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Today's Opinions

  • 1st year anniversary celebrated in review

    I just celebrated a year at the Henry County Local last week.

    It’s such a cliché for one to say time has just flown by so I won’t say it. I feel like I have been on a tilt-a-whirl with a rewarding amount of pleasure and occasionally someone has thrown their cotton candy in my face.

    I consider myself equally as fortunate to cover news in a county where I grew up as it is difficult.

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  • Curiosity for bugs leads to discovery

    By Candy Clarke

    They’re adorable. We all comment on how pretty they are, but then we promptly forget about them; moving on to life’s next activity. That was me for many years. I never truly stopped to think about the importance of the well-known ladybug. Sure, I knew, like most of us, that the cute little things help protect crops. That was about the extent of it for me. Well, this week, they made their presence known once again. With their sudden appearance, I decided it was time to end my curiosity.

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  • Hello big chain, good-bye customer service

    Growth is good but at what cost?

    As of the up and coming 2014, Cook’s Pharmacy/True Value would have been in business for 50 years in our community. I can’t help but think how sad a family business that has had so much influence and been a part of many people’s lives in our community will be coming to an end.

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  • A 7-year-old shouldn’t have a ‘diyet’ list

    Perhaps you’ve seen it by now — the “diyet list” a 7-year-old wrote that was found by her mother.

    “17 pooshups 2 times a day.”

    “3 appals”

    “1 per”

    “5 glases of water”

    “jog up and down the driv way 3 times”

    Wow. The list, found by Australian Amy Cheney, hit news sites and fitness blogs with a collective gasp.

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  • House Bill 1 and your primary doctor

    Katherine Jett

    In 2008 Kentucky had the fifth highest rate of drug overdose in the country.

    Kentucky has one of the highest rates of pain medication prescribed per capita in the country. 

    More than 54 percent of the state’s residents have been prescribed a narcotic pain medication within the past five years. 

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  • NEW CASTLE SPRING FLING HONORS WWII VETERANS

    Did you realize that out of the 16 million Veterans who participated in WWII, there are only about 1.5 million still living. The U.S. is losing 800 to 1,000 WWII veterans every day, which means in five years most of the Greatest Generation will be gone.

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  • NOTICE

    The Henry County Courthouse and Annex  will be closing at noon on Friday, March 29, 2013 in observance of Good Friday.
    Due to the Good Friday holiday, the Henry County Clerk’s Office will close at 11:30 a.m. Please do not wait until the last day to do your March renewals! The office will not open again until 8 a.m., Monday, April 1.

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  • A need of reverence for education

    Last week I participated in Henry County High School’s Operation Preparation.

    Lawyers, detectives, farmers and other professionals sat down and discussed with high school and 8th grade students about their respective occupations. We gave out salary ranges, academic requirements, the skills needed for our job and answered student questions.

    I was asked what disciplines my occupation required such as oral or written skills, math or science.

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