Our Rich History: “Numbers King” Melvin Clark and African American racketeers in Newport
By Chad Huggins Dunbar Special to NKyTribune Part 58 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” Newport’s “Sin…
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Our Rich History: African Americans, gambling and the Payne Brothers, part of Newport’s Sin City era
By Chad Huggins Dunbar Special to NKyTribune Part 57 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” While there…
Our Rich History: The ‘Sin City’ reformers (and there were plenty) met obstacles but finally found success
By Richard Challis Special to NKyTribune Part 54 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” Known as “Little…
As Johnny ‘TV’ Peluso is laid to rest, his good friend shares personal memories of the ‘Newport icon’
By Tim Nolan Special to NKyTribune Johnny TV Peluso, Newport icon, larger than life, public servant, animal lover, helper of…