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Authors plan book on variety, diversity of old Kentucky homes. → Read More
‘Walks to the Paradise Garden’ by Jonathan Williams, Roger Manley and Guy Mendes tells the stories of quirky Southern folk artists of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Book was written, photographed 20 years ago, but just found a publisher. → Read More
New exhibit in Lexington’s restored old courthouse honors Henry Tandy, a former slave who became one of Kentucky’s most successful black entrepreneurs. His company built the brick structure in 1899. → Read More
Bowing to pressure from powerful special interests, GOP leaders are trying to give big utilities a monopoly on solar power’s future in Kentucky and save an old coal-fired electricity plant TVA wants to close. → Read More
Ed McClanahan and Gurney Norman joined the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame along with four deceased writers: Sue Grafton, Jane Gentry Vance, Helen Thomas and Alice Allison Dunnigan. → Read More
Ralph Steadman retrospective features his long collaboration with writer Hunter S. Thompson, which began in 1970 with an alcohol-fueled trip to do the famous “decadent and depraved” Kentucky Derby story. → Read More
Lexington bishop says he has been threatened with defamation lawsuit for criticizing Covington Catholic students for wearing “Make America Great Again” caps at the March for Life in Washington, D.C.. Bishop John Stowe says boys shouldn’t have been wearing Trump caps at March for Life. → Read More
With no public input, notice or comment, Kentucky officials gave Boone Station State Historic Site to a church. What historic site will be next to go as part of “reducing the footprint of state government”? → Read More
The viral videos of confrontation between Covington Catholic boys in MAGA caps and other protesters in Washington underscore argument that private schools with political agendas shouldn’t get tax subsidies. → Read More
Since the Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a judge’s ruling that the state pension overhaul was unconstitutional, Gov. Matt Bevin and GOP lawmakers have talked “judicial reform.” History shows that’s a bad idea. → Read More
Fitch Ratings debunks Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s claim that failure to overhaul state pension system will cause credit downgrade; points instead to need for more revenue to meet spending needs. → Read More
Gov. Matt Bevin again tries to limit public access, protests in Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort. He and Republican legislators hate criticism, but their actions show why they are getting so much of it. → Read More
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray’s 8-year tenure will be remembered for many accomplishments, but perhaps most of all for his big-picture thinking and dedication to bringing in top talent to rejuvenate downtown. → Read More
Restoration of the old Fayette County Courthouse has highlighted fine limestone carvings by noted Southern sculptor Frederick Bullen Miles, who also did Biltmore mansion and Atlanta’s Candler Building. → Read More
Gov. Matt Bevin had a rough week. The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously struck down pension law. He attacked journalists planning to investigate him. A report refuted some of his economic development claims. → Read More
Kentucky Supreme Court strikes important blow against “sewer” politics by voiding the Republican pension overhaul. Gov. Matt Bevin and legislative leaders respond by attacking the court. They should be ashamed. → Read More
Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk and best-selling author before he was killed in a freak accident 50 years ago, had close friendships with several artists and writers not far from his Kentucky monastery. → Read More
Paris, Kentucky’s L&N Railroad depot is restored as a restaurant, bourbon bar. Until family’s historic preservation project, the 1882 depot had mostly been empty since passenger train service ended in 1968. → Read More
After 11 years, the partners who transformed Al’s Bar from a dangerous North Limestone hangout into a live music and poetry venue want to sell it to focus more time on children and their Stella’s Kentucky Deli. → Read More
Cowgirl Attic, a Lexington architectural salvage business for 27 years, is being put up for sale because founder Karen Payne is ready to retire. → Read More