Henderson Gleaner

Editor:

Editor:

I have read, seen and heard many strange and some weird questions about Sen. Obama, from his name to what's inside his head.

Editor:

Editor:

They wave at the crowds, a fixed, glued-on, fakey, frozen-in-place smile, shaking hands and kissing babies. Honey, sugar, sweet and low, purity and innocence dripping from their double-talking lips.

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Ever since John McCain caught the Grand Old Party elephants with their trunks down by announcing Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice president choice, his desperate apparatchiks have been frantically flacking two kinds of information: "mis-" and "dis-."

HAWESVILLE, Ky. -- In rainy conditions, Henderson County won a three-team match Thursday at Windward Heights Country Club.

Round One goes to the Madisonville Lady Maroons, and it came via knockout.

Gov. Steve Beshear got a colorful welcome Thursday to East Heights Elementary School, where he announced a major initiative to sign up about 2,300 children in the Henderson area to a health insurance program that is largely funded by the federal government.

Hurricane Gustav may have spared New Orleans of devastating damage, but it caused tremendous damage to other parts of Louisiana, and a crew from Henderson-based Kenergy Corp. has gone south to help. Ten Kenergy employees left Tuesday to help fellow rural power co-op Dixie Electric Membership Corp. (DEMCO) restore power. DEMCO serves seven parishes just east of Baton Rogue.

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) -- The parents of a Murray State University student who was killed in a dormitory fire planned to dedicate a bench on campus to his memory.

Ever wanted to own that perfect, private hunting spot? Or maybe you've dreamed of starting a family farm? Well, your chance is coming up.

LOUISVILLE (AP) -- A man serving 52 years in a 1998 western Kentucky shooting death will get a new trial after a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that his attorney had a conflict of interest because he was defending another suspect in the case.

Snoz Davis will be recognized for his civic contributions at the Tri-county Council of Labor annual Community Service Awards Banquet next month.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- A man who as a teen helped shoot and kill five people in a schoolyard ambush was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison on an unrelated federal weapons charge.

FRANKFORT (AP) -- Allegations of corruption -- or at least ethical lapses -- at Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet aren't anything new.