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.
Maybe the bottleneck in the worldwide supply will help turn our focus closer to home during the holiday shopping season, observes Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown.
For too many people, "Do your own research," means following a social-media post into a rabbit hole of misinformation, or even disinformation from Russians or others, observes columnist Al Cross.
The New York Times estimates that about 5 million people belong to book clubs. The popular site Goodreads boasts more than 40 million members, and publishers have been known to make decisions based on book club feedback and support.
The pandemic has killed 8,000 Kentuckians, so the decisions legislators make are matters of life and death, and indirectly, legislators’ lack of courage will cause the death of some Kentuckians, says columnist Al Cross.
Kentucky has been setting records for the numbers of people hospitalized, in intensive care and breathing with the help of a ventilator. And on Friday, our region had reached its ICU capacity.
