DIRT ROAD DIARIES: Box Suppers, Moonlights & Christmases to Remember
By Clinton Powell Jobe Publishing Contributor This story was written by my Mama, Dorathean Powell, and appeared in Broomsedge Chronicles in the fall of ’92. “Each generation has had differing ways of entertaining itself, but I look back at the 1930’s with particular nostalgia. Those were the days of the one-room country schools and the…
Read MoreUPDATE: Edmonson students are back in session after “hit list” tip
STAFF REPORT Edmonson County Schools Superintendent Patrick Waddell said there was no hit list found. “With everybody that was spoken to nobody could tell us if they have seen a hit list. They just said they heard about it. There was no weapons or anything else like that discovered. We appreciate the person that provided…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Westward ho!
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. The spring of 1775 was filled with momentous events in America, most related to tensions between the American colonies and their Mother Country: Patrick Henry delivered his famous words “Give me liberty or give me death,” Paul Revere made his legendary ride to warn of approaching British…
Read MoreProtecting our children
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com It seems the names of juveniles committing terrible crimes are making their way to front pages of news outlets across our country. If a person living next door to you is accused of murder I am confident you would certainly want to know. The age of the accused would be of…
Read MoreNews versus ethics
Release of juvenile name stirs debate By Jeff Jobe Jobe Publishing, Inc. The release of a juvenile name and video footage by the Sheriff’s office is causing quite a stir in Edmonson County. There have been two news items posted on the online media site Edmonson Voice that from a first glance appear to…
Read MoreBevins announce winner of charity auction to implode tower
Gov. Matt Bevin and First Lady Glenna Bevin announced that Andrew “A.J.” Stivers, of Shelbyville, was the winning bidder in the online charity auction to push the ceremonial plunger to implode Frankfort’s 28-story Capital Plaza Tower today. The five-day auction drew more than 80 bids on eBay this week. One hundred percent of Stivers’ $15,000…
Read MoreWKU: Regional Chancellor positions eliminated
Staff Report According to a report by the Bowling Green Daily News, Western Kentucky University has started addressing its $15 million budget deficit. “Multiple sources told the Daily News on Thursday that WKU has terminated the positions of its regional chancellors at the university’s Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, Owensboro and Glasgow locations. Other employees are also reportedly…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Duncan Hines recommends Col. Sanders’ Cafe
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Bowling Green native Duncan Hines published a new edition of his guidebook, Adventures in Good Eating, on March 11, 1939. As a salesman traveling across America in the 1930s, Hines began keeping notes on good places to eat along the country’s highways. Initially, Hines and his first…
Read MoreHampton shares her story, inspires success
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Growing up in inner-city Detroit, Jenean Hampton was reared in a single-parent household with no car or even a washing machine. Now Kentucky’s Lieutenant Governor, Hampton spent three hours interacting with local students sharing her story and lending encouragement for their future. Hampton visited Barren County Schools’…
Read MoreBRAXTON SMITH: Cheering for the Red, White & Blue
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Barren County High School graduate Braxton Smith returned from a trip of Olympic proportions last Wednesday. Only days earlier, Smith and 17 other University of Kentucky cheerleaders performed as the USA Cheer team at the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The squad also performed…
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