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  • 2 weeks ago | thenewsjournal.net | Don Estep

    This coming Monday, May 26, is Memorial Day. It is a day that serves as a solemn tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States. The tribute began three years after the end of the Civil War, on May 5, 1868, and was called Decoration Day. In 1968, the federal government changed the name to Memorial Day. From my childhood days until now, my family always decorated the graves of family members. Decoration Day, as it was called in my youth, was huge.

  • 2 months ago | thenewsjournal.net | Don Estep

    Baseball season opened last week. When I was a young boy baseball was undeniably king. Today, it is overshadowed by both professional football and basketball, but back in the summer of 1950, when I was 10 years old, I knew very little about any professional sports other than baseball. I had never seen a big league game and neither had any of my friends. That didn’t stop us from knowing about the game.

  • 2 months ago | thenewsjournal.net | Don Estep

    The Kentucky boys’ high school state tournament has been delayed a week this year because of the NCAA tournament being held at Rupp Arena last week. I have a long history of attending the tournament, both as a fan and a broadcaster. I could share a thousand stories or more, and in this column, I’ll share a few. My first broadcasts were from 1960 to 1963 for WVLK in Lexington.

  • Jan 29, 2025 | thenewsjournal.net | Don Estep

    A long with journalists from all corners of the state, I attended the Kentucky Press Association’s “Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers” awards banquet last Friday, held at the Hyatt ballroom in Lexington. What a night for the News Journal staff. As they have done for years, their journalistic entries in the contest won another “General Excellence” award. There are 27 categories, such as Best General News Story, Best Sports Story, Best Sports Picture, and more, for entries.

  • Dec 19, 2024 | thenewsjournal.net | Don Estep

    Gary West, columnist, author and my good friend, writes in the column below, “I knew this day would come.”He is informing us that it is his final column. I was surprised when he sent us the column, because, by coincidence, this is my final month as publisher of this newspaper. I will still write columns when our new publisher, which I will reveal next week, asks me to write one.

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