Today's Opinions

Editor:
On April 1, 2017, Champions for a Drug-Free Grant County partnered with the Grant County Drug Task Force to host the first Faith to Stand event at Grant County High School. Members of the Faith sector had had enough of sitting idly by and watching their loved one’s battle drug abuse and addiction and not doing anything about it.

Editor:
I was dismayed when I opened a recent News-Herald and saw a very large picture and headlines concerning the Carolyn Keith arrest.
I would rather have seen the lead news story be about Carson Williams bringing the national spotlight to Owen County. Better yet, fill the entire front page with the story and pictures of the Williams brothers and run the Keith story elsewhere in the paper. The News-Herald missed an opportunity to showcase two young, successful Owen County men.

By Margaret forsee
Owen County Circuit Court Clerk
National Donate Life Month is celebrated each April to bring much needed attention to healing lives through organ, tissue, cornea and living donation. Through the entire year, Kentucky’s Circuit Clerks are dedicated to providing education and registering Kentuckians as organ donors while obtaining a license or ID.