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For the first time ever, black players dominated the all-tournament team. Of the 10 players selected, only two were white.

The lead-up to a winter weather event, which can force people to adjust to obstacles and lend a hand to strangers, can be awe-inspiring.

Families who have followed recommended guidelines on social distancing for nearly a year are looking forward to the time when pandemic precautions lift and they can hug their elders again. But there may be some surprises in store once you get past the front door.

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, columnist Constance Alexander recalls her earliest lessons in sin and virtue.

Bill Falls had heard his grandfather was a good basketball coach. But until he came across a Hoptown Chronicle article, he didn't know that Coach William Falls of Attucks High School had been inducted posthumously into a hall of fame.

McConnell showed he still cares about the GOP's future when he denounced the “loony lies” of freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and stood up for Rep. Liz Cheney, whose vote to impeach Trump put her House leadership post at risk.

Families are again confronted with incomplete legacies. There are empty chairs at dinner tables, lives forever altered by death and disruption.

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, based on years of tried-and-true science, are extremely effective and have excellent safety data from complete clinical trials.

A debate continues in Murray about a Confederate memorial on the grounds of the Calloway County Courthouse. Columnist Constance Alexander questions whether it will still stand when the county celebrates it bicentennial in 2022.

Fiscal constraints are nothing new to LBL, which was managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority before it was transferred to the U.S. Forest Service in 1999. No matter which agency has been in charge, the national recreation area has been clobbered by budget cuts over the years.

Early in the pandemic, Beshear made up for his steep learning curve and his shortage of smooth articulation with an earnestness that seemed to reassure the public. But pandemic fatigue set in, the issues got tougher, and Republicans staked out positions at odds with the Democratic governor.

Traditionally, vaccines can take years to develop, test, and market. But through projects like Operation Warp Speed in the U.S., and global efforts by the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 vaccine development process has been “supercharged” by plentiful funding and guaranteed purchase orders for effective vaccines.