Rural people often feel overlooked and judged by urban residents, and the news media have a long history of perpetuating rural stereotypes, Silas House writes in the Atlantic.
Temperatures in the region will drop to the mid-30s by 5 p.m. Monday, and an arctic front will push wind chill temperatures to near zero early Tuesday.
Unusually wet conditions earlier this year delayed some planting on Kentucky farms, and now the long, dry spell may affect some of those late-planted crops.