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Columbus Belmont Park to unveil Trail of Tears sign

Aug 21, 2012 at 03:32 pm by admin

Paducah Tilghman students earn perfect scores on ACT sections

Aug 21, 2012 at 03:30 pm by admin

PTHS senior Marissa Davis and juniors Will Hancock and Andrew Zaninovich have scored a perfect 36 on sections of the ACT test. The ACT has four sections: English, Reading, Mat.... Read More

PTHS senior spends three weeks as page for McConnell

Aug 16, 2012 at 04:00 pm by admin

Paducah Tilghman senior Victoria Potter was given a firsthand learning experience this summer when she was chosen as Senator Mitch McConnell’s page for the summer sessio.... Read More

When the Class of 65 turns 65: Confronting history up close and personal

Aug 16, 2012 at 07:45 am by admin

When the Class of 65 turns 65: Confronting history up close and personal I was stalking my birthday as fresh morning dew reaches out for week old cut grass. A.... Read More

Fancy Farm Picnic: what's outdated is good manners

Aug 15, 2012 at 04:54 pm by admin

A report on Pure Politics quoting Lt. Governor Abramson telling the Louisville Rotary Club that he didn’t miss the Fancy Farm Picnic, calling the event outdated brought.... Read More

Playing Possum

Aug 15, 2012 at 03:30 pm by admin

(Cuba, KY - August 14, 2012) - PLAYING POSSUM – Cuba Elementary students are always excited when Micah Seavers of Seavers’ Beavers Wildlife Management visits.... Read More

Falcon Academy launches building on past successes

Aug 15, 2012 at 03:04 pm by admin

(Clinton KY, August 14, 2012) – Superintendent Kenny Wilson launched the third year of Falcon Academy at an event billed as The Falcon Academy Celebration. The school.... Read More

The burly "Bull" takes command

Aug 15, 2012 at 02:33 pm by admin

(August 17, 2012) - On this date in 1862, an ex-navy lieutenant turned army major general was the new Union commander in Kentucky. Mason County nativ.... Read More

Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs: the Art of Attack Ads at the 2012 Fancy Farm Political Picnic

Aug 15, 2012 at 10:54 am by admin

(Fancy Farm, KY. August 4, 2012) - At moments, there seemed to be more signs visible than people in the politically charged audience. Of course this effect was just th.... Read More

Governor announces federal grants to Great River Road and Lincoln Heritage Corridor

Aug 08, 2012 at 05:59 pm by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 7, 2012) – Gov. Steve Beshear today announced the awarding of federal grants for enhancement of two of Kentucky’s National Scenic Byways &ndas.... Read More

MSU a Forbes Best Buy

Aug 08, 2012 at 05:50 pm by admin

MSU only Kentucky public to be named a “Best College Buy” MURRAY, Ky. – Murray State University (MSU) is recognized as a Forbes “Top 100 Best.... Read More

Who rules the planet? Man or Mother Nature?

Aug 06, 2012 at 04:09 pm by admin

Weather experts now say that this 2012 drought is the worst heat storm to hit West Kentucky since 1956. From 1953 through 1956 heat and lack of rain devastated the row crops o.... Read More

Intelligence Analysis: Western Kentucky 2012 Drought Damages

Aug 06, 2012 at 04:00 pm by admin

The 2012 drought and heat storm has inflicted over $1 billion dollars in damages on two million acres planted in 26 counties of far Western Kentucky. A vast.... Read More

Twilight Zone: the lost episode - Kentucky Fights to Define Its Future

Aug 06, 2012 at 02:49 pm by admin

(Fancy Farm, KY. August 4, 2012) -Speeding along a two lane country back road, past large fields of burnt corn and soybeans, an aging school bus with fading yellow pai.... Read More

Obituary: the Tragic Death of the Louisville Courier Journal

Aug 06, 2012 at 02:22 pm by admin

(Murray, KY - June 15, 2012) - The once proud voice of investigative and courageous journalism for much of Kentucky’s 20th century, gasped its last air at a Five Star ga.... Read More