Purchase Area Jefferson Jackson Dinner 2011: Jack Conway – going after the “Bully from Burkesville”

Jun 19, 2011 at 07:16 pm by admin

Attorney General Jack Conway ran this time last year for US Senate unsuccessfully against come-out-of-nowhere candidate Rand Paul. Conway was defeated by Paul in a race that r.... Read More

Purchase Area Jefferson Jackson Dinner 2011: Allison Lundergan Grimes – keep the ballot box open for all

Jun 19, 2011 at 07:16 pm by admin

Allison Lundergan Grimes got the biggest applause of the evening according to those who listen for these things. Certainly, her seating between Calloway Democratic legends Z..... Read More

Purchase Area Jefferson Jackson Dinner 2011: Adam Edelan – social contract means remembering the forgotten

Jun 19, 2011 at 07:16 pm by admin

Adam Edelan, one of the up and coming candidates of the Democratic Party, is no stranger to statewide politics. He served as Steve Beshear’s chief of staff and has trave.... Read More

Purchase Area Jefferson Jackson Dinner 2011: Todd Hollenbach – Dems the positive party

Jun 19, 2011 at 07:16 pm by admin

Todd Hollenbach has been in the Purchase so many times he should get honorary citizenship.  Sometimes he comes alone, driving in for small events, other times Dad comes a.... Read More

Purchase Area Jefferson Jackson Dinner 2011: Bob Farmer – the right name for the job

Jun 19, 2011 at 07:16 pm by admin

Bob Farmer won 86 out of 120 counties in the primary in his quest to succeed another Farmer as Commissioner of Agriculture. He credited the Democratic crowd for that accomplis.... Read More

Purchase Area Jefferson Jackson Dinner 2011: A grand night for singing

Jun 19, 2011 at 07:16 pm by admin

  McCracken Court of Appeals Judge Shea Nickell gave his usual stirring rendition of the National Anthem. Nickell, an accomplished singer, is a staple at political and c.... Read More

Purchase Area Jefferson Jackson Dinner 2011 – Introduction

Jun 19, 2011 at 07:16 pm by admin

Political dinners follow a predictable course. Whether served in the Ritz Carleton or a barbecue on the river, programming has attained the status of sacred ritual. First, fo.... Read More

Kentucky's state song originally told sad slave story

Jun 19, 2011 at 07:16 pm by admin

The choice of My Old Kentucky Home as the state anthem must stand as the greatest irony in the history of state songs.  Stephen Foster’s homage to Uncle Tom&rsquo.... Read More

Fulton and Carlisle Counties added to emergency unemployment program

Jun 17, 2011 at 08:31 am by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 17, 2011) —  Officials from the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today a.... Read More

Death Row Dogs and Dogs2Vets - graduation and launch day

Jun 16, 2011 at 05:51 pm by admin

  Wounds come in many shapes and sizes. Some are disfiguring on the outside. Some are disfiguring on the inside, where no one can see.  These are the wounds harde.... Read More

Two Graves baseball Eagles land at Southeastern Illinois College

Jun 15, 2011 at 08:53 am by admin

  DOUBLE EAGLE – Two Graves County Eagle baseball players will continue their baseball careers at Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg this fall. Larry Br.... Read More

Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission Dedicates Addition to Graves County's Terrapin Creek State Nature Preserve

Jun 14, 2011 at 04:39 pm by admin

  Significant aquatic system supports an unusual diversity of fishes including several species found nowhere else in Kentucky FRANKFORT, Ky. – (June 13, 2011) &nd.... Read More

Hickman County mother of Purchase

Jun 10, 2011 at 01:49 pm by admin

To meet its goal of being the primary historical and genealogical research office for the Jackson Purchase, the Hickman County Historical and Genealogical Society acquired the.... Read More

Big Round Up of Round Up in Fulton

Jun 09, 2011 at 04:01 pm by admin

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 11:56 AM the Fulton Fire Department (FFD) and Twin City Ambulance Service (TCAS) responded to a reported chemical spill on West Highland Drive near.... Read More

The Phoenix: Carlisle County Courthouse dedicated

Jun 09, 2011 at 03:48 pm by admin

The Carlisle County Courthouse was dedicated on Friday, June 3, 2011 by state and local  officials with a large crowd of well wishers on hand to tour the building and swe.... Read More