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[$] Postal Service needs more than price hikes

1 day ago

Today, we have more ways to communicate with one another than ever before: U.S. Mail, landlines, cell phones, voice mail, e-mail and texting, just to name a few. While mail continues to play a vital role in the personal and commercial lives of Americans,... Read Story.

[$] Less risky growth

about 23 hours ago

The city made some progress Monday in its campaign to place a new industry in the building vacated by Bendix in 2007. Once a few formalities are ironed out, Frankfort is scheduled to receive a $1 million Community Development Block Grant through the... Read Story.

[$] A touch of green

July 28, 2010

In days of less sensitivity to either sexism or squandered energy, “meter maids” used to putt-putt around in little enclosed scooters, handing out tickets to people who neglected to feed enough nickels into the downtown slots. The meters... Read Story.

[$] First, be humane

July 27, 2010

Folklore depicts the dog days of summer as a time when canines go mad and people fall victim to fits of frenzy. This year, the peak season of summertime delirium finds the emotions of Frankfort animal lovers inflamed by the story of a missing dog –... Read Story.

[$] Can GOP break out?

July 25, 2010

The controversies that have dogged Rand Paul since he won the Republican nomination to be Kentucky’s next U.S. senator did not deter the party’s candidates for local office from embracing the tea party standard bearer at their political rally... Read Story.

[$] Let the World Equestrian Games be over

July 25, 2010

This may seem odd coming from someone who is admittedly a lover of horses, and who is in favor of most any event, festival or convention that brings tourists to the commonwealth. But there are reasons why when the clocks counting the days to the World... Read Story. 1 comment

[$] What the world needs now is love, still

July 25, 2010

Back in “the day” there was a popular song called, “What the World Needs Now is Love.”I found myself thinking of that song today, realizing that if ever there was a time when we all need to remember to love it certainly is now. As... Read Story.

[$] Your letters

July 25, 2010

The State Journal encourages readers to submit letters to the editor for publication by noon Wednesday for the following Sunday’s paper. All letters must contain the writer’s full name, mailing address and telephone number for purposes of... Read Story. 1 comment

[$] He said, she said

July 23, 2010

The murky mess before the city Board of Ethics cleared up a tiny bit in a new hearing Tuesday. Still, the board has a tortuous trail of conflicting testimony to retrace before deciding whether City Commissioner Kathy Carter and City Manager Tony Massey... Read Story.

[$] Pawpaw possibilities

July 22, 2010

Have you ever eaten a pawpaw? If not, you’re part of the challenge confronting alternative agriculture as it tries to sell consumers on locally grown produce that may be unfamiliar to the typical grocery shopper.Pawpaw, a hardy tree fruit... Read Story. 1 comment

[$] Crime's ups and downs

July 21, 2010

Three homicides in half a year would be nothing to get wrought up about in some places. But for Frankfort, which had no murders at all in 2007 and 2008, 2010’s record so far is an unwelcome departure from more benign patterns.Nationally, the... Read Story. 1 comment

[$] Nowhere to turn?

July 20, 2010

Last week’s protest against state government’s furlough plan was not entirely self-serving. The people who participated did raise some valid points about the pitfalls of making the state work force take six unpaid days off. State employees... Read Story.

[$] Horse fever cooling off?

July 18, 2010

Imaginations ran wild a couple of years ago when a local task force started dreaming up ideas to help Frankfort capitalize on the World Equestrian Games coming this fall to the Kentucky Horse Park.A train to shuttle visitors between the capital city and... Read Story.

[$] Health costs drain school funds

July 18, 2010

The recently enacted state budget is another step backward for Kentucky kids. And it comes at a particularly bad time — just when the state is poised to move student achievement to the next level and help lead the nation on the most important... Read Story.

[$] Let's support the World Equestrian Games

July 18, 2010

This fall Kentucky will have the ability to shine like never before. The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will be the largest sporting event held in the United States this year. Already, more than a quarter of a million of tickets have been sold.... Read Story.

[$] Your letters

July 18, 2010

[$] Judges not above fray

July 16, 2010

It’s official. Judges are political, sometimes partisan to boot. And that’s fine so long as they’re able to base court decisions on the letter of the law and not their personal and political biases.A ruling this week by the U.S. 6th... Read Story.

[$] New times, new terms

July 15, 2010

This is the age of abbreviation. People who deride “snail mail” and tap out little messages on cell phone keyboards have no patience with old-fashioned language. They prefer to reduce phrases to odd strings of letters that somehow convey the... Read Story.

[$] Retirement insecurity

July 14, 2010

State workers and retirees who’ve depended on a so-called “inviolable contract” to ensure government keeps its pension promises may be feeling a little less secure in light of recent developments.Heretofore, Kentucky’s... Read Story. 2 comments

[$] Is farming doomed?

July 13, 2010

Phil Case’s account of Farm-City Field Day took on a poignant edge this year, though the event was in many ways unchanged from past editions. As always, patrons boarded a tractor-drawn wagon to trundle over the summer fields, stopping... Read Story.

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