The mining town of Lynch, Kentucky, is a good example of the diversity overlooked by history. In 1940, about one-third of the town's 12,000 residents were Black. And 38 nationalities were represented among employees recruited from Ellis Island.
As a community journalist, you shouldn't count on an anonymous life. You should count on running into the people you write about at the grocery store, among other places.
While their friends are cannonballing into the city pool this weekend, Tracy Staley's sons will spend the day in an Eastern Kentucky cemetery, placing flowers on the graves of relatives they never knew.
When Janet Bravard was given a special send-off Friday from the Pennyroyal Area Museum, it got Jennifer P. Brown thinking, "what is it about bagpipe music that feels so good?"
As we work through this in-between stage for coronavirus masks and social distancing, being gracious about each individual's unique choices will help move our community forward, writes Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown.
McConnell at least needs to be repeating his statement that the election was legitimate. As a senior member of our government, he has a responsibility to make it worthy of our confidence.
