I feel blessed that I have had the opportunity to have him not only as my pastor, but also as my spiritual advisor and a great friend who always will help in a time of need. Little has been said of the consequences to the local taxing districts except that about 20 percent will come from schools. The average $200 tax decrease will do little to pay loans and expenses on average homes today. Current agriculture policy virtually ensures children have many high-fat, high-cholesterol options in...

A supplemental pump was activated three days ago and has helped the utilities company produce an extra 800,000 gallons of water each day, Althauser said. The dry spell follows a freeze in early April that inflicted at least $70 million in crop losses statewide, hitting winter wheat, peach and apple crops the hardest. Residents were asked to conserve water in any way possible and flower, garden and grass watering were restricted to certain days only. Although the city s water use is not...

It appeared their goal was to short-circuit attempts by supporters of the bill to reach a compromise that could attract enough votes in the House to override Bush's veto. For example, she said, the two sides had narrowed their differences on the issue of insuring maximum coverage of poor children before those in slightly higher-income families can be brought into the program. The veto-threatened measure would add an estimated 4 million beneficiaries to an existing program that provides...

In a year when Republicans face tough challengers for every other statewide office, the agriculture commissioner's race is the only one in which the GOP enjoys a comfortable lead. Using tobacco settlement money to pay for agriculture improvements ("If the money is coming to the private, let the private sector do it") And Democratic party officials would be happy to see them hold on to it, rather than hand the office to a candidate not of their choosing. The Kentucky Department of...

Instead, settlers failed to find gold and eventually began cultivating tobacco, known as "the golden cash crop," McGowan said. Students handled replica tools and clothing that showed how the 17th-century settlers lived. He showed students iron pyrite, the worthless ore that colonists shipped back to England, believing it was gold. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Thursday, October 25, 2007 By JOSH BEAN Staff Reporter ROBERTSDALE -- With metal armor...