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There and Back Again. A WKY Hobbit's Tale

Mar 11, 2009 at 03:22 pm by admin

I've been "off the air" for awhile. Long enough for friends to call and email to see if we survived the storm. We did.  There are tree limbs down all over the p.... Read More

Rat 'Em Out

Feb 13, 2009 at 01:13 pm by admin

Report scammers, price gougers and nefarious characters from last week's storm to the KY Attorney General http://ag.ky.gov  and anytime you feel ripped off. Report pu.... Read More

My Name is Jon Hayden..

Feb 13, 2009 at 12:16 pm by admin

Sheriff Jon Hayden seems to be everywhere in the Purchase since he took office just a few years ago. Task forces, drug busts, joint campaigns with state and federal agencies,.... Read More

Grand Rivers - Surviving the Storm Together

Feb 11, 2009 at 02:43 pm by admin

February 4, 2009 I’m back! My power is back on after nine days. I love electricity. The ice storm was beyond description. We lost power. We lost water. We lost p.... Read More

Winters' Early Graduation Bill Passes Senate

Feb 11, 2009 at 09:04 am by admin

Bluegrass Politics is reporting that Sen. Ken Winters’ (R- Murray) bill to allow students to graduate in three years with 15 credits and a 3.00 grade point average &ldqu.... Read More

Ice Storm 2009: Weeks Two and Three- Returning to Normal?

Feb 10, 2009 at 04:50 pm by admin

Power begins to come back in segments. A friend on Mayfield Road reports on Monday that Jackson Electric Co-Op, his provider has restored his power. We smother our envy a.... Read More

Eastern Kentuckian Gets Committee Chair

Feb 10, 2009 at 04:02 pm by admin

House District 94 Rep. Leslie Combs chosen to lead Administrative Regulations Committee by Speaker Stumbo Frankfort – House Speaker Greg Stumbo announced today that a.... Read More

Hooch Trucks Encircle the Capitol

Feb 10, 2009 at 03:45 pm by admin

Trucks bearing the logo of several well known alcoholic beverages circled the Capitol in Frankfort today protesting a proposed raise in the liquor tax. According t.... Read More

Ice Storm 2009: Day 7: Sunday: We Gather Together

Feb 09, 2009 at 04:46 pm by admin

Sunday, February 1st, We gathered together and thanked God for the sun and a power that couldn't be frozen by an ice storm - love of God, family, friends and neighbor.... Read More

Of Crystals and Flashlights

Feb 09, 2009 at 04:19 pm by admin

  What experiences we have had here in Hickman County since the Great Ice Storm of '09 battered us!  For hours the night air was filled with the crackling of th.... Read More

Ice Storm 2009: Days 4-6 : The Guard Arrives

Feb 09, 2009 at 04:16 pm by admin

 Thursday, January 29th- Saturday, January 31st: Broken poles, broken transformers, broken lines, broken trees. Think of the scene from Siberia when all th.... Read More

Beshear and Homeland Security Chief in Paducah Tuesday

Feb 09, 2009 at 03:01 pm by admin

Gov. Steve Beshear and Sec. Janet Napolitano were in Paducah for a press briefing on storm damage recovery efforts Tuesday. The briefing, held outside in&n.... Read More

Ice Storm 2009: Days Two & Three: Getting Back to Basics

Feb 08, 2009 at 04:37 pm by admin

January 28th: Day Two of the Big Ice that crippled all of Western Kentucky and much of the rest of the state (though we had no way of knowing it). So, Ivan says t.... Read More

We Go on Tee-Vee

Jan 26, 2009 at 03:59 pm by admin

Ivan and I were on Berry Craig's Notebook from Western Kentucky Community & Technical College on past Friday. The show runs a half hour. Among the highlights: Ivan pre.... Read More

Martin Luther King Day - Marching and Remembering

Jan 22, 2009 at 04:39 pm by admin

We made it to the Martin Luther King March on Monday. About 40 folks showed up at little Moore's Chapel AME Church and the strung out parade walked the broken sidewalks south.... Read More