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Way back in the early 1990s, we published a subscription only newsjournal, Kentucky Journal of Politics & Issues.

We are republishing tidbits from the edition that we called "1992 Year of Women Misses Kentucky." In light of EmergeKentucky successes last week at the polls, the discussions taking place after the murders in Santa Barbara and the role of women in media, it's a good time to take a look back into the recent past.

...Beginning with the May 13, 2013 show, there were 167 guest appearances on Comment on Kentucky. Of those 167 guest appearances, 143 were male and 24 were women. That works out to 85.6% of the guest journalists being male and 14.3% being female.

Maybe it's contract issues. Maybe it's pay issues. Maybe it's lighting issues. Maybe women reporters all take Fridays off. Maybe it's that Comment thinks men are better journalists. Or that women will burst into tears when contradicted by the authoritative voice of the host. We don't know what the problem is.

All we know is that Comment on Kentucky is a place where for weeks at a time over the past year, all the viewer saw when they tuned in, were men...

Like the first Saturday in May, when the Kentucky Derby runs, the first Saturday in August is always the Kentucky social political event of the year. It is the running of the candidates for fall general elections.

Normally, only hard core political operatives, media, and political party volunteers attend Fancy Farm. In past years, a good crowd would be on the side of 10,000. Experts predict that upward of 20,000 will attend the 2014 Fancy Farm Picnic.

News power hitters such as FOX, CNN, NBC, ABC, Rutgers, AP, BBC, are expected to send news crews..

The President’s plan is three-pronged: to support economic growth and job creation, to enhance energy security, and to lay the foundation for—and take critical steps towards—a low-carbon energy future..

Graduation at Graves County High School will be Friday, May 29th at 6:00 p.m. The GCHS Class of 2014 includes some 326 graduates, making it the largest class in school history.

School guidance counselors estimate scholarships offered to members of the class, including Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships, or KEES, money for four years to be $6.5 million.

Pictured: Graves County High School Class of 2014 academic leaders, pictured from left, (front row) include valedictorian Lindsey Thompson, salutatorians Ty Hendley and Eric Vogt, valedictorian Hunter Jones, and (back row) valedictorians Melissa Shankle, Chris Woods, and Garrett Bell. (Photo by Paul Schaumburg, Graves County Schools)

Logistics and supply chain management bachelor’s degree

becomes available in Paducah

Articulation agreement between MSU and WKCTC will benefit students

Michael Fryar, of Lexington, was awarded one of Rotary's 2014-15 Global Grant Scholarships.