Changes are coming to the New Era, changes designed to put the newspaper on a more secure financial footing. More about the finances later. First, let me tell you about what’s happening.
Raul Rubio, 34, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky died at 4 a.m., Thursday, January 19, 2023, at Baptist Health Deaconess Hospital in Madisonville.
Edward Lynn Saturley, 79, of Hopkinsville, died at 10:51 p.m. Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at Jennie Stuart Medical Center.
Q: Do people understand that what is considered sexual freedom is actually pornography? How has society become so entrenched in sexual perversion but not recognizing it for what it is? — P.S.
Margaret Baldwin Morse, 84, of Hopkinsville, died at 2:08 p.m. Thursday, April 28, 2022 at Christian Health Center.
Kathryn Grace Barnett, 89, of Hopkinsville, KY passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Christian Health Center of natural causes.
Editorial cartoon for April 8, 2022
Sinda Lou Childress, 82, of Cadiz, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Trigg County Hospital.
Arlene Keel, 74, of Hopkinsville, died at 11:04 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Signature Healthcare in Clarksville, Tenn.
For years Kentucky counties bordering Tennessee have beat the drums drawing attention to reform state tax laws to allow Kentucky to be more competitive and more attractive to live, work and invest. Citizens across southern Kentucky have watched our neighbors to the south flourish exponential…
Editorial cartoon for March 3, 2022
Since the threat of being “canceled,” shamed or otherwise erased from public discourse seems to be a mark of success in media work these days, congratulations, Joe Rogan! You truly have arrived.
Editorial cartoon for Feb. 17, 2022
Editorial cartoon for Feb. 16, 2022
Can it be? Two years into our politically polarized fight to end the pandemic, COVID-19 fatigue seems to be rising faster these days than the pandemic itself.
Editorial cartoon for Feb. 11, 2022
Where were you when the Capitol was attacked? My answer: glued to the television, with eyes wide and mouth open.
Editor’s Note: This is a statement released by the League of Women Voters’ of Kentucky on Jan. 2 in response to maps of new legislative districts drawn by Republicans in the General Assembly and released Jan. 1. Districts are redrawn every 10 years using new census numbers.
Editorial cartoon for Nov. 6, 2021
When I heard that former Secretary of State Colin Powell had died, my mind raced back to the autumn of 2004, when I asked him whether he had given a thought to resigning.
Donald Ray “Donny” Poyner, 58 of Elkton, passed away 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville.
Was Ashli Babbitt a “terrorist” or a “freedom fighter?”
As Congress returns, Dems plans will benefit community
In Afghanistan, the mission failure appears complete.
The left is truly dumbing down America’s kids.
The first returns from the delayed census of 2020 are in, and they have made for celebratory headlines in the mainstream media.
Redistricting must unite Hoptown seats, be open, transparent
In April, President Joe Biden told the nation he would have all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack ever on the continental United States.
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Acts 10: 34-35 NKJV, “Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.”
Proverbs 3: 5-7, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD,…
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Proverbs 15: 1 and 4, “A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.”
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Genesis 6: 15 KJV, “And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.” (A cubit…
Genesis 6: 15 KJV, “And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.” (A cubit…
“You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.” — Leviticus 19: 34
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Exodus 18: 20, “And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.”
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Isaiah 9: 6-7, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince…
Ecclesiastes 1: 2-4, “Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun? One generation passes away, and another generation cometh: but the…
Proverbs 18:15, “An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”
Colossians 3:15-17, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one…
Kentucky’s mildly suspenseful midterm election season went late into the night before some final results were known, but didn’t deliver any huge surprises.
While much of the media’s attention during elections is focused on national campaigns along with a sprinkling of some state concerns usually involving inflammatory culture-war issues, the most important choices voters make are in local races.
Joel 2: 11, “And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who…
Deuteronomy 32:32, “For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of poison, bitter are their clusters.”
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It’s great news that Ford Motor Co. is investing $700 million and creating 500 full-time jobs to build a new Super Duty pickup at its Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, where the company has manufactured vehicles since 1969.
Revelation 20: 10, “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
Like a lot of Kentuckians, I’m proud of our state’s association with bourbon.
Genesis 16: 1, “Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I…
In 2017, the Kentucky General Assembly passed House Bill 1 to protect workers in the private sector from being fired for not paying union dues.
The Bible is full of reminders — instructing God’s people to remember and memorialize His faithfulness.
Romans 11:33, “Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!”
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Americans are suffering due to the Biden administration’s disastrous economic policies. While Congressional Democrats continue to dodge responsibility for their reckless spending, nationwide inflation has reached 8.6%, a 40-year high.
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