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Tax Reform: More Jobs, Fairer Taxes, Bigger Paychecks
‘These Americans deserve real tax reform. And I urge all of my colleagues to join me in working from this framework to deliver for them. Because it’s time to take more money out of Washington’s pockets, and put more of it in the pockets of Americans.’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)…
Read MoreCHANGE Reaction – Restoring our worth
By Rayna Glass Rayna.glass@jpinews.com The bad news: 20.9 million people are affected globally by the second largest criminal industry in the world that rakes in approximately $32 billion. This activity has been reported in all 50 states and targets those most vulnerable in society. Human trafficking is not a new problem, but it is a…
Read MoreMetcalfe County man charged with murder
Kentucky State Police Post 15 reported late Monday night that 46-year-old Bobbie Lawson, of Summer Shade in Metcalfe County had been arrested and charged with Murder, Tampering with Physical Evidence and Abuse of a Corpse. Post 15 was contacted by the Metcalfe County Sheriff’s Department in reference to a deceased person found at a residence on Nobob-Summer…
Read MoreL. Rogers Wells, Jr., dead at 79
L. Rogers Wells, Jr., 79, Glasgow, died suddenly Sunday, August 6, 2017. The Glasgow native was a son of the late L. Rogers Wells, Sr. and Jane Gilbert Wells. An accomplished businessman, he was owner of American Materials Incorporated, a regional warehousing and distribution center for selected business entities, and was involved in numerous other…
Read MoreFormer Monroe County Deputy Sheriff Charged With Stealing Property
Surplus military supplies purchased by the Sheriff’s Office were missing BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A former Monroe County Deputy Sheriff was charged this week by felony Information with wire fraud for devising a scheme to sell and/or give away surplus military property, obtained from a Department of Defense program, including a camper and ATV, announced…
Read MoreUdderly Amazing: Robotic milking operation showcased
Culminating two years of planning, Richard and Sharon Mattingly recently opened their new, state-of-the-art robotic milking operation for a public open house. Dozens of area dairy farmers, ag industry officials, community leaders, and curious neighbors mixed and mingled among the Holstein cows to see first-hand how robots milk cows. Mattingly, like other farmers around…
Read MoreAutumn Chambers: Capturing life one click at a time
While the work of a professional photographer is varied, Autumn Chambers admits, “I love capturing those precious moments in life. I love photographing families in their own element, doing their own thing.” Finding the ideal setting might mean visiting a family at home or any number of settings from city scenes to down on the…
Read MoreAttorney General: EPB violated Open Records Act
In an opinion by the Office of the Kentucky Attorney General released Monday, the Glasgow Electric Plant Board violated the Kentucky Open Records Act when it withheld the names of participants in the SET program from Publisher Jeff Jobe. The 11-page opinion addresses a number of arguments about the legality of the utility company refusing…
Read MoreGivens Resigns Leadership
Special to Jobe Publishing, Inc. Republican David Givens is resigning his post as Senate President Pro Tem, citing “pressing” family concerns. Givens will remain a rank-and-file member of the Senate representing six counties in southcentral Kentucky. He didn’t elaborate on his reasoning for giving up the leadership post in a press release Friday. “Realizing…
Read MoreFirefighters battle blaze
By Anne Pyburn Craig anne.craig@jpinews.com Very late last Friday night, a security guard at Roy Anderson Lumber smelled smoke and began searching for the source. He found it on the west side of the yard, coming out of a wall between a boiler room and an office, and called the fire department at 12:47 a.m.…
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