
Constance Alexander: August is ‘Make a Will Month,’ an often uneasy, yet vital task to protect your family
Imagine a distinguished, elderly attorney in a dark-paneled office. A clutch of potential inheritors is seated around his desk. There…
Imagine a distinguished, elderly attorney in a dark-paneled office. A clutch of potential inheritors is seated around his desk. There…
When secondary school teachers speak up, the Department of English and Philosophy at Murray State University listens. The result of…
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but another summer just ended. When the door slammed the other day,…
The litany of devastation in Eastern Kentucky has a cadence all its own: Quicksand, Bulan, Neon, Hiner, Martin, Fisty, Hueysville,…
When he was growing up in rural Murray, Austin Carter admits he was eager to escape his hometown and get…
The other morning, still puffy-eyed and sullen from sleep, I was in the produce section of a local super-store, stroking…
Born and raised in suburban New Jersey, of parents who were both city people, I had no notion of “rural”…
Born on the first of July, I celebrated the 4th like it was my own personal holiday when I was…
Once upon a time this past weekend, four fairy tale princesses vacated their respective castles and stepped on stage at…
Mental Health Awareness Month has come and gone, but violent events of the past few weeks have left many of…
Ten years old. The year I mastered Double Dutch and long division. I remember it well. My best friends were…
December 10, 2021, was the last day of finals week at Murray State University in Western Kentucky. By 3 p.m.,…
Ask any individual or group how creativity affects their business, or how their business incorporates creativity, and then be prepared…
For most of us, aging with grace is a goal. Reaping the benefits of life experience, we aspire to be…
Murders in Calloway County Kentucky are few and, literally, far between, so when Lube Martin, a Black man, killed Guthrie…
When I was a Catholic schoolgirl, the nuns insisted we should suffer through Lent, and we complied in our own…
Katerina Stoykova speaks with soft-spoken authority, the flutter of her r’s an indication that she is not a native Kentuckian….
My passion for poetry started with nursery rhymes my mother recited to me before I could read. Humpty Dumpty, Peter…
When Mary Thorsby enters a room, she exudes the natural geniality of an extrovert. With a ready smile and a…
Between November 13 and December 18, the Ice House Gallery in downtown Mayfield was exhibiting “Impressions,” an array of creative…
The other day I easily exceeded my daily goal of 10,000 steps in the most unlikely spot, the Murray State…
Goddess of the rueful chuckle, provocateuse of domestic drudgery, flaunter of feminine/feminist angst, writer Hilma Wolitzer has been a hero…