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Appreciate freedom this Memorial Day
Last Memorial Day, we were all experiencing an absence of normality due to COVID-19. At that time, we realized that we take many aspects of ... Read more
3 weeks ago by The Jessamine Journal.
EMS Week celebrates front line workers
Dear editor, This is National EMS Week (May 16-22). It’s the one week set aside each year since 1974 to celebrate EMS professionals and the ... Read more
4 weeks ago by The Jessamine Journal.
Children will suffer if state walks away from Sunrise
BRANDON PORTER Kentucky Today The Commonwealth of Kentucky had existed only 77 years when Sunrise Children’s Services was organized. A group of ladies at Walnut ... Read more
4 weeks ago by The Jessamine Journal.
Kentucky children shouldn’t suffer at hands of administration’s agenda on religious liberty
By Matt Lockett State Representative, District 39 Last week, I joined fellow members of the House Majority Caucus in supporting Sunrise Children’s Services in a ... Read more
4 weeks ago by The Jessamine Journal.
Kentucky’s economy showing record-breaking momentum
BY GOV. ANDY BESHEAR This week the string of positive economic news continued in the commonwealth. Kentucky’s sales tax receipts from April hit $486.5 million ... Read more
1 month ago by The Jessamine Journal.
Why is Kentucky closed when other states reopen?
BY MATT LOCKETT State Representative As states across our nation announce plans to shed pandemic-related requirements, I have received a number of phone calls, emails, ... Read more
1 month ago by The Jessamine Journal.
Piecing our history together at the library
BY CARRIE GREEN Jessamine County Public Library From May 1 through Nov. 1,the Jessamine County Public Library will celebrate the art of quilting with workshops, ... Read more
1 month ago by The Jessamine Journal.
Recovery starts with truth: addressing 5 common myths about addiction
BY AMANDA CARPENTER Clinical Supervisor, BrightView It is hard to overestimate the impact of addiction on individuals, families, and communities. It carries burdens of emotion, ... Read more
1 month ago by The Jessamine Journal.
Honest Abe didn’t say that. ‘Quotation inflation’ is out of control.
When I returned to The Jessamine Journal last year after 15 years away, I found my old office looked the same as I had left ... Read more
1 month ago by Randy Patrick.
Let us learn from the mistakes
BY KENT OSTRANDER The Family Foundation As the Covid crisis has been a disaster in many different ways, and now that it seems finally to ... Read more