MY KENTUCKY: The Shakers of Pleasant Hill
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing Inc. September 12, 1910 – With only 12 members remaining, the Shakers of Pleasant Hill near Harrodsburg, Kentucky faced their colony’s demise and contracted to sell their 1,800 acres of land and buildings to Col. George Bohon. In return, Bohon agreed to care for them and allow them…
Read MoreRacists? That’s a long stretch for Bevin, Kentuckians
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com It is a big part of the political play book to look for opportunities to make states that lean red out to be racists and bigots. The once amazingly powerful national media would start this theme and it wouldn’t be long until our own state-wide newspapers would chime in and because…
Read MoreNot only mushrooms grow in the dark
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com Over the years I have come to the conclusion that nobody likes being left in the dark. As with most of my commentaries, I break down my thoughts to a simple theme, one I feel is familiar with most everyone and certainly if you grew up in Kentucky. The expression “nobody…
Read MoreMcConnell Statement on Administration DACA Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s announcement on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “President Obama wrongly believed he had the authority to re-write our immigration law. Today’s action by President Trump corrects that fundamental mistake. “This Congress will continue working on securing…
Read MoreDIRT ROAD DIARIES: The Front Porch Swing
By CLINTON POWELL Jobe Publishing Contributor When I see all the violence and unrest that we are witnessing in today’s society, I am saddened by what I see and wonder how we get here? What circumstances in the lives of these self-proclaimed “protestors” have driven them to be so “offended” so easily? I remember the…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Solomon and Charlotte, an unlikely partnership
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing Inc. The events of the summer of 1833 were recalled in Rev. William M. Pratt’s diary entry for November 23, 1854. “Preached the funeral today of ‘old King Solomon,’ seventy-nine years old. He was born the same year with Henry Clay, and had drunk whisky enough to float…
Read MoreSweeping dirt under a rug
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com There are many different thoughts on how to manage a newspaper and just as with any business, sometimes we hit the mark we have set for ourselves and sometimes we fall short. Each of our community newspapers have a central goal of being the best local news source for documenting real…
Read MoreStatement from Auditor Mike Harmon on PFM’s Pension Report
“Today’s meeting confirms what I have been saying for years as a legislator, and now as Kentucky’s Auditor of Public Accounts, which is that we can no longer kick the can down the road on addressing the serious issues with funding our public pension systems. The recommendations made today by PFM are just that, only…
Read MoreGov. Bevin to Participate in Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Playground Project Led By Hardin County Middle Schooler
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 25, 2017) – Gov. Matt Bevin will join state and community leaders in Hardin County tomorrow to celebrate the opening of a special needs-friendly playground, that was completed thorough the extraordinary efforts of 13-year-old Rachel Ritchie. Currently an eighth grader at James T. Alton Middle School, Ritchie has spent the past five years garnering…
Read MoreMy Kentucky- Eddyville’s ever-change identity
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing Inc. Few contemporary Kentuckians can fathom the idea of building a home or business in a town that was starting from scratch with nothing more than a tract of land. For residents of Eddyville in Lyon County in western Kentucky, August 28, 1959 was “Dedication and Free Deed…
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