The Human Rights Commission announced a new award has been created to honor Bernard Standard, who will retire early next year as the commission's executive director.
The collection features fictionalized accounts of Poston's childhood, growing up in the 1910s in segregated Hopkinsville. The author and his buddies play the heroes, often outwitting the white community, but also their black elders.
State Sen. Whitney Westerfield and Court of Appeals Justice Christopher Shea Nickell spoke Wednesday about their professional experiences and other issues during a League of Women Voters forum.
