MARGARET JEAN HAYES VANMETER
MARGARET JEAN HAYES VANMETER BROWNSVILLE, Ky. – Margaret Jean Hayes VanMeter, 79, of Bee Spring, passed on to her Heavenly home, with her family by her side, on March 26, 2018 at the Medical Center. The Edmonson County native was a housewife, beloved mother, and grandmother. She was a member of Bee Spring Missionary Baptist…
Read MoreChief Henry pleads 5th Amendment in case
Staff Report The Horse Cave Police Department has been a top news story in recent weeks after Federal Bureau of Investigations and Kentucky State Police officials descended on the department, seizing records and electronic devices as part of an investigation. Both federal and state law enforcement agencies have remained silent about the investigation, offering no…
Read MoreRally to support survivors of sexual abuse
By Anne Pyburn Craig anne.craig@jpinews.com Teresa Huber has very personal reasons for organizing the “Breaking the Silence” rally and walk and speaking out on the subject of sexual assault and abuse. “My grandmother was raped and murdered in 2010, in her home in Tompkinsville,” she says. “I want to let people in Monroe County…
Read MoreKSP Investigating Officer Involved Shooting in Hardin County
(ELIZABETHTOWN, KY.) – The Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred this afternoon in Elizabethtown, KY. On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at approximately 12:40 p.m. EDT, KSP Post 4 received information from Hardin County Control and the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office pertaining to a shooting that…
Read MoreLETTER TO THE EDITOR: Infrastructure investment of great importance
TO THE EDITOR: As a Monroe Co. native and construction professional employing approximately 120 workers in this region who has worked on numerous state & municipal highway construction projects over the past 30+ years, I want to share a few thoughts about the importance of additional investment in transportation infrastructure to keep our traveling public…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: The Swedish Nightingale’s Visit
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. “Lind Mania” was the term the American press used to describe the immense popularity of Jenny Lind as she traveled through the country on a tour that included Kentucky’s cave region. Known as the “Swedish Nightingale,” Lind was highly regarded as a vocalist of immense talent whose…
Read MoreDIRT ROAD DIARIES: Shave and a Haircut – Two Bits
By Clinton Powell Jobe Publishing Contributor I have heard this melodic phrase for as long as I have memory. When we were kids it was done in two parts, one of us tapping out the first five beats with another kid responding with the final two beats. It was commonly used in the Looney Tune…
Read MoreHiseville’s Banking Renaissance
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. The Hiseville community in northern Barren County is experiencing something of a banking renaissance with the opening of Citizens Bank on April 2. Eight years ago, residents of the area were shocked and saddened to see their historic bank close its doors after 107 years of service.…
Read MoreLegislation Sponsored by Meredith Sees Final Passage in Senate
Heading to Governor’s Desk Special to JOBE PUBLISHING This week, the Senate passed two bills sponsored and co-sponsored by Rep. Michael Meredith of Brownsville, sending them to the Governor’s desk to be signed into law. HB 122 exempts volunteer fire departments from being required to file yearly reports with the Department for Local Government (DLG),…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Fabulous history-makers
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Seventy years ago this month Coach Adolph Rupp’s legendary basketball team, “The Fabulous Five,” ushered in a new era in University of Kentucky sports. Rupp boasted that the team was “the greatest basketball team of all time.” The celebrated quintet consisted of forward Wallace “Wah-Wah” Jones, guards…
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