Jessica Paine

Jessica Paine is a citizen journalist and the founder of The Murray Sentinel, an independent, nonprofit news outlet covering Murray and Calloway County.

Most Western Kentuckians know that smoke rising from the vents of a tobacco barn isn't a cause for alarm. But newcomers will sometimes call 911 to report trouble.
By Jessica Paine
White smoke escapes from a vent on this tobacco barn on Kentucky 2547 South in Calloway County. (Murray Sentinel photo by Jessica Paine)