Well, it finally stopped raining and the Boy and I got a chance to catch up on some of the outside work the rains had prevented us from doing for...

The craving for technology was all-consuming throughout the '80s and '90s, and it still holds a firm grip on our daily lives today. Cars have...

Back before we (all of us) traded simplicity for "convenience," we'd take our grocery lists written on a scrap of paper bag to Ted Baldwin's store...

 I am usually not one to talk about taxes but we received some news last week that will affect road funds in Jackson County. The motor fuels tax is...

History: Kentuckians Who Helped Win the Wild West (Judge Roy Bean)Born 1825 in Mason County, Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. is typically remembered for just...

There’s a whole lot going on in the country and across the globe right now. Much of it can be troublesome and keep a body pondering all the...

We’re heading into the thick of the summer dredge, the kind of days when sweat glues your shirt to your back. These are also the days when many...

There is something profoundly wrong here. We’re watching a nation that loves to call itself Christian slash social programs as eagerly as it shoves...

 Good news is always a blessing when you live in a world that seems like it has so much negativity. We try our best at the Fiscal Court to make...

History: Kentuckians Who Helped Win the Wild West (Christopher "Kit" Carson) I arrived at El Paso International Airport in the wee hours of April...

We are less than a month away from celebrating another birthday for the United States of America. I know the 4th of July usually comes and goes...

Well, the leaves on the white oak tree are the size of squirrels feet, and that means it's time to get the seeds in the ground. The old green and...

That’s just small-town talk, like they always do. That’s how it goes around here, where your business is spread all across the county. Every corner...

As we approach the end of the fiscal year, we have to be frugal with our finances. We have had so much storm damage to roads, culverts and bridges,...

Somebody needs a belt, and someone needs a pair of tennis shoes, and someone needs a white shirt. Mom’s gonna go to the Cheap Store today to see if...