TRUE TO THEIR ROOTS: Kentucky Headhunters’ show will benefit Courageous Kids
By ANNE PYBURN CRAIG Jobe Publishing, Inc. When the Kentucky Headhunters get excited, music lovers know they’re in for a good time. And guitarist Richard Young says they’re “very, very excited” about their upcoming home show at Glasgow’s Plaza Theatre on October 28. For one thing, the Halloween bash will be the vinyl release party…
Read MoreVIRGINIA McCANDLESS’ LEGACY: UK ovarian cancer project 40 years later
Staff Report A fundraising effort that began with an impassioned plea from one Extension Homemaker to her peers has positively impacted Kentucky women and the University of Kentucky for the past 40 years. The late Virginia McCandless, a Barren County Extension Homemaker, and Dr. John van Nagell with the UK Markey Cancer Center started the…
Read MoreDIRT ROAD DIARIES: Hauling in Hay
By CLINTON POWELL Jobe Publishing Contributor If you haven’t cut and housed tobacco or hauled in hay on the hottest days of summer, you just haven’t lived life to its fullest. Of course, I have my tongue firmly in my cheek as I’m making this statement. I’m really not sure which of these farm chores…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Paying homage to “The Lost Cause”
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. In the first quarter of the 20th Century, Kentuckians embraced the last living Confederate veterans as treasured heroes of the past and found a variety of ways to honor their legacy even if it was a somewhat romanticized view of “The Lost Cause.” Twenty-first century minds have…
Read MoreProud to stand
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com I can think of nothing more obvious coming from the most recent Presidential election than the fact that the liberal media has joined the ranks of Hollywood and collegiate elites and because of this they have lost touch with middle America. In the few months following the election it seemed large…
Read MoreFarmers RECC Achieves Fifth Governor’s Safety and Health Award
Farmers RECC employees accept their fifth Governor’s Safety and Health Award from Labor Cabinet Deputy Secretary Mike Nemes. Glasgow, Ky. (October 10, 2017) In August 2016, Farmers RECC surpassed 250,000 man hours worked with no lost time accidents, making Farmers RECC eligible for their fifth Governor’s Safety and Health Award. In the electric utility…
Read MoreFlag-Waving Crowd Welcomes Veterans Home from Honor Flight
Special to the News-Herald Lee Bratcher along with 66 other Kentucky veterans received a heroes’ welcome home Saturday from patriotic, flag-waving citizens who filled the entire terminal at Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport. The veterans participated in a one-day tour of war memorials in the nation’s capital. This was the seventh Honor Flight sponsored by Farmers…
Read MoreWhere is the loyalty to our citizens?
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com Not long ago we had bold headlines around our country questioning the role of loyalty and how it affects governance. Who among us can forget the shock and awe we faced during the last weeks and days of the 2016 Presidential election with FBI director James Comey flip-flopping on investigations about…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Gov. Eli H. Murray and his sword make history
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Kentucky has lent numerous native sons and daughters to sister states throughout the country. Many are familiar with Gov. Preston H. Leslie of Glasgow who served both the Commonwealth and the Montana Territory while fewer may realize Lexington-born Missouri Sen. David Rice Atchison may have been President…
Read MoreTAYLOR TALKS EPB: Nominee stresses fairness in decision making
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. While there was no official announcement to the public, Mayor Dick Doty’s nomination of Glasgow accountant Tag Taylor to the embattled board of directors of the Glasgow Electric Plant Board spread throughout the community last week. As requested by Glasgow City Councilman Jake Dickinson last December, Doty…
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