Bevin on pension plan opponents: “Sowers of dissent, discord, & division”
Entire interview where Governor Matt Bevin is being accused of saying,”teachers are hoarding sick days”, Governor Bevin did not say this and the $1,000 offer for evidence he did is still unclaimed. By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Gov. Matt Bevin says opponents of his pension overhaul plan are “sowers…
Read MoreSaluting Our Soldiers This Veterans Day
MESSAGE FROM REPRESENTATIVE BART ROWLAND Veterans Day is a day to honor our military veterans every year. As sometimes happens, we forget the history of this special day. Veterans Day, then called Armistice Day, was originally enacted by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 to mark the cessation of “The Great War,” or World War I,…
Read MoreQUARLES: The World needs Kentucky Agriculture
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. While visiting Barren County last week, Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles highlighted the work he is directing toward expanding and sustaining agriculture in the Bluegrass State. One of his top priorities is promoting Kentucky products internationally with a particular interest in China. “The Kentucky Department of…
Read MoreMATTHEW RILEY: Returning the favor, paying it forward
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Now practicing dentistry in Glasgow, Matthew Riley says he was certain when he left to study at the University of Alabama he would never return to Barren County to live. During his college career the 2008 Barren County High School graduate and former Kentucky Beta Club President…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Shryock designs a new Capitol
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. During the autumn of 1824 it seemed a dark cloud hovered over Kentucky’s seat of government. Joseph Desha was inaugurated as the Commonwealth’s eighth governor, setting in motion one of the most chaotic administrations in history. Just two months into Desha’s term, the statehouse burned to the…
Read MoreFarm to School Month
Local Schools + Local Food = Brunch for Lunch Local Brunch for Lunch was on the menu last week at several Barren County Schools as the finale of Farm to School Month. Students at Barren County High School, the Trojan Academy, Middle School, and College Street Campus savored the flavors a local harvest when they…
Read MoreOh, deer! Cooking the hunt
By Jennifer Moonsong Jobe Publishing Features It is deer season in Kentucky and many hunters are taking to the woods to carry out the age old, seasonal tradition of hunting deer to bring home to the dinner table. Although hunting has changed tremendously since the pioneer days, cooking the kill has stayed much the same,…
Read MoreLogan Aluminum Cuts Ribbon on Initial Expansion, Breaks Ground on Phase II
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 26, 2017) – Gov. Matt Bevin congratulated local officials and executives from Logan Aluminum Inc. and its parent companies today on the opening of the aluminum plant’s phase I expansion in Logan County, as well as the groundbreaking of phase II of the project. Together the expansions represent about $407.6 million in…
Read MoreDIRT ROAD DIARIES: Pitching Horseshoes
By CLINTON POWELL Jobe Publishing Contributor Ever wonder who was the first to think throwing horseshoes at a stake in the ground would make a challenging sport? I decided to do a little research. One popular theory is that it came from the ancient game of quoits, in which a circular disc is used. It…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: C6H0 – Centre beats Harvard
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. While it may be a treasured tale from 96 years ago, “C6H0” remains emblazoned on surfaces on the campus of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. It was on October 29, 1921 that Centre defeated Harvard in what the New York Times called “arguably the upset of the…
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