Bad week for biased news in Kentucky
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com Last week I got a call that United States Senator Rand Paul had been assaulted while cutting his lawn. I made a phone call and got the name of the individual who had been arrested and started researching the story myself. Initially, I confirmed through the Warren County Regional Jail that…
Read MoreBEVIN ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: “Territorialism has got to end”
Part 2 of Jobe Publishing’s exclusive interview with Gov. Matt Bevin Gov. Matt Bevin says the experience of growing up in a small New Hampshire town with few job opportunities is one of the reasons he is passionate about boosting Kentucky’s economic development efforts. Referencing the recent announcement of Braidy Industries’ plans to locate an…
Read MoreTREVOR PHILLIPS: Following Family Footsteps
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Family is a key word when describing grocer Trevor Phillips and his work in the Hiseville community in Barren County. In fact, the word is a prominent part of Phillips Family IGA, and it seems it’s a theme found in nearly everything Phillips does. Now the third…
Read MoreDIRT ROAD DIARIES: At the Wall
By Clinton Powell Jobe Publishing Contributor It is quite impossible to relate the true extent of the emotions I went through or to convey how profound the experience was to me, as I fulfilled a promise I had made so many years ago. Going to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington DC wasn’t one of…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Berryman’s bear becomes an icon
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. On November 16, 1902, Woodford County, Kentucky native Clifford Berryman’s cartoon of President Theodore Roosevelt on a Mississippi bear hunt was published and led to the creation of the Teddy Bear. Mississippi Gov. Andrew H. Longino invited Roosevelt on the expedition but after three days of hunting,…
Read MoreDIRT ROAD DIARIES: ’60 Caddy
By CLINTON POWELL Jobe Publishing Contributor How old were you when you first drove a car? What was the first car you got behind the wheel of? For me it was a 1960 Cadillac and I was eleven years old. I remember quite vividly that my older brother, Steve, was allowed to drive at eleven,…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Cassius M. Clay’s “child-wife,” Dora
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. On November 13, 1894, “The Lion of White Hall,” 84-year old Cassius M. Clay married 15-year old Dora Richardson at his Madison County estate. The wedding became one of the most memorable stories in Kentucky history. The Louisville Courier-Journal and the Lexington Transcript carried front page news…
Read MoreRand Paul assaulted while mowing lawn
By JEFF JOBE Jobe for Kentucky A Bowling Green man was arrested Friday and charged with fourth-degree assault after an incident at the Bowling Green home of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul. Rene Albert Boucher, 59, was booked into the Warren County Regional Jail and held on a $5,000 bond, according to online jail documents. The document…
Read MoreWill pension reform happen or politics as usual in KY?
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com January may seem months away for most of us and few of us want to miss one minute of Thanksgiving and Christmas season. But for the politically minded office holders they have their eyes on the prize of determining if they will be contested or not. Ironically, here in Kentucky the…
Read More4-H Shooting Sports members win state
By Amber Huffman Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development The Hart 4-H Shooting Sports teams competed in the 2017 State 4-H Shooting Sports Competition on Saturday and Sunday, September 9-10 in Wilmore and Berea, Kentucky. Over 800 4-H members from across the state participated in the two day event. Twenty-three Hart County 4-H members participated…
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