Grand Rivers Grand Rivers on Top Ten of Best Southern Towns   Congratulations to Grand Rivers , Kentucky for finishing in, not one, but TWO categories in Southern Living Magazine’s Survey of Bests in the South.   The Grand River Jetty was No. 4 on the list of best views Scenic View  and The City of Grand Rivers came in 8th on the top ten list of small towns in the South. Small Town    Kim Kraemer, Grand Rivers Tourism Commission, emailed to thank WKJPI readers, saying "We couldn't have done it without you. We're feelin' the love in Grand RIvers."  Kentucky 's Lynn's Paradise Cafe in Louisville was No. 10 on the Best Breakfast or Brunch list. There’s a West Kentucky connection in this one – they use pecans from Kentucky Nut Co.  In Hickman.    Read More ...

Pecans the stuff legends are made of I was transfixed with desire. Gorge myself or just admire the beauty in front of me. What a problem.   I was snapped out of my dilemma, as I watched a single slice of strawberry slide over the edge of the highest piece of toast, dragging with it a big pecan.   The pecan was from Kentucky Kernel of Hickman, Kentucky, “The Stuff of Legends.”   Read More ...

21st Century Mega Farming Takes Hold in Four River Counties In less than a half day, of man and machine roaring over golden stalks at this site, Grogan’s team would cleared and harvest some 300 acres of wheat. This field is a small part of the 21,000 acres of wheat grown in Hickman County.   According to regional experts from the UK Extension Service, the average wheat production per acre is 65 bushels in Hickman County.       Read More ... Ivan Potter

LaCenter Fire Department La Center Rural Fire Department Engine 18 began service June 12.     Read More ... Anita Bugg

Breakfast for Supper Breakfast for Supper: What a Grand Idea!     My stomach and I fought the entire 48 miles from Paducah to Clinton. After each “growl” I hollered at my stomach to shut up. Knowing I was having breakfast tonight, I had fed yogurt to the “stomach” for lunch. Big mistake.   ...‘Tater casserole—Think the best potato casserole you’ve ever had at Cracker Barrel. Hold that thought. Now throw it out of your mind. It pales in comparison to what was before me....    Read More ... Ivan Potter

Students Kayak Mississippi River to Fight Injustice of Human Trafficking Mosquitoes, flooding, poison ivy, thunderstorms, and submerged trees. These are just a few of the things that Tim Cahill, Justin Blomgren, and Ethan Johnstone have experienced in the last six weeks as they kayaked down the Mississippi River. The trio began their odyssey on May 12 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when they placed their kayaks into the River and started downstream. They reached Hickman on Saturday, June 14.  Read More ... Mindy Major

Ode to the Passing of a Pool Hall I stand twenty feet away from it, trying to make sense of the emotions I feel. My boots rest atop the dust and broken bricks of what had been a special place of my youth. In this moment of fading light, of day casting long shadows over my vision, the night rose up to claim its domain over the Beast’s handiwork. I feel like a time traveler, stranded between the years. ..   Read More ... Ivan C. Potter

Ballard Memorial HS Jonathan Yancy Among "Heartland's Best   CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Ballard Memorial High School’s 2008 valedictorian, Jonathan Yancy, was among approximately 85 of the “Heartland’s Best” honored at a recent banquet hosted by KFVS-TV here.  Read More ...

Dillard Named to Open Seat   Motion was made by Mickey Beck to name Howard Dillard to the vacant council seat. Vote was taken and at 6:27 p.m. Howard Dillard was elected to the seat. City Attorney Tom Bugg swore in Howard Dillard to his new office at 6:30 p.m.    And, so, for Howard Dillard, his political life had come full circle....  Read More ...

Editorial Clinton City Council Blocks Citizen Access   During the June 19th meeting, the public was contained in a new holding area, removed from visible and audible contact with the proceedings of the City Council.   What had served as the entry area to City Hall has now been sealed off by a $1,600 protected glass wall and door.  Read More ... Ivan C. Potter

James Marine New Drydocks Means Hundreds of New Jobs     With a $15 million investment, and two dry docks in operation, Jeff James says that there is more to come. “We hope to add two, if not three, more dry docks in the next couple of years. With each dry dock running about $5 million, I think we can pretty well say we are committed to the Wickliffe location and look forward to watching it grow.”   There are currently thirty six employees at the Wickliffe location and James says he expects that number to grow to around 100 people in the next twelve to eighteen months. “Once we have 3-4 docks, the number of employees should grow to about one hundred twenty-five,” according to James.    Read More ... Anita Bugg

Philosophy of Mississippi River Journal The Mississippi River Journal was designed with the idea of providing a new media platform in the river counties for people to have access to breaking news and events that will shape their lives.   It is intended that the Journal will allow for a new sense of community to be built where citizens of the river counties can engaged in social, cultural, and political discussions on how to proceed into the future.   We, at the Mississippi River Journal want to be a “light” to help people find their way into this new century.  Read More ...

Barges Moving Up River Mighty Mississippi River: America’s Resource Highway Mighty Mississippi River: America's Resource Highway Into the 21st Century  We of the river counties live in a place of magic and wonder. The geography of our region is special to the future of American commerce. Our region gives birth to a great river system. It is at Wickliffe, Kentucky, just a few miles down from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at Cairo, Illinois that the word “Mighty” becomes part of the phase, Mighty Mississippi River. Each second of each day, waters from the Tennessee River, Cumberland River, Ohio River, and Clarks River flow into and fuse with the southern bound Mississippi River. The eight counties of far Western Kentucky are geographically framed and defined by these rivers.  Read More ...

THREE WISE MEN In addition to reporting news along the river, the Mississippi River Journal endeavors to offer opinions and thoughts about the times we live in and events around the world. Of course, we are no so conceited to believe that the problems facing the world today are unique to our times. All things are cyclical. Today’s news has, at some point, been yesterday’s news. This humble scribe realizes that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Yes… it is a hackneyed cliché, but clichés become cliché for a reason: more often than not, they happen to be true.  Read More ... E.J. Disney

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Fuel Cells in a Hydrocarbon Economy With the diminishing appeal of hydrogen, one might think that interest in fuel cells might be waning. Not so fast, my friend.  Read More ... Richard T. Stuebi, Cleantech Blog