Art Lander’s Outdoors: The yellow bass is a small, underappreciated species, but makes a tasty meal
This underappreciated native fish species is usually an incidental bycatch, most often taken by crappie anglers casting or drifting small…
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Kentucky by Heart: Although the stage has changed, Lexington History Museum’s ‘encore’ plays on
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist When the Lexington History Museum “left the building” in 2012, there were many who figured…
Al Cross: Charles Booker, Mike Broihier harvest votes on a field Amy McGrath planted
When Amy McGrath ran for the U.S. House in 2018, Cameron French was with her. He was a campus organizer…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Saugeye fishery has blossomed in Ky., providing a bonanza for anglers
What started out as experimental stockings in 2013 has blossomed into a bonafide fishery management success story for the Kentucky…
Kentucky by Heart: Stories behind names of high schools reveal unique look at Kentucky’s past
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist While recently looking over information about public high schools in Kentucky, it occurred to me…
Billy Reed: Finally, at long last, Jefferson Davis’ statue out of Rotunda. Bring on Muhammad Ali
So the statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, finally is being removed from the rotunda of the Kentucky…
Daily Yonder: In historic First, protests spread to more than 3,000 towns across United States
By John W. Miller The Daily Yonder As one of the only black kids growing up in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (pop….
Jamie’s Bookshelf: A rundown of recently-published sports books for your summer reading list
• “Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask” by Jon Pessah (Little, Brown and Company, $30) is a definitive biography of Yogi…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A ‘big-time brawler,’ the Muskellunge is Kentucky’s top predator fish
The Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) is king of Kentucky’s major lakes and the streams they were impounded from, a voracious predator…
Kentucky by Heart: Celebrating Kentucky’s own James Bond, and all of the state’s ‘overcomers’
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Reading and writing about overcomers from Kentucky is a passion of mine. Overcomers are often…
Kentucky Republicans hold online state convention; grassroots leaders select RNC delegates, alternates
The Republican Party of Kentucky held its first-ever online state convention during the weekend, with grassroots GOP leaders from across…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Hybrid striped bass in Ky. waters are result of a controlled interspecies cross
The Hybrid Striped Bass is the result of interspecific hybridization, a cross of two species that must occur in the…
Kentucky by Heart: Precious time in the family garden is heaven, a release not to be mistaken for a chore
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist I like gardening a lot, and I don’t want to mess it up by becoming…
Northern Kentucky, Greater Cincinnati playwrights offer insight into why they write plays
By William H. McCann, Jr. Special to NKyTribune For most theatre professionals, their world is on hiatus. For the indefinite…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A distinctive seasonal visitor, the brown thrasher is often found along roadsides
Driving Kentucky’s rural backroads during the spring and early summer it’s not uncommon to see this distinctively-marked brown bird darting…
Kentucky by Heart: Authors West, Brackney offer sordid details of two Kentucky murder mysteries
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist My usual amount of reading is a lot, but with staying healthy at home to…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s abundant sunfish can be caught with live bait and basic fishing tackle
They thrive in farm ponds, small lakes and tree-canopied creeks, little fish that are fun to catch and make a…
Kentucky by Heart: Tiny Wickliffe community has a lot of ‘Hart’ and many treasured souls
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Wickliffe, Kentucky, sets along the Mississippi River, a couple miles from where the Ohio River…
Forest Service announces reopening schedule for Daniel Boone National Forest, Red River Gorge
The Daniel Boone National Forest will begin reopening recreation sites in June using a site-by-site approach, including assessment of facility…
Our Rich History: The spirit of our German Heritage lives on through Newport’s Turnverein, closed in 1936
By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Special to NKyTribune Part 27 of our series: Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky Today the building…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: James Henshall forever remembered for introducing America to black bass
Editor’s Note: This is the last of three articles on the life and work of the father of bass fishing…
Kentucky by Heart: Story of William ‘King’ Solomon a poignant one for this challenging time of pandemic
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist For many years as a fourth-grade teacher, I read the story of William “King” Solomon’s…