signs.
Posted on: September 17, 2008
 The Calloway County GOP headquarters in downtown Murray had lots of Ken Winter, Mitch McConnell and Ed Whitfield signs. Bumper stickers like “Sportsman for Mitch” and Veterans for Mitch” were readily available. Calloway County Republicans on duty on Saturday told us they had handed out 525 McCain signs and were now out of signs for the presidential race.
Posted on: September 17, 2008
By: Anita Bugg, Ballard Weekly
Residents across the region were surprised Sunday morning when strong winds struck the  area. The surprise wasn’t from the winds but from their source. What was once a category 3 hurricane, roared into our region early Sunday morning bringing 50-MPH winds and wind gusts.
Posted on: September 17, 2008
By: Anita Bugg - Ballard County Weekly
As commuters learned of the anticipated price increases, an ensuing frenzy began at local stations. Many drivers found they were too late when it was reported that some stations in Paducah had already raised their prices to $4.59 per gallon. Ballard Countians arrived home on Thursday evening only to awaken on Friday to find the prices had increased from $3.69/gal to $4.59 in LaCenter.
Prices in Wickliffe didn’t go up until after noon on Friday but as I pumped $40 in gasoline at $3.79 gallon, the price was being changed to $4.29 a gallon.
Posted on: September 16, 2008
Sunday evening, sunset after the storm.
Posted on: September 16, 2008
Calloway County has two active local political parties. 
Each group is working hard for their candidates. We visited both on Saturday and have the pictures to prove it.
Posted on: September 16, 2008
The McDonald’s Restaurant in Fulton did a brisk business with lines of Hickman and Carlisle County cars waiting for take out.
Posted on: September 16, 2008
Well, we’re back. The power's back on and we have internet access again.
It has been an interesting few days. “Interesting” in the Chinese curse way. As everyone from the Gulf to the Great Lakes knows by now, Hurricane Ike was a big mean storm that made a pretty good run for Canada.
Posted on: September 16, 2008
 Our friend, John Ross, had a harrowing experience. He sat on his front porch early Sunday morning and watched big trees fall across his front yard, blocking the main road through Clinton.
Here's the story in his own words...
Posted on: September 13, 2008
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Rep. Ed Whitfield has some mighty BIG WHEELS to use in parades and at festivals. With the price of diesel so high, we have to wonder if this were the prudent choice for a campaign vehicle.
Posted on: September 12, 2008
Governor Beshear put in a lot of good words at a fundraiser for Mike Lawrence on Wednesday evening. Speaking by the pool at Mark and Sue Bryant’s graceful Paducah home, the Governor told the crowd that he wanted legislators who would work with him. Mike Lawrence would stand up for West Kentucky, he said.
Posted on: September 12, 2008
Gossip coming out of West Kentucky that we heard from Central Kentucky reports that Jennifer Moore, Kentucky Democratic Chair, gave a resignation letter to the Governor, postdated November 5th.
Not so, say our reliable sources.
Posted on: September 12, 2008
Thanks to those who alerted us to the hack of our site, including the anonymous caller who, posing as the hacker, threatened to post pictures of George Bush kissing our editor. That got fast action!
Posted on: September 10, 2008
Dear Editor:
Whoever said truth is often the first casualty in political warfare must have had Sen. Mitch McConnell in mind.
His ad blaming Bruce Lunsford for contributing to high gasoline prices in Kentucky is “a big exaggeration.” Those aren’t my words. “Big exaggeration” is how the nonpartisan FactCheck.org Internet website characterizes the ad.
Posted on: September 9, 2008
Editor's Note - We got an email from Sam Hancock, Curtis Hancock's son, responding to this story. His response is posted below the story.
We also received the photo at left taken in late July. We can't tell what sort of manure it is from the photo. Jackson and his supporters say hog manure. Mr. Hancock says chicken waste.
Ed Jackson, Water Valley resident, once enjoyed sitting out on the deck of his house to relax. Not anymore. More often than not, he says, he can’t sit out on the deck. The smell is more than he can stand. Ed has the bad fortune of living within a half mile of Curtis Hancock’s farm
Posted on: September 9, 2008
Editor's Note:  We posted this article on July 1st. We thought it worth a second look in light of Rep. Whitfield's comments at St. Johns Picnic.
Everybody knows that the US has 250 years left in its coal supply. Everybody, it seems, but the National Academy of Sciences.
“There is probably sufficient coal to meet the nation’s energy needs for more than 100 years at current rates of consumption.” The study said. “However, it is not possible to confirm the often-quoted assertion that there is a sufficient supply of coal for the next 250 years.”
Posted on: September 9, 2008
Two candidates for Kentucky House District #3 seat, Zana Renfro and Brent Houseman introduce themselves to a friendly crowd..
Posted on: September 8, 2008
House candidate Mike Lawrence to St. Johns crowd: "I’ll be in your yard, your fields, and your businesses and I’ll be in Frankfort doing whatever it takes to turn this economy around and get jobs in this area.”
Posted on: September 7, 2008
Several candidates came to the Harvest Festival to meet voters in Ballard County. Heather Ryan, candidate for the First US House seat, Ky Senator Bob Leeper (who is not running this round), candidate Carroll Hubbard, Rep. Steve Rudy and his opponent McCracken Circuit Clerk Mike Lawrence.
Posted on: September 4, 2008
 ...However, consider the case of Lilly Ledbetter. Ms. Ledbetter was an Alabama Goodyear employee, the only female supervisor, doing the same job as male supervisors. Ledbetter discovered only months before retirement that her pay was lower than her male counterparts.
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