Palmer named interim judge-executive

R.J. Palmer is Clark County’s new inter­im judge-exec­u­tive. The for­mer state leg­is­la­tor for Clark County was sworn in by retired Circuit Judge Jeff Walson dur­ing the March 26 Fiscal Court meet­ing after Gov. Andy Beshear appoint­ed him to suc­ceed Les Yates, who resigned as coun­ty judge-exec­u­tive on March 3. Yates was tem­porar­i­ly suc­ceed­ed by Magistrate Stephen Craycraft, who was appoint­ed by the... 
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Palmer named interim judge-executive

R.J. Palmer is Clark County’s new inter­im judge-exec­u­tive. The for­mer state leg­is­la­tor for Clark County was sworn in by retired Circuit Judge Jeff Walson dur­ing the March 26 Fiscal Court meet­ing after Gov. Andy Beshear appoint­ed him to suc­ceed Les Yates, who resigned as coun­ty judge-exec­u­tive on March 3. Yates was tem­porar­i­ly suc­ceed­ed by Magistrate Stephen Craycraft, who was appoint­ed by the Fiscal Court. Craycraft ref­er­enced his suc­ces­sor in a Facebook post Thursday after the meet­ing and... 
Kelley Nesbet
News,  People,  Your Government

Nisbet wants ‘smart growth,’ fiscal responsibility

As a real estate agent and bro­ker, Kelley Nisbet is an advo­cate for pri­vate prop­er­ty rights and afford­able hous­ing. As a plan­ning and zon­ing offi­cial, she believes in man­aged growth. And as a small busi­ness own­er and can­di­date for coun­ty gov­ern­ment, she wants to coöper­ate with part­ners to achieve respon­si­ble spend­ing and rev­enue growth. “I think there’s a need for work­ing togeth­er — not in a polit­i­cal way, but just work­ing with the oth­er mag­is­trates and... 
Album cover: "Live Rust" (Neil Young)
Music

Jeff’s Playlist: ‘Live Rust’

This record fea­tures live tunes from last week’s playlist selec­tion, Rust Never Sleeps, as well as songs from oth­er albums. It’s a very nice col­lec­tion — give it a lis­ten, I think you’ll like it. 
News

CHAMPS AGAIN! Cards win state title for second time in five seasons

On Saturday, March 21, for the third time in four games, the George Rogers Clark High School boys bas­ket­ball team trailed at half­time in the KHSAA Sweet 16®. This time, a state cham­pi­onship was on the line. Yet, for what Head Coach Josh Cook con­sid­ers one of the tough­est teams he’s ever coached, the game was far from over. It took an extra four min­utes, but the Cards ensured that vic­to­ry, and cham­pi­onship glo­ry, was not... 

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An old rusty Radio Flyer wagon.

The lament of a once cherished toy

It’s dark in here. And dusty. And smelly. This place must once have been used to house chick­ens. I can’t remem­ber when I was put in here, but it was a long time ago. I also can’t recall why I was rel­e­gat­ed to this loath­some place. I was active, use­ful. In the prime of life, with many, many years left to me. Now I just sit here in the dark­ness, won­der­ing about these things and about when, if ever, I shall be released from this prison. My days here seem end­less, stacked one upon the oth­er with­out respite. 
A large crowd of elected and appointed local and state officials mingled at the Clark County Farm Bureau office Saturday over coffee and donuts prior to hearing about the federation's legislative priorities. At center are Winchester City Commissioner Kitty Strode and Mayor Jo Ellen Reed.

KFB supports bill on labeling chemicals

Manufacturers would not have to label cer­tain pes­ti­cides and her­bi­cides as poten­tial­ly car­cino­genic under a Senate bill that passed both cham­bers last week and was sent to the gov­er­nor for his sig­na­ture. During a Clark County Farm Bureau appre­ci­a­tion break­fast on Saturday, lob­by­ists and law­mak­ers who sup­port SB 199 dis­cussed why it is important. 
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