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Columns

  • Believe in a trusted news source

    What is your No. 1 news source?
    How confident are you in that source?
    I have been in the news-providing business for over 40 years. It’s a place where writers have been drummed with “If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out.”
    That’s not something that happens on social media. Real news happens and is reported by real journalists.

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  • Crossword Puzzle Solution
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  • Crossword Puzzle

    ACROSS
    1. Bunch of VIPs?
    6. Parents + teachers, acr.
    9. Sour milk sign
    13. Meltable abode
    14. Oui
    15. Jessica Rabbit’s true love
    16. Fix a program
    17. Hi-____
    18. Assuage
    19. *Where Tom Hanks was sleepless
    21. *Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr’s liaison
    23. Jack Kerouac, or ____ Paradise
    24. Medieval domain
    25. Roll of bills
    28. Inauguration event
    30. Like olden day toy
    35. Bypass
    37. Encore!
    39. Blood line

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  • Open meetings of public officials is vital to our freedom

    I was out of town last week and missed the opportunity to commemorate one of the most important laws adopted by our forefathers.
    Last week was “Sunshine Week,” which celebrates the Sunshine Law. In Kentucky, that’s the Open Meetings, Open Records Law. Federally, it’s the Freedom of Information Act.
    The Sunshine Laws are to help everyone -- not just idealistic journalists -- ensure an accountable government.

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  • Sen. Steve West: Legislative Update in the General Assembly

    Early mornings turned to late nights and spirited debate echoed through the House and Senate chambers as we closed in on the final days of the 2017 Legislative Session in Frankfort.
    A flurry of bills were sent to Gov. Matt Bevin’s desk this week, highlighted by measures to empower our Kentucky teachers and create better learning environments for our Kentucky students.

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  • Open meetings of public officials is vital to our freedom

    I was out of town last week and missed the opportunity to commemorate one of the most important laws adopted by our forefathers.
    Last week was “Sunshine Week,” which celebrates the Sunshine Law. In Kentucky, that’s the Open Meetings, Open Records Law. Federally, it’s the Freedom of Information Act.
    The Sunshine Laws are to help everyone -- not just idealistic journalists -- ensure an accountable government.

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  • Statepoint Crossword Puzzle Solution
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  • Statepoint Crossword Puzzle

    ACROSS
    1. Upright monument
    6. Likewise
    9. *Eagle’s talon
    13. *Entrances to groundhogs’ burrows
    14. Objective male pronoun
    15. CuraÁao neighbor
    16. Islam’s Supreme Being
    17. A in IPA
    18. More silent
    19. *Beaver-like rodent
    21. *a.k.a Brown bear
    23. Popular Thanksgiving tuber
    24. SWAT attack
    25. Between game and match
    28. O. Henry’s “The Gift of the ___”
    30. Make numb
    35. ____sack

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  • Crape Myrtles and full disclosure about Toby

    It is time for some catch up and reminders etc. First off, we are all beginning to think spring and planting and flowering shrubs. So, it is a great time to make our plans to put out one or more Crape Myrtles. There are folks who took up that suggestion last fall and planted and during the winter have had occasion to let me know. I have heard from readers in such varied locations as our big box store, restaurants, grocery, church—lots of places.

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  • Viewpoint

    It’s so refreshing that the fine arts are apparently making a resurgence at Harrison County High School.
    Next weekend students from HCHS, along with several students from the middle school and the four elementary schools in the district, will  put on four performances of The Wizard of Oz.

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