Old Time Kentucky: Once he’s been bought, is a corrupt voter obliged to stay that way?
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist A century or so ago, vote buying was said to be as common as grocery…
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Old Time Kentucky: Bluegrass State was once renowned for boozing, brawling and balloting
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist When the polls are open in Kentucky, the bars are closed. That’s because the Bluegrass…
Old Time Kentucky: Kidnapped Congressman would emerge in time to contribute vote to end slavery
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist Pro-Union congressman-elect Lucian Anderson of Mayfield evidently didn’t believe discretion was the better part of…
Old Time Kentucky: World War II pilot Herky Green was an ‘ace’ in two different fighters
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist Capt. Herschel H. “Herky” Green shot down a half dozen enemy airplanes on a single…
Old Time Kentucky: Barkley’s rise to vice presidency began with a modest college janitorial experience
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist “Barkley Swept Here.” That’s what a small wooden sign bragged in Clinton, the Hickman County…
Old Time Kentucky: Despite heroic actions, history barely remembers the story of Nancy Ann Hunter
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist History barely records the story of Nancy Ann Hunter, the teenage heroine of old Fort…
Old Time Kentucky: Father of Bourbon Elijah Craig imagined he could serve God and mammon both
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist In early Kentucky, many a vote was swayed, outright bought or rewarded with whiskey. Campaign…
Old Time Kentucky: Laffoon’s plans for a state sales tax led mobs to descend on Frankfort in 1930s
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist Matt Bevin, the first Republican elected governor since Ernie Fletcher in 2003, doubtless hopes his…
Old Time Kentucky: Louisville newspaper editors used pistols to take war of words to the next level
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist Louisville newspaper editors George D. Prentice and Reuben T. Durrett did more than fire verbal…
Old Time Kentucky: ‘Little Toad’ Marshall may have been the biggest scoundrel in state political history
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist It’s been a while since a Frankfort mob threatened to heave a politician into the…
Old Time Kentucky: For battling Lyons, hard fought campaign was a term to be taken literally
By Berry Craig Special to NKyTribune When pundits go on about “hard fought political campaigns” they mean verbal battling. Congressman…