An Indepth Analysis of News and Trends Affecting West Kentucky 

Bobby Grogan's Machines and Trucks Harvest 21st Century Mega Farming Takes Hold in Four River Counties In less than a half day, of man and machine roaring over golden stalks at this site, Grogan’s team would clear and harvest some 300 acres of wheat. This field is a small part of the 21,000 acres of wheat grown in Hickman County.  See the full story ... Ivan Potter

Ed Jackson of Water Valley, Kentucky Hog Farm Neighbor Wants Peaceful Enjoyment He once enjoyed sitting out on the deck of his house to relax. Not anymore. More often than not, he says, he can’t sit out on the deck. The smell is more than he can stand. Ed has the bad fortune of living within a half mile of Curtis Hancock’s farm.  See the full story ...

Haiti Hospital Looking for a worthwhile volunteer experience? How about going to Haiti to work in a hospital. A YouTube video created by a young volunteer who did just that can be seen here. Adventure in Haiti  See the full story ...

RYAN WINS PROGRESSIVE PATRIOT CONTEST SHE WON! RYAN FINISHES FIRST IN FEINGOLD PROGRESSIVE PATRIOT CONTEST  See the full story ...

KenLake Resort Park to Get New Manager Kenlake State Resort Park near Aurora will get a new park manager. John Rittenhouse will move from managing the Lake Barkley State Resort Park near Cadiz. See the full story ...

Governor's Schedule:Beshear Going to Denver The Governor will be going to Denver this week for the National Democratic Convention See the full story ...

Kentucky Jobless Rate Rises in July 2008 In July 2007, the jobless rate was 5.5%. In July 2008, it’s 6.7% From July 2007 to July 2008, government jobs have risen 11,700 jobs. Professional and business services, which includes temp services, added 700 jobs in the last year. ..  See the full story ...

TVA buys more electricity when water levels are down - as they have been in the southeast. OUCHIE. TVA Electric Rates Going up 20% Oct. 1 The Knoxville Sentinel is reporting TVA will raise electric rates by twenty percent which will hit customer bills in October.  The increase is the biggest since 1974.    See the full story ...

Health Survey News Not Good for Kentucky We’re fat. We don’t get enough exercise. We eat the wrong things. We smoke. We don’t see the doctor enough – and when we do, he tells 6 out of 100 of us that we’ve had a heart attack and have coronary disease. A “lucky few” will find out they have diabetes.   That’s the news from the Kentucky Health Department from its 2007 health survey of Kentuckians.       See the full story ...

Editorial Page

“Barack Obama votes with us 98 percent of the time and John McCain votes with us 16 percent of the time,” Wiggins said. “That makes Obama 82 percent better for labor." GOP ‘sucker bait’              MAYFIELD, Ky. – Thirty-four percent of union members and retirees are undecided about the election “and are open to either candidate,” according to an AFL-CIO report.             One in three people who pack union cards don’t know whom to vote for? I don’t get it.             -- A recent Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll has President Bush’s overall job approval rating at 25 percent.             -- Through last year, Sen. John McCain, the Republican who wants to succeed Bush, had voted for Bush-backed bills almost 90 percent of the time, according to a 2007 Congressional Quarterly report. He voted the Bush way 95 percent of the time in 2007.      See the full story ... Berry Craig

Prejudice in the Voting Booth is Both Wrong and Dumb Editor's Note: Al Cross reminded us this morning that his blog covered the Trumka speech in an article dated July 4th. Check it out  The Rural Blog                "A lot of them are good union people," Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, told the United Steelworkers of America. "They just can't get past the idea that there's something wrong with voting for a black man."   It's as simple as crunching the numbers: Obama 98 is percent pro-labor; McCain is 16 percent.MAYFIELD, Ky. – Some white folks still can't bring themselves to support Sen. Barack Obama for president because he is African American.   See the full story ... Berry Craig

About Us

About Us The West Kentucky Journal of Politics & Issues is a non-profit news platform for analyzing the geo-political events of 34 counties. See the full story ...

Arts & Entertainment

Gospel music and a New Testament message in Georgia Cotton Patch Gospel Comes Back to Grand Rivers Cotton Patch Gospel” starts August 7th at the Badgett Theatre in Grand Rivers and will run Thursday evenings and Sunday matinees through August 31st .  See the full story ...

History & Memories of West Kentucky

Breakfast for Supper Walking into the restaurant was like returning to the old home place of my youth.  Food was everywhere. People—whole families were laughing and having a good ole time. The entire mood of the room soon melted away the stress of the wild drive from Paducah.  See the full story ... Ivan Potter - WKJPI Food Critic