If the goal of teaching history is to develop citizens who use knowledge of the past to understand the present and inform future decisions, educators need to go beyond the facts of the day.
Gay, who was in Hopkinsville for the Big Read kickoff Thursday, said he was almost failing in college when a poet inspired him to get serious about writing.
In the first two full calendar weeks of August — the latest period for which figures are available — Kentucky saw a 110% increase in daily COVID hospital admissions, with an average of 28 patients per day.
After taking a chance on a jail rehabilitation program and getting sober, Joshua Adcock makes his living as one the country's most successful poker players.
“White supremacy is a poison,” President Joe Biden told civil rights leaders on Monday. “It’s a poison that’s been allowed to grow faster and faster in our communities.”
The school board's recent decision to pivot on the name, colors and mascot of the new consolidated high school was a logical choice — with just one wrinkle, writes Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown.
During a special meeting, the school board voted to approve construction bids for the consolidated high school and ditched a name it had chosen last year.
