The fictional town in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” has a lot in common with today’s rural America. But with no hard data, will it take a miracle to determine the town’s rural status?
Hopkinsville, spared from the devastation of the weekend storms, is now in a position to help people in surrounding communities whose homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed.
"... I don’t think stereotypes are a great way of judging an entire region. For rural America contains multitudes. As do I," writes Leslie County, Kentucky, native Skylar Baker-Jordan.
There's little room for compromise in politics today, which was the way members of both parties got things done when Republican Larry Hopkins represented the Bluegrass region in Congress, observes longtime political columnist Al Cross.
A well-chosen book can be a great holiday companion, and there are plenty by Kentucky writers — new and old – that would make great beginnings for a hectic season.
Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown used to think that hitting a bear in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains was unbelievably bad luck ... until last week.
At a time when most Americans think democracy is threatened, Kentucky Republicans' point man on election issues is Secretary of State Michael Adams, "a voice of calm and reason," writes columnist Al Cross.
Murray is one of several Kentucky communities with an increasingly older population and fewer options for elder care, observes columnist Constance Alexander.
Columnist Constance Alexander shares a message about breaking down barriers to diversity in STEM fields from Dr. Rudy G. Buchheit, UK's dean of the College of Engineering .
Mitch McConnell should give 10 Republicans the green light to support a bill that would negate state laws that allow state politicians to overrule election professionals, says political columnist Al Cross.
