Features
Cross: The political life and lessons of George Atkins
George L. Atkins Jr., who died April 14 at age 82, was a politician for barely a decade. But he was a touchstone for modern ...
Al Cross, Author at The Advocate-Messenger
News
Do Kentucky legislators serve our well-being?
By Al Cross, guest commentator In a republic, the form of government that the U.S. Constitution prescribes for states, the will of the people is ...
by Al Cross, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 3:15 pm
News
Depression is a problem for many Kentuckians
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News One in four Kentucky adults in a poll taken in 2020 said they had ever been diagnosed with depression, ...
by Al Cross, Wednesday, September 6, 2023 10:29 am
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Kentucky’s new-case COVID rate falls more than any other state’s in last 2 weeks
As the United States sees the highest number of new cases of the coronavirus since the surge in late summer, Kentucky is an outlier. In ...
by Al Cross, Monday, December 27, 2021 6:59 am
Obituaries
Billy Gene Staten, 81
Billy Gene Staten, 81, of Craintown Road, Gravel Switch, KY passed away Thursday, December 23, 2021, at his home. A native of Boyle County, he ...
by Al Cross, Sunday, December 26, 2021 12:37 pm
COVID-19
Pandemic map is mainly orange, but has plenty of red counties
Kids could start getting Pfizer shots as early as Nov. 3 Kentucky’s coronavirus map is now mainly orange, indicating the continued decline in new cases ...
by Al Cross, Saturday, October 30, 2021 8:30 am
Obituaries
Essie Brown, 88
Essie Brown, 88, of Hustonville, KY (formerly of Lexington, KY), died on Oct. 21, 2021. Arrangements by Fox & Friend Funeral Home-Stanford, KY.
by Al Cross, Thursday, October 21, 2021 4:16 pm
News
Covid-19 is killing 40 Kentuckians a day
Most measures of the pandemic in Kentucky inched down Wednesday, except the most serious: deaths and Covid-19 patients on mechanical ventilation. The state reported 52 ...
by Al Cross, Friday, September 24, 2021 9:06 am
Obituaries
Earl Paxton McQuerry, 89
Earl Paxton McQuerry, 89, of Lancaster, died on Sept. 5, 2021. Arrangements by Ramsey-Young Funeral Home.
by Al Cross, Tuesday, September 7, 2021 2:39 pm
COVID-19
Beshear orders all in schools to wear masks, says he’s willing to re-institute broader indoor mask mandate ‘if necessary’
KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Citing what his health chief called “the fastest and steepest rise of the entire pandemic” Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear issued an emergency ...
