Ft. Campbell Soldier: Sgt. Dillon C. Baldridge

Aug 22, 2017 at 10:56 am by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 12, 2017) - Cpl Dillon C. Baldridge, age 22, of Youngsville, North Carolina. was one of three soldiers who died June 10, 2017 of gunshot wounds. Cpl. Bald.... Read More

The Joys of a Small Town Soda Shop

Aug 22, 2017 at 10:48 am by admin

It was a late summer day in August of 1962. With the wind at my back as I, a newly minted 14 year old, walked into downtown Clinton, Kentucky, I mentally contrasted the world.... Read More

Sprucing Up for Heritage Days

Aug 15, 2017 at 03:40 pm by admin

Heritage Days is a time for Hickman Countians to reflect on events that shaped the region, and stories of those who gave Hickman County a legacy worth celebrating. For 2017,.... Read More

Hickman County Heritage Days September 5 - 9: A Legacy Worth Celebrating

Aug 15, 2017 at 03:26 pm by admin

TIMELINE 225 will be the starting point of a court square "Walk-Around Timeline" opening during Heritage Days, September 5-9. The horizontal timeline chronicles 225 years of.... Read More

Purchase Schools vary in approach to Eclipse Day

Aug 15, 2017 at 02:33 pm by admin

Schools in the Purchase are all over the map - ha - in their approach to Monday August 21st. Answering the question whether to have school or to have an "out of school instruc.... Read More

WKCTC Night at Noon Eclipse Party

Aug 14, 2017 at 04:07 pm by admin

WKCTC - An Official NASA Viewing Site PADUCAH, KY (07/31/2017) West Kentucky Community and Technical College's Night at Noon is set to mark the 2017 total solar eclipse in a s.... Read More

Kentucky Political Time Line 2017-2019:

Aug 11, 2017 at 03:09 pm by admin

Setting the Stage for Generational Leadership Part One Fancy Farm is dead! Long live Fancy Farm! Most of those in attendance at the just completed 2017 Fancy Farm were stunned.... Read More

Eclipse Euphoria Erupts Everywhere

Aug 08, 2017 at 03:59 pm by admin

Kentucky - August 2017 If you haven't heard of the GREAT ECLIPSE OF 2017, then you are living in a bunker out in the wilds of Hickman County without wifi, cell service or a te.... Read More

Honorees at McCracken Dem Dinner illustrate the changing face of KDP

Aug 08, 2017 at 10:49 am by admin

Paducah KY- August 3, 2017 - As the winners of Democratic awards were announced, the changing face of the Democratic Party was on display at the Alben Barkley Democratic Dinne.... Read More

Rep. Comer - health care the most difficult issue

Aug 03, 2017 at 02:54 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY August 3, 2017) - A crowd of fifty attended Representative James Comer's twenty third town hall meeting at the Hickman County Extension Office in Clinton today..... Read More

Farmer asks Comer for help in soybean kills

Aug 03, 2017 at 01:30 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY August 3, 2017) - When it was question time at Rep. James Comer's town hall meeting in Clinton, Fulton County farmer Jacob Goodman raised an issue new to the firs.... Read More

Medical emergency brings health debate close to home

Jul 30, 2017 at 08:42 pm by admin

Nothing focuses the mind like an emergency room nurse advising a wife to "call in the family" as her husband lies unconscious. Suddenly medical care becomes very real, very pe.... Read More

Two companies add jobs in Western Kentucky

Jul 30, 2017 at 07:12 pm by admin

New aluminum smelting furnace will boost production capacity FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 28, 2017) - Gov. Matt Bevin today announced aluminum producer Audubon Metals LLC will expand.... Read More

Western Kentucky hospitals generate thousands of jobs, billion dollars

Jul 30, 2017 at 05:53 pm by admin

Medical care accounts 1/6 of the US economy. That means that for every $1, 16 cents is spent on medical care. That sounds not so bad until one breaks down what that means in t.... Read More

Foreign holdings of US farmland doubled in 10 years

Jul 30, 2017 at 05:49 pm by admin

A recent report from the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting revealed that foreign holdings of U.S. farmland doubled between 2004 and 2014. Foreign investors now contro.... Read More