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Friday Night Highlights: Oct. 18, 2019

The following are week 9 results for coverage area high school football teams…
Posted On 18 Oct 2019
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Bevin, Rogers celebrate new training center

It was standing room only as United States Congressman Hal Rogers and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, along with Senate President Robert Stivers, Judge-Executive Mike Mitchell, KCEOC President Paul Dole, and Mayor David Thompson took to the stage Saturday morning. The event,...
Posted On 18 Oct 2019
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Vaping caution urged with severe lung injury cases rising

The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) continues to monitor and investigate a growing number of cases of severe pulmonary disease related to e-cigarette use or vaping. “As the investigation into the cause of severe lung injury associated with vaping continues, we...
Posted On 14 Oct 2019
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Fri. Night Highlights: Oct 11, 2019

It was a big week of district matchups for coverage area high school football teams…
Posted On 11 Oct 2019
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Natl. Newspaper Week: News Media are First, Most Effective Means for Exercising Five First Amendment Freedoms

Thank you for celebrating National Newspaper Week 2019 with us! If you have not read the other guest editorials posted over the past five days, they are still available for you now online.
Posted On 11 Oct 2019
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Creation of safety plans urged as part of fire prevention week

In observance of Fire Prevention Week Oct. 6-12, the Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction’s Division of Fire Prevention, together with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), reminds Kentuckians to develop an emergency fire safety plan. According to...
Posted On 11 Oct 2019
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Cumberlands ROTC hosts ‘Train Like a Patriot’ event

The Army ROTC program at University of the Cumberlands (UC) recently hosted Train Like a Patriot, a fitness event open to all Cumberlands students. The ROTC cadets led students through a series of fitness stations, such as short sprints, tire flips, burpees (in which students...
Posted On 10 Oct 2019
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Natl. Newspaper Week: Newspapers protect your First Amendment rights

With just 45 words the founders guaranteed five — no six — basic freedoms, fundamental American rights.
Posted On 10 Oct 2019
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Natl. Newspaper Week: Times may change, but the need to support a free press has not

The following guest editorial, written by Kathy Kiely, also appeared in the October 9, 2019 print edition of the News Journal…
Posted On 09 Oct 2019
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Knox County Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

Jason William Graves, 40, of Gray, Ky., pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm on Tuesday. Graves, who was previously convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in 2013, acknowledged that he illegally possessed two firearms on June 23, 2019. Graves...
Posted On 09 Oct 2019
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