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An open letter to candidate Bevin from a West KY transplant

Aug 06, 2015 at 09:01 am by admin

Dear Mr. Bevin - Your criticism of the Fancy Farm Picnic is personal for me. My husband and I have been attending the Fancy Farm Political Stump Speak for over thirty years. W.... Read More

Fancy Farm 2015 : Marshall County Bean Dinner becomes Mike Miller Democratic Bean Dinner

Aug 06, 2015 at 08:31 am by admin

An evening of remembrances of an icon (Gilbertsville KY) - Close to six hundred Democrats gathered at Kentucky Lake for what was once called the Marshall County Bean Dinner..... Read More

Fancy Farm 2015: Relatively Quiet, Relatively Calm

Aug 06, 2015 at 08:21 am by admin

(Fancy Farm KY August 1, 2015)- Even the sweltering humid summer of West Kentucky took a break from heat indexes of 100+ for this relatively calm, relatively quiet Fancy Farm.... Read More

Fancy Farm 2015: End of Federalism Age and Birth of the Age of Retrenchment

Aug 06, 2015 at 08:11 am by admin

The strategic take away from the 2015 Fancy Farm Picnic is that the Era of Big Federal funds flowing into Kentucky is drawing to a close. Most of the 20 speeches made on the.... Read More

Tilghman's Hancock and McGee Named State Champions in Kentucky English and Language Arts Writing Contest

Aug 03, 2015 at 03:04 pm by admin

Meg Hancock, senior, and Anna Grace McGee, sophomore, have been named state champions in the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts high school writing cont.... Read More

Clinton applies for grant to help housing complexes

Jul 31, 2015 at 12:25 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY July 30, 2015) - While candidates for state office in November roam the Purchase this week before the Fancy Farm Picnic, looking for hands to shake, babies to kis.... Read More

Union members help swell the crowd at Sanders for president gathering in Murray

Jul 30, 2015 at 03:59 pm by admin

"I've been looking for a 'Bernie-ite' for 30 years," said a grinning Charles Tubbs, who packs an IBEW card. "Now I've found one." Tubbs, who belongs to Paducah-based IBEW Lo.... Read More

Op-Ed: Bipartisan support for speeding cures

Jul 07, 2015 at 01:35 pm by admin

Saturday June 20, 2015 It is not often the two of us share a byline, but there is currently legislation moving through Congress that has the potential to help nearly every Ke.... Read More

Giving Every Child a Fair Shot does not include endless testing

Jul 07, 2015 at 01:08 pm by admin

The White House released a report yesterday "Giving Every Child a Fair Shot" that proposes replacing what the White House calls the "onerous, one-size-fits-all approach of No.... Read More

Thank God Mitch is thinking about retiring...why else write his memoir?

May 29, 2015 at 04:05 pm by admin

Mitch McConnell has seen the light at the end of the tunnel and it is flashing the message "grab the special interests money and run for the exits as fast as you can." In a pr.... Read More

New Program Provides Relief for Struggling Families while Increasing Efficiency of Tax Collection

May 27, 2015 at 03:55 pm by admin

(Clinton, Kentucky, May 21, 2015) - Hickman County Attorney, Jason Batts, announced that the office has now fully implemented a new program designed to assist those families s.... Read More

Bevin takes high road for GOP primary victory

May 27, 2015 at 03:55 pm by admin

May 26, 2015 - The primary of May 19, 2015 ended in a statistical tie between the top two Republican vote getters. Contrary to pundit predictions, the top two were Matt Bevin.... Read More

College Enrollment Up for 2012 High School Grads

Apr 16, 2015 at 10:14 am by admin

More than 87 percent returned to college for second year FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 15, 2015) -- Two reports released today from the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce S.... Read More

Climatologist to local officials - KY climate is a blessing and a bane.

Apr 16, 2015 at 10:05 am by admin

Dr. Stuart Foster, Director of the Kentucky Climate Center located at Western Kentucky University, spoke with elected officials at the April Purchase Area Development District.... Read More

Achievement, Endeavor, and Hope - MSU President invested

Apr 15, 2015 at 03:10 pm by admin

(April 10, 2015 - Murray KY) - Dr. Robert O. Davies officially became the 13th president of Murray State University in a ceremony full of pomp, circumstance and tradition. A l.... Read More