Kentucky has more miles of navigable water than any other state except Alaska.
On Oct. 1, 1998, Kenny Hester opened the doors to Hester’s Family Fitness Center in Hillview. And on April 19, 2024, those same doors closed …
Autism Awareness Month serves as a great reminder of the importance of understanding what life can be like for individuals on the autism spectrum.
There are very few things in our nation that really distress me, but one of those is when I see students rioting on college campuses and wavin…
The best-looking yard on the block doesn’t necessarily mean your yard needs to be all green lawn. Consider, instead, some creative alternative…
Two pretty important medical announcements happened in the past month.
When you want to know what someone values, you look at their checkbook. In the same way, our state’s budget provides an understanding of our v…
When Jim asked me to write this column, I appreciated the vote of confidence, but maybe the title should have been “Things My Mother Taught Me.”
Legislative activities culminated on April 15 outside the Kentucky State Capitol with the closure of the 60-day budget session, a significant …
The most common form of plant propagation is digging and dividing which is best done in early spring before new growth or in the fall before p…
Here is a question I would like for you to think about with me for a few minutes today. My question is this: are you a people watcher? If you …
The journey to make a new law is a long one, with multiple steps aimed at ensuring the best possible product. It begins with an idea and resea…
We have been watching a pair of Carolina wrens nesting, hatching, and feeding their babies for the last few weeks. The wrens built a beautiful…
When we tout the importance of the community newspaper, we often talk about all the things we do to help the community.
As of early April, I have no complaints about plant performance this spring. Agreeable temperatures and ample rainfall; we dodged any storm da…
Collaborating closely with our colleagues in the House of Representatives, we’ve successfully crafted and passed a comprehensive biennial budg…
The primary objective of any legislative session is passing responsible legislation that will benefit the state for years, if not decades, to …
If you happen to be up in years, say past 75, I have some ideas to share with you today that may be of interest. I might add, these are ideas …
Two pretty important medical announcements happened in the past month.
The #1 complaint of those who are relegated to gardening under the cover of trees, where the soil is dry and blooms are scarce, is that there’…
We are approaching the end of this year’s session and have only two days remaining on the legislative calendar. When we adjourned on Thursday,…
Today I would like to pay a special tribute to a new friend of mine by the name of Randy Bowling. But first a little background, back in 2005 …
On March 25, I took the oath of office to become the State Representative for District 26.
Spring has arrived here in the Bluegrass State, and we find ourselves in the final stages of the 2024 Regular Session. With only a few legisla…
Mulch has become a landscape staple, almost to a fault when it is over applied, smothering roots and girdling trunks. When done properly is c…
With the 2024 Regular Session beginning to wind down, the Kentucky House of Representatives continues to work to pass responsible legislation …
Our state today is the great state of Colorado. The state of Colorado is known as the “Centennial State” because it joined the union in 1876, …
It was a pretty amazing day for officials in Bullitt County.