My Kentucky
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing Inc. June 18, 1945 – Munfordville native Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., was killed at Okinawa. He was the highest ranking U.S. military figure killed by enemy fire in World War II. He was posthumously made a four-star general. The son of Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner…
Read MoreLet us pray or be humiliated
Of course prayer is not the only solution. By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com Over the years I have become accustomed to what happens when a Republican in office speaks of faith and how they are treated by the liberal media. Yet, it amazes me that their most loyal followers take the bait and run with it…
Read MoreGood deal, bad politics?
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com It is a beautiful older community on the east side and considered a suburb of Louisville. It has a very small business district, and a limited number of older estate-type homes, and preserved historic churches and other buildings. It could be the most high-priced real estate within a stone’s throw of…
Read MoreKentucky Coal Association Press Release: Withdraw from the Paris COP21 agreement
TYLER WHITE Kentucky Coal Association- President twhite@kentuckycoal.com Lexington – The following statement may be attributed to Tyler White, President of the Kentucky Coal Association, regarding President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris COP21 agreement. . The Kentucky Coal Association, which represents over ninety percent of Kentucky’s coal industry, thanks President Trump and his Administration for…
Read MoreKSP Arrest Morgantown Police Officer
Chief release: At 3 p.m. Thursday, June 1, 2017, I (Chief Giles Taylor) of Morgantown Police Department was made aware of a criminal investigation involving one of my officers. Kentucky State Police received a complaint from a parent of a juvenile reporting that sexual contact may have taken place in the last month between the…
Read MoreThe valor in remembering
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com For each of us, our life experiences have built the foundation of our character. This is true for me as well. As I look at the causes I choose to write about,I can assure you every single one of them will resonate with a small town boy growing up in the…
Read MoreBiases create tsunamis
By JEFF JOBE I seem to have a way of upsetting my liberal elitist journalism friends. Not because I think I am Zeus himself trying to over power Olympus (Kentucky), but simply because I call for balance and some degree of objectivity in news coverage. It is so easy to slap a tag line along…
Read MoreInvestment in Nucor Steel Gallatin Mill to Add Capabilities, Create 75 Jobs
$176 million project at flat-rolled coil producer in Ghent will add a galvanizing and pickling line FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 25, 2017) – Gov. Matt Bevin today announced that Nucor Steel Gallatin, a mainstay of the state’s primary metals industry, which produces rolled steel sheet used in various automotive applications, agricultural equipment, energy and other consumer products,…
Read MoreTri-Arrows Aluminum to Invest $125 Million in Logan Aluminum
New cold-rolling mill will create 60 full-time jobs in Logan County FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 25, 2017) – Gov. Matt Bevin today announced that Tri-Arrows Aluminum Inc., which supplies rolled aluminum sheet for beverage cans and automotive uses, will invest $125 million to locate a cold rolling mill at Logan Aluminum Inc. in Logan County, creating 60…
Read MoreHart County Lady Raiders are DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
For the 1st time in 20 years, the Hart County Lady Raiders are DISTRICT CHAMPIONS! See next week’s Hart County News-Herald for special pages honoring these ladies.
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