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Like a lot of Kentuckians, I’m proud of our state’s association with bourbon.
In Frankfort, the first weekend in October is becoming synonymous with the Bourbon on the Banks festival much in the same way as the first Saturday in May is known throughout the bluegrass state as Derby Day.
Every once in a while, it’s nice to be reminded of our humanity. As humans, we are free to experience those cringeworthy, “I-might-be-the-only-person-on-the-planet-who-this-happens-to” feelings when we make a belly-busting blunder and an embarrassing gaff. I like to refer to these such momen…
Providing Kentuckians with more than 22,500 good-paying jobs and $1.23 billion in payroll, as well as an economic output of around $9 billion, Kentucky’s signature bourbon industry is as strong as it’s ever been. For the first time in history, the average salary for a worker in the distilled…
On Sept. 8, the Frankfort/Franklin County Planning Commission voted 6-3 to delay a decision related to a proposed text amendment that would allow the county and city to put bourbon barrel warehouses under conditional use in agricultural (AG) zones. In effect, Commissioner Paul Looney made a …
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This August, I traveled our state to meet with Kentuckians and discuss the most pressing issues facing our Commonwealth. In conversations with families, workers, and business owners, one concern overrode all others: inflation.
The constitutions of the United States, and Kentucky are the only things that separate us from the jungle.
Our society can be contradictory at times. We celebrate when loved ones finish treatment cancer-free, but yet we don’t usually extend the same congratulatory wishes when someone overcomes a drug or alcohol addiction. It’s almost as though those who battle addiction and mental health issues a…
If, as Assistant Principal Kevin Crosby claimed when the new $84.5 million Tates Creek High School opened in Lexington on the first day of school, “students deserve a building like this,” then didn’t Fayette County taxpayers also deserve a better case from their local board of education befo…
Will you own an electric car? If you live long enough and that’s all that is being made, you probably will. Many of us we’ll hold out for as long as possible.
In an age of convenience when groceries are delivered to your door, movie tickets are paid for online and dining equates curbside pickup, the City of Frankfort is jumping into the game by streamlining its services with the rollout of its new mobile phone app, SeeClickFix.
First Christian Church will celebrate its 190th anniversary Sunday, Dec. 4, with a special service and lunch following. Former members and friends are invited to join the congregation for this event.
Editor’s note: This is the second column in a series about historic preservation. The first part can be read at https://www.state-journal.com/opinion/guest-columnist-old-places-do-matter/article_89eccb0a-285b-11ed-84ef-535f95d4aea1.html
September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month, with the week of Sept. 10-16 designated National Suicide Prevention Week. Originally, the awareness was one day, Sept. 10, the result of a collaborative effort between the World Health Organization and the International Association for Sui…
The great irony arising out of COVID’s lingering effect is that businesses struggle to fill positions while many able-bodied adults sit it out, unwilling to forego their government benefits by returning to the workforce.
The Kentucky Public Pension Authority today released the $1.2 million taxpayer funded Calcaterra Report. The fact-based report was generated by outside counsel, Calcaterra Pollack LLP, at the conclusion of the New York law firm’s investigation into “specific investment activities conducted b…
For the second time in the past four months, Frankfort Independent Schools has suffered a massive blow to its school board. In early April former FIS Superintendent Houston Barber turned in his notice that he had accepted a deputy superintendent position at Fayette County Public Schools. Las…
Sleep and I are not friends. We have had a long, tormented relationship. Sometimes I fight it and sometimes it fights me. And, in the end, neither is better for the victory.
When it comes to the major challenges facing the world today, most of us would agree that climate change, the pandemic, poverty and political unrest are at the top of the list. Few, however, would include a group of chemicals found on and in a variety of everyday items within our homes.
“Look for the helpers,” is sound advice we have come to rely on in the aftermath of tragedy. The phrase originated from Nancy McFeely Rogers, but her words were later popularized by her son, Fred Rogers, in his book, “Mister Rogers Talks with Parents.”
The types of stories my grandfather used to tell me ran the gamut from educational to humorous to heartbreaking to inspirational.
Count us among those who are grateful that the TIGER Grant work on Second Street is nearly complete. The roadway, which has been closed for approximately 1½ years, reopened to traffic at the end of last month and is slated for a final resurface next week.
I’ve been reading a lot this summer and what follows is a brief sharing of a few of the more memorable reads. Some are new releases, some are old faves, but all share valuable images, lines, phrases, and emotional moments with their readers. I enjoyed reading each volume, and thought you mig…
Despite the continued rhetoric and misinformation that unfortunately is continuing to erode the public’s trust in our elections, the fact is that there is no widespread voter fraud in our great Commonwealth of Kentucky. The so-called “Restore Election Integrity” tour commandeered by Kentuck…
President Joe Biden’s message accompanying the rollout of his student loan-forgiveness plan last week unwittingly included a severe indictment of the federal program.
Many words have been written about the failure of leadership. For many who followed the legislature's special session, most disappointing for the hundreds of families who have lost everything was the failure of leadership to address the immediate housing needs. To quote the words of Robert K…
"We recognize a person's dignity or worth when we give him credit for what he has done. The amount we give is inversely proportional to the conspicuousness of the causes of his behavior," said B.F. Skinner, noted behavioral psychologist and utopian novelist, in the book, "Beyond Freedom and …
While it may not be the outcome that neighbors of 690 Duncan Road wanted, we believe the Franklin County Fiscal Court got it right in granting a zone change to a Winchester-based land developer, who has been fighting for the modification for the past three years.
As we celebrate Labor Day, it is worth taking a moment to remember why it has held a permanent place on the calendar for more than half of our country’s history.
On Labor Day, we should celebrate the hard-working working Americans that make our lives better every day.
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