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Ft. Campbell Soldier: Sgt. Louie A. Ramos Velazquez

May 31, 2011 at 02:14 pm by admin

  FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 31, 2011) – Gov. Steve Beshear today recognized the sacrifice of this Fort Campbell soldier, one of six who died while supporting Operation E.... Read More

Ft. Campbell Soldier: Sgt. Thomas A. Bohall

May 31, 2011 at 02:12 pm by admin

   FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 31, 2011) – Gov. Steve Beshear today recognized the sacrifice of this Fort Campbell soldier, one of six who died while supporting Ope.... Read More

Hospitals Lead as Health Care Tops Lobby Spending

May 31, 2011 at 01:34 pm by admin

In the first four months of 2011, about $7 million was spent lobbying the General Assembly.  $6.5 million was spent by about 660 employers of lobbyists, and $445,000 was.... Read More

DUA relief for Ballard, Carlisle and Fulton - coming soon? Ballard gets the nod

May 26, 2011 at 04:05 pm by admin

UPDATE: Ballard was added to the list of counties now eligible for Disaster Unemployment Relief. Other counties are Daviess, Henderson, Lawrence, McLean and Pike. Th.... Read More

State fighting back against post flood mosquito invasion

May 25, 2011 at 02:12 pm by admin

STAGE TWO: Contractors to begin spraying standing flood waters UPDATE: FRANKFORT, KY. (June 3, 2011) – After aerial spraying successfully reduced high mosquito pop.... Read More

Hickman County leadership students "awesome"

May 20, 2011 at 12:17 pm by admin

Twelve Hickman County High School juniors shared their research and conclusions with almost one hundred adults at the second annual Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program gr.... Read More

Carlisle County's year of sorrows

May 19, 2011 at 04:03 pm by admin

(Bardwell, Kentucky, May 19, 2011) - Parents and children in Carlisle County experienced the unimaginable on Monday, May 16th. A school bus ran off the road, killing one child.... 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

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

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

Chicken Fest 2011 - Something to Crow About

May 03, 2011 at 01:55 pm by admin

There was no people counter to get an exact number of those who attended last Saturday’s Chicken Fest in Clinton.  But there were enough anecdotal accounts to promp.... Read More

America's two great rivers - the Mississippi and the Ohio both flooding

May 02, 2011 at 02:46 pm by admin

Flooding at the confluence of the Ohio And Mississippi Rivers is a sight to behold. Cairo, Illinois can be seen just right of center in this photograph shot by John Blair toda.... Read More

And it's still raining - Ky Nat'l Guard deploys to WKY - sandbagging, evacuations, road closures

Apr 27, 2011 at 09:19 am by admin

FRANKFORT , Ky.   (April 26, 2011) - Beginning late last week, a series of weather systems have created severe storms bringing high winds, hail, tornadoes and hist.... Read More

Water, water everywhere...

Apr 25, 2011 at 03:43 pm by admin