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An intense learning experience that involved 83 rising high school seniors, the academy attracted participants to MSU from various parts of Kentucky, and also Missouri, Illinois, Massachusetts and Tennessee.

Eulogizing people is a way of stitching together our connections as a community.

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.

The Democrats’ huge bill needs a lot of work. It tries to do too much in some cases, and not enough in others.

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.

When officials put property records behind expensive paywalls, the public is required to purchase data that their taxes have already paid for.

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?"

Kentucky transplant Constance Alexander recalls Memorial Day traditions from her childhood and ponders holiday meanings that endure through time.

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.

Auctions can be theatrical when strategies play out among the bidders and the competition can be fierce.