MY KENTUCKY: A Christmas Miracle
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Danville, Kentucky was the scene of a Christmas miracle that changed the world of medicine, particularly for women. On December 25, 1809, Dr. Ephraim McDowell removed a 22.5-pound cystic ovarian tumor from Jane Todd Crawford, the world first ovariotomy and successful abdominal surgery. Physicians in Green County,…
Read MoreThe Evolving Christmas List
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. ‘Tis the season for Christmas list-making. For those of us who organize our days and weeks by lists, there are many to be made: gifts to purchase, decorating to be completed, gatherings to plan, and for the younger crowd the famous list of wishes for Santa’s consideration.…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Earthquake!
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. About 2:15 a.m. on December 16, 1811, the initial New Madid earthquake occurred followed by a series of quakes and aftershocks that continued through February 7, 1812. Combined with the appearance of Halley’s Comet earlier in 1811 and the horrific Battle of Tippecanoe, the event was enough…
Read MoreMy Christmas Memory: Little Red Tractors
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com Christmas customs in small-town America probably mirror the 6 counties we serve for local news right here in South Central Kentucky. I’m sure each community is as fond of their customs as the next one and I take great pride in knowing our family newspaper has been documenting them for 20…
Read MorePEGGY GOODMAN: Former teacher has stories to tell
By Sam Terry Jobe Publishing, Inc. Peggy Goodman has found herself cast in a new role in 2017. A familiar face in Far Off Broadway Players’ productions, Goodman is also a retired teacher who has found a way to blend her love of a good story, a little drama, and a worthwhile message. Since the…
Read MoreA Christmas Gift to Remember
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Daniel Pyanowski received a long-awaited Christmas gift last Saturday when the 20-year-old he saw his mother for the first time since he was 6 years old. Last weekend, Daniel anxiously awaited the arrival of his birth mother, Carolyn Ramos, at Glasgow’s Los Mariachis restaurant. At one end…
Read MoreBarbara Richardson Logsdon
Barbara Richardson Logsdon, age 78, of Munfordville, passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2017, at the Medical Center of Bowling Green. She was a native of Hart County and a member of Munfordville Baptist Church. She had worked for 61 years at The Hart County News-Herald. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene…
Read MoreSavvy marketing and messaging
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com It isn’t uncommon at all for you to hear the comments that journalism is dying. The thoughts being fueled by newspapers folding or selling left and right. Social media is everywhere, everybody has an opinion and they are now publishing them. It seems there is no silence and everything is so…
Read MoreCMA Legislative Luncheon – Incentives key to future film success
By RAYNA GLASS rayna.glass@jpinews.com As it has been for much of the year, film was the talk of Southern Kentucky tourism during the Caveland Marketing Association’s Annual Legislative Luncheon Monday, December 4. Meeting in the Cave City Convention Center representatives from around Kentucky were present for the afternoon event from local, state and federal government…
Read MoreWarming hearts, heads, and hands
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. More than 12 years ago, a handful of local artisans began comparing notes about their chosen craft – for some knitting and others crocheting – and in time the creative minds concluded to gather weekly to practice their craft together. Thus began the Knitting and Crocheting Ministry…
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