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Today's Opinions

  • Railroads still make commerce go

    The issue: Grants for railroad improvements
    Our view: State government addresses need

    Railroads transformed America by providing consistent, reliable means to move across this vast land.

    No longer relying solely upon waterways to connect the nations producers and consumers, the rails created millionaires and moguls. Towns blossomed along the rails in Hardin County and across the nation.

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  • May 25, 2011: Our readers write

    Pet owners must respect hot weather
    Hot weather is upon us and with the rise in temperatures comes much suffering for animals.

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  • Local graduates net top honors

    Daniel Cameron and Chris Colonna may not be very familiar names to most in Hardin County, but that isn’t the case among their peers who recently graduated from college. At the University of Louisville and Western Kentucky University, respectively, Cameron and Colonna received their university’s top honor during recent commencement ceremonies.

    Both young men now will be recorded alongside others from the past whose names are synonymous with academic achievement and excellence.

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  • Are you up for a challenge?

    By ALICE NICHOLS, guest columnist

    One of the things that I am most grateful for in my life is the privilege of always having had work to do that feels “meaningful.” It is a great blessing to be able to end the day knowing that we have had the opportunity to do something that makes a positive difference in the life of another person or something that contributes to the greater good.  Meaningful work often is difficult, challenging and, at times, frustrating.

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  • 'Structurally balanced'

    The much-touted economic recovery from the Great Recession still is tricking down to Kentucky, but here in Hardin County, fiscally conservative Judge-Executive Harry Berry has presented another “structurally balanced” budget for the new fiscal year which begins July 1.

    The $29 million spending plan continues county services at current levels and leaves tax rates unchanged. The plan is, Berry says, the second lowest in 20 years.

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  • Our readers write: May 22, 2001

    Half-hearted honors
    After removing the flag, flag pole, M-4 tank and unit memorials from Brooks Field, icons which have been there for almost 70 years, one would wonder: What is Fort Knox thinking.
    Then comes the Kentucky Derby.
    In a recent Turret, there are two pictures with soldiers. One has the caption: “A soldier stands guard while the Kentucky Derby Gold Cup was viewed by fans.”

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  • Time to revisit the beginning

    By AL RIDER, guest columnist

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  • Seeing our hometown from one newcomer's perspective

    It's wonderful when someone just opens up, volunteers from their heart and shares fresh insight on familiar subjects.

    It happened for me last week in the most unexpected circumstance.

    Driving along the east end of Ring Road on a misty, overcast Wednesday evening, I spotted a man in the middle of the road. While dressed for the soggy weather, he also navigated this walk in the center turn lane with a black, metal cane.

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