A NewsJournal for 21st Century West Kentucky
Vol. 17 No. 3 March 2025 (c)

The Current State of the Commonwealth: a reflection on Cameron vs Beshear

Aug 24, 2021 at 12:15 pm by admin

Ten Years of Census Data Show Changes in the Purchase

Aug 24, 2021 at 11:13 am by admin

Changes are in store for the Purchase because census data shows gains and losses in unexpected areas West Kentucky is usually defined as those 18 counties west of Bowling Gree.... Read More

Laura's Dream: big enough for a county to share

Aug 14, 2021 at 11:00 am by admin

Sometimes a dream is so big it pulls a whole county into it. Such was the dream Hickman County librarian Laura Poole who envisioned a children's museum in Paducah. Funding was.... Read More

Mask Mandate Sparks Anger in Hickman County

Aug 13, 2021 at 08:19 pm by admin

The special called meeting of the Hickman County School Board had one item on its agenda: amending the policy on virtual learning. The policy adopted only the previous summer.... Read More

PPS to follow Governor's Executive Order

Aug 12, 2021 at 01:44 pm by admin

Paducah Public Schools will begin the school year with a Level 3 COVID-19 mitigation strategy due to a surge of COVID cases due to the Delta variant. The Level 3 strategy fol.... Read More