Kyle Keeney: House Bill 180 brings new hope to Kyians by expanding access to biomarker testing
Technology is reshaping medicine in ways that were almost unimaginable a few short years ago. Now, medical innovation is bringing…
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Bill Straub: Jamie Comer is on a misguided, multifaceted roll indeed — and he’s in over his head
From his ham-handed mangling of congressional probes that makes Inspector Clouseau look like Sherlock Holmes, to his stupefying lack of…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Basketball postseason and baseball, softball preseasons cross over here
Thursday is the day for NKU. Both NKU basketball teams will be in action Thursday evening in the Horizon League…
Teri Carter: What’s so dangerous about books? What about all the kids who die from firearms?
When Grandpa Pete died in November 2011, I was in a car full of family members as we drove from…
Constance Alexander: Celebrating the life and work of 20th-century artist and Mayfield native Ellis Wilson
Famed twentieth Century African American artist, Ellis Wilson, claimed to be glad to have grown up in Mayfield “as long…
Brittany Harris: Kentucky’s broken juvenile justice system has proudly negative impact on our kids
When I think about my incarceration as a teenager, my heart breaks for any child that has to go through…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of the week’s news — toxic rail cars, Ukraine, Carter, winter weather
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…
Daniel Brunner: The health disparity of heart disease among Black Kyians should be a priority all year long
In February, we commemorate both American Heart Month and Black History Month, which presents an opportunity for us to raise…
Bill Straub: As ’24 Republican race for president heats up, is Rand Paul a vice presidential choice?
Sen. Rand Paul ran an infamously inept campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 when he was under the…
Al Cross: McConnell campaigns hard for more military support of Ukraine
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has become one of the most outspoken advocates of stronger support for Ukraine, even as…
Bill Cunningham: Finding truth in the dense undergrowth of media noise is no easy feat
“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for…
Constance Alexander: ‘Crowns’ musical a tip of the hat to strong, resilient African-American women
“Church was the only place slaves could congregate. Hats were a sign of status.” “A woman can flirt with a…
Ken Rechtin: Newport, neighborhood groups banned together seeking solution to recycling pollution
Porkopolis, Cincinnati, Ohio, the City where pigs fly and hogs were herded to slaughter through the quiet residential streets. During…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s take on the news of week — alien balloons, long winter, top guns, church?
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…
Commentary: Student journalists need ‘New Voices Act’ to protect freedom of school-based reporting
By Brennan Eberwine, Cooper Bass, and Ramona Pierce Kentucky student journalists This month with the help of Senator Gerald Neal,…
Bill Straub: Giving himself a birthday present, he’s writing about guns — and the insanity of no limits
I’m writing this column on my 70th birthday. In so doing I find myself recalling the words of that great…
Ruth Bamberger: HB1 may be popular politically, but it is bad fiscal policy that only exacerbates inequality
In 2022, the Kentucky General Assembly enacted a plan to cut the state income tax. The rate was reduced from…
David Hatter: Please oppose the idea of partisan local elections that should continue to be nonpartisan
I am writing as a long-time local elected official and community volunteer to express my strong opposition to Kentucky Senate…
Constance Alexander: Dr. Alicestyne Turley sets the record straight on African Americans in the Civil War
“How many teachers? How many military? Any historians?” Dr. Alicestyne Turley polled the audience as she began her recent “Evening…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist on the week’s news — spying, Valentines, Bacharach, earthquake, the balloon
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay…
Col Owens: It’s time for honest conversation about work and wages, and their affect on our society
We need an honest dialogue about work and wages in our political discourse. It’s time to lay out the facts…
Bill Straub: A Chinese spy balloon wasn’t the only thing full of hot air to get shot down this week
That wasn’t the Sword of Damocles that went bob-bob-bobbin’ over the nation’s breadbasket last week. It was a ChiCom spy…