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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Greater Clark Foundation expands support for Clark schools’ literacy program
Greater Clark Foundation has announced an additional $130,000 investment in Clark County Public Schools’ (CCPS) Summer Flight Academy program, continuing its support for efforts to help young students strengthen foundational literacy skills.
The funding builds on a previous two-year investment of $100,000, bringing Greater Clark Foundation’s total commitment to the program to $230,000.
Reel Classics: ‘Festival’
Today’s Reel Classic looks at a documentary film released in 1967 that focused on the Newport Folk Festival during the years 1963 through 1966. Murray Lerner was writer, director and producer of the film. Festival captures on film not only the musicians performing at these concerts, but also the essence of the growing counterculture movement within our society.
At that time, folk music was an essential voice for protest and speaking out against the perceived injustices...
‘Medical conscience’ bill is more about religious privilege
Once again, the Kentucky legislature has produced a bill clearly showing just how petty and petulant it can be.
Senate Bill 72, co-sponsored by eight Republicans, is innocently introduced as: AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency.
You see, when you add those last three words to a bill, it prompts the members of the legislature to forgo legislative protocols in order to get it passed as quickly...
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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.
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.


