Today's News

The Tri-County Community Action Agency began its Summer Cooling Program, July 12. The agency, located at 125 Park Road in New Castle asks that when applying for assistance to please bring the following:

Recent electric bill (shut off notice)

Proof of income (previous month) of everyone in household

Names, birthdates and social security numbers of everyone in household

Proof of current address (rent, receipt, lease or deed, property tax bill)

Over the course of the past two years, Americans have lost homes, businesses and jobs, attributable in large part to a lack of effective regulations on Wall Street and in the housing market that led to a series of costly bailouts by the federal government.  Last week, Members of the House were faced with a decision between defending the American taxpayer or continuing the culture of “too big to fail” Wall Street bailouts.  

When it comes to supplying the energy that powers our country, Kentucky plays a bigger role than most.  We represent just 1.4 percent of its population, but provide 2.3 percent of its electricity.

The main reason for that, of course, is coal, which was first commercially mined in the Commonwealth in 1820.  Now, only two states extract more annually, and only four depend on it more to run their homes, schools and businesses. Here in Kentucky, it supplies more than 90 percent of our electricity.

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Travis Buchanan, of Cincinnati, has worked as Henry County’s parks manager since April, but said he feels very much at home in the position.

He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in plant and soil science with an emphasis on turf grass and a minor in business.