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

Tell the EPA to protect KY from toxic mercury

May 09, 2011 at 09:48 am by admin

Dear Mary, Did you know that Kentucky was recently ranked as the 6th worst state for mercury pollution from dirty coal-fired power plants? Mercury and other air toxics are.... Read More

Water Wars in Mid America: Part I - Blowing the Levee

May 08, 2011 at 08:09 pm by admin

Part 1 - Blowing the Levee Round One Raging rain and water framed the blackness of the night as two massive fireballs ripped  high into the black sky over the Birds Poin.... Read More

Water Wars in Mid America: Part II - The Cost of Who to Save

May 08, 2011 at 08:09 pm by admin

Balancing Act: Communities or Farmland? During a hard driving rain, on the night of Monday May 2nd, along a stretch of levee works at a forgotten point of geography call Bird.... Read More

MSU student selected to accompany original Freedom Riders through the South

May 06, 2011 at 04:44 pm by admin

MURRAY, Ky. — Threatened. Attacked. Jailed. That’s exactly what America’s original Freedom Riders faced 50 years ago this week. For Murray State University s.... Read More

It's Official

May 05, 2011 at 08:16 am by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 4, 2011) – Governor Steve Beshear was notified tonight that President Barack Obama has approved his request for a major disaster declaration for Kent.... Read More