Fancy Farm News

A suspect wanted for attempted murder in western Kentucky was arrested late Friday afternoon, according to a dispatcher at the Graves County Sheriff's Department.

The Louisville Courier-Journal's Joe Gerth takes us all down memory lane today with his second annual "political turkey" awards of the most memorable political missteps of 2009: U.S. Sen.

Everybody has birds on their mind on Thanksgiving Day. It is hard not to when a turkey in the oven is releasing appetizing aromas at a family's Thanksgiving celebration.

From Jack Conway's tough S-O-B comment at Fancy Farm, to colorful criticism of the Governor attributed to Daniel Mongiardo in audiotapes posted on YouTube, the tone of this campaign has been set.

Greg Higdon, a former Kentucky state senator and resident of Fancy Farm, Ky., has been named as president and CEO of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers .

The intensity was turned way up Monday in the battle for Kentucky's U.S. Senate seat.

He's running for a U.S. Senate seat in 2010, and the latest fundraising numbers show he's raised more than $1-million completely surpassing other major candidates.

A special prosecutor will look into campaign finance issues involving metro councilman Jim King and his daughter, Judge Katie King.

Frankfort, Ky. - I've quoted the poem, In Kentucky by James Mulligan, in this space before: "Politics - the damndest in Kentucky." So it was again this week as stories broke about tapes which allegedly record Lt.

Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo used vulgarity as he criticized Gov. Steve Beshear and his support of Mongiardo's U.S. Senate candidacy in a recording posted last week on the Internet.

The signs at City Hall claim Kevin Skinner as Mayfield's own, a nearby beauty shop displays the message, "Kevin Skinner we will cut, curl, and dye for you." In his hometown, Skinner's support seems never-ending. "The local people around here are just good people," Kevin's mother, Jackie Skinner said during an interview Tuesday.

Kevin Skinner's yearbook photo for the 1988-1989 school year. MAYFIELD, KY- From cornfields to billboards the name Kevin Skinner was seemingly everywhere Thursday, just one day after he won America's Got Talent.

Kentucky has talent A display featuring an old tractor and a banner sat along Ky.

Gatewood Galbraith, a 2011 Independent candidate for Kentucky governor, and running mate Dea Riley met with students at Marya s Kitchen Sunday.

It is difficult to see Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway's tough-guy act at the Fancy Farm picnic as anything but a setback - for him.

Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo continues to hammer his main rival for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate over what Mongiardo contends is Attorney General Jack Conway's refusal to condemn energy legislation before the Congress.

A Covington native who graduated at the top of her Holmes High School class has been hired as the communications coordinator for the Kentucky Democratic Party.

Last weekend's Fancy Farm political picnic was, as in all good years, a real hoot.

No question, Jack Conway had a bad week. It began with an ill-advised attempt at the Fancy Farm Picnic to appear tough and fire back at his main rival for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, Lt.

With no elections on the ballot come November, some politicians decided to sit out the 129th annual Fancy Farm picnic for St.