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Today's Opinions

  • Aug. 16, 2011: Our readers write

    Preserving the identity of the deceased

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  • MWR makes critical decisions

    And the band played on and on.

    Despite the cancellation of southern rock legend Lynyrd Skynyrd for Saturday’s concert at Fort Knox, some quick thinking and a kind gesture made the concert series a hit again.

    About 3,600 fans came out to a free concert featuring the Doobie Brothers and Kansas, the classic rock group which was a last-minute replacement for Lynyrd Skynyrd after the hospitalization of a band member.

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  • Statistics may be important but humor counts too

    Let’s begin with a quiz.

    Based on the 2010 Census, what incorporated Hardin County community had the largest percentage increase in population?

    While you think about your answer, I’ll take a minute to point out a special four-week contest based on your knowledge of Hardin County history and trivia.

    Coming off the extraordinary response to the newspaper’s Bingo Fever contest in June, the circulation staff was looking to try another fun, engaging way to interact with readers.

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  • Commerce Department says this community is tops

    The issue: Personal income growth
    Our view: News will bring more prosperity.

    We’re No. 1! We’re No. 1!

    Feels good to say that, don’t you think?

    The statistics bear it out. The local Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hardin and LaRue counties, holds the No. 1 spot in personal income growth from 2009 to 2010.

    In fact, the Elizabethtown MSA was the only region in the country to experience double-digit growth at 10.1 percent.

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  • County steps up

    TOPIC: Good news in area
    OUR VIEW: Job well done

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  • Aug. 11, 2011: Our readers write

    Support makes productions possible

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  • Sonora pays tribute to town's veterans

    The issue: Sonora Veterans Memorial
    Our view: A fitting community tribute 

    Two of the most meaningful words in the world are “thank you.” When said with sincerity and deep appreciation those words can erase pain, boost morale and uplift entire communities.

    Some patriotic and grateful residents of Sonora are giving deeply felt thanks to hometown heroes by creating a Veterans Memorial Park.

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  • Walking in another's skin

    In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Atticus Finch tells his daughter: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

    In the past several weeks, I had a chance to do a little walking around in another’s skin. A co-worker and I have been working on a series of stories about poverty in Hardin County.

    I talked to homeless people, others living in low-income housing and just trying to keep their heads above water.

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