(January 17, 2009) We made it to the Martin Luther King March on Monday. About 40 folks showed up at little Moore's Chapel AME Church and the strung out parade walked the broken sidewalks south to the Hickman County Courthouse- (hey, proportionate to our population, that would be 50K in NYC!).

One of my favorite stories on WKJ - rerunning it here 11 years later)

Thanks to the Kentucky General Assembly's bipartisan action in 2014, Kentucky has a "no cup of coffee" rule that prevents individual legislators from receiving food and beverages and other gifts from lobbyists and their employers...

The ethics law, enacted as a response to the BOPTROT scandal (bless their hearts) in the early 1990's, was strengthened by the General Assembly in 2014.

January 3, 2020. The Kentucky Council of Churches is hosting Prayer in Action Days at the State Capitol each Tuesday during this year's General Assembly to pray for government officials and act on behalf of Kentucky's most vulnerable citizens. The kick-off event will be held on Tuesday, January 7 at 11:00 am in the Capitol Rotunda. Subsequent gatherings, listed below, will begin at 9:30 am.

Lake Barkley State Park will host first Eagle Watch of 2020.

Kentucky State Parks are offering Eagle Watch Weekends at three state parks during January and February 2020.

Guests can see bald eagles and other wildlife in their natural habitat along the shores of Kentucky Lake. Kentucky State Parks have been offering eagle tours for more than 40 years.

The tours are led by state park naturalists and staff from the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

Scholarship program offers tuition assistance, summer work and employment upon graduation

Interested students must apply by the Feb. 1, 2020 deadline for scholarship consideration.

Once Upon a Summers Time by Paducah artist Joan Dance

PADUCAH, KY (01/06/2020) West Kentucky Community and Technical College's Paducah School of Art and Design opens its exhibition Paducah, Our Legacy, Our Future - Paintings by Joan Dance, with a reception January 16, 2020.

Our Legacy, Our Future showcases the paintings, past and present, of Paducah native and noted African-American folk artist Joan Dance. The reception, which is free and open to the public, will be hosted in the Bill Ford Gallery from 5-6:30 p.m. The gallery is located in Paducah School of Art and Design's (PSAD) 2D and Graphic Design Building at 905 Harrison Street.

Ivan and Mary Potter shopping in Hazel KY

Meet the husband and wife team responsible for West Kentucky Journal.

Editor's Note: Updated - Ivan Potter retired from the Clinton City Council as of January 1, 2017.

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