In Search of the Coffee Trail of West Kentucky

Feb 26, 2012 at 04:53 pm by admin

  As old as our civilization, we have searched for the perfect cup of coffee. During the 1950’s, more often then not, the elusive great cup of coffee was found clo.... Read More

Leadership students visit MSU and Mayfield

Feb 26, 2012 at 02:44 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY – Feb. 21, 2012) – Sixteen Hickman County High School sophomores signed up for a program that will expect them to come up with solutions to four local.... Read More

Hey Big Spender! Lots of dough spent to lobby General Assembly

Feb 24, 2012 at 02:36 pm by admin

      More than $2.2 million was spent on lobbying during the first month of the 2012 General Assembly.  About $1.8 million of that total was spe.... Read More

Rebel Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner surrendered Fort Donelson but not his Kentucky hospitality.

Feb 22, 2012 at 04:56 pm by admin

 On Feb. 16, 1862, he ran up the white flag over the Cumberland River bastion near Dover, Tenn. Afterwards, the Hart County, Ky., native asked Yankee Gen. Lew Wallace to.... Read More

Purchase lawmakers get the heave- ho out of KY General Assembly

Feb 22, 2012 at 04:41 pm by admin

     On this date in 1862, the Jackson Purchase was virtually unrepresented in the General Assembly.      All of the region’s Ho.... Read More

Grants Awarded to 41 High Schools

Feb 22, 2012 at 04:36 pm by admin

Money Goes to Programs that Promote Nutrition, Physical Activity, Tobacco Prevention   FRANKFORT, KY (Feb. 17, 2012) - The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) an.... Read More

Nightmare on Main Street: Part Three

Feb 18, 2012 at 10:13 am by admin

Governor calls for expansion of preschool

Feb 17, 2012 at 05:25 pm by admin

Budget recommendation would serve 4,430 additional children by 2014  LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 16, 2012) – Understanding the value that early childhood experiences play.... Read More

Nightmare on Main Street: Part Two

Feb 17, 2012 at 05:01 pm by admin

Nightmare on Main Street - Part One

Feb 17, 2012 at 04:52 pm by admin

Hickman Port to be dredged

Feb 17, 2012 at 04:26 pm by admin

(Hickman KY, February 14, 2012) - Back on September 29 several congressional leaders including Congressman Ed Whitfield and Senator Rand Paul met in Hickman to discuss the nee.... Read More

Little Old Murray KY has turned into one big Racer embrace

Feb 17, 2012 at 04:24 pm by admin

Murray State faculty members offer music workshops to schools in West Kentucky

Feb 14, 2012 at 05:20 pm by admin

MURRAY, Ky. — The Murray State University music department faculty members and their student chamber music ensembles, supported through a grant from the MSU’s of.... Read More

Education Commissioner praises Murray Ind. Sch.

Feb 14, 2012 at 03:49 pm by admin

NEWS RELEASE Feb. 13, 2012 Written by: Kelly Sturgeon Kentucky education commissioner applauds Shakespeare in the schools program for Murray Independent School District MURR.... Read More

The Coming Clash

Feb 09, 2012 at 05:20 pm by admin

(Mayfield KY, Feb. 10, 2012) -  On this date in 1862, large numbers of Kentucky troops were about to clash for the first time in a major Civil War battle.   &n.... Read More