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Kentucky by Heart: Author Jan Schiffer embarks on a long, personal journey to ‘find the rest of me’

May 27, 2025May 27, 20250

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Ohio native but now Frankfort resident Jan Schiffer was raised by caring parents who had…

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Kentucky by Heart: Greenup County native Jesse Stuart was one of Kentucky’s best-known writers

May 20, 2025May 19, 20250

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Jesse Stuart (1906-1984) is one of the best-known Kentucky writers of all time. He wrote…

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Kentucky by Heart: The eastern gray squirrel is another of Kentucky’s iconic animal symbols

May 13, 2025May 12, 20250

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist “We could see the squirrels as they came closer, jumping from tree to tree, bridging…

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Kentucky by Heart: KY was the first state in the nation to have a state bird — the Northern Cardinal

May 6, 2025May 5, 20250

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I’ve always been enamored about Kentucky’s state bird, the Northern Cardinal, often called the “redbird.”…

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Kentucky by Heart: Marvin Bartlett’s Spirit of the Bluegrass offers unique look at Kentucky history

April 29, 2025April 28, 20250

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnists Marvin Bartlett likes to collect those “little” stories that ring powerfully, especially those discovered around…

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Kentucky by Heart: Visit with Versailles elementary students, teachers provides uplifting experience

April 8, 2025April 7, 20251

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist What’s there to love about Kentucky? My aim was to answer that question recently when…

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Kentucky by Heart: Memory of traumatic childhood experience and loss of a favorite toy

April 1, 2025March 31, 20252

By Steve Flairty Kentucky Today As we all know, early life experiences can stay locked forever in our memories, and…

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Kentucky by Heart: Jessica Whitehead’s ‘Driftwood’ offers in-depth look at life of artist Harlan Hubbard

March 25, 2025March 31, 20251

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist It was 1937, the year of the Great Flood that imposed itself on the Ohio…

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Kentucky by Heart: Kentucky’s historical marker program one of oldest, largest in the United States

March 11, 2025March 10, 20250

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I’ve often shared about growing up in a family that regularly took day trips around…

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Kentucky by Heart: No one will ever accuse Wilmore Elementary’s Clayton Winter of coasting through life

March 4, 2025March 3, 20250

By Steve Flairty Kentucky Today He works all day where balls are bouncing in a gym all around him. From…

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Kentucky by Heart: Part two of a conversation with Kentucky historian and professor Dr. James Klotter

February 25, 2025February 24, 20251

(Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part Q & A with Kentucky historian Dr. James Klotter. View part…

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Kentucky by Heart: A conversation with Kentucky historian and professor Dr. James Klotter

February 18, 2025February 24, 20252

(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part Q & A with Kentucky historian Dr. James Klotter.) By Steve…

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Kentucky by Heart: Kentuckians share their favorite sweets to share with their ‘sweet’ on Valentine’s Day

February 11, 2025February 10, 20250

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist With Valentine’s Day coming up, it got me thinking of sweet things, and in particular,…

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Kentucky by Heart: Celebrating impact of notable KY African Americans during Black History Month

February 4, 2025February 3, 20250

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Black History Month, in February, always encourages me to search for notable African American good…

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Kentucky by Heart: Kentucky has produced a number of influential women poets throughout history

January 28, 2025February 3, 20250

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist One of my prized pieces of Kentucky literary memorabilia is a two-volume set of Collins’…

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Kentucky by Heart: NKY native and actor Bob Elkins appeared in Coal Miner’s Daughter, other notable roles

January 21, 2025January 20, 20251

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist That guy you may remember who played a disc jockey part on the highly popular…

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Kentucky by Heart: Sharing a few of the great things happening across our Commonwealth recently

January 14, 2025January 13, 20251

By Steve Flairty Special to NKyTribune There are some great things going on in Kentucky and being done by Kentuckians…

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Kentucky by Heart: Gift provides warm remembrance of beloved brother; preparing for ‘War and Peace’ in 2025

January 7, 2025January 6, 20251

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Moving into the upcoming year of 2025, I’ll look back at the just completed holiday…

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Kentucky by Heart: Mark Twain had real connections to Kentucky, with mother born in Adair County

December 31, 2024December 30, 20240

A person who has an absurd love of Kentucky might well say that author and humorist Mark Twain — birth…

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Kentucky by Heart: What’s your favorite Christmas story? KYians share some of their most beloved

December 24, 2024December 23, 20240

A few weeks ago, a local newspaper reporter interviewed me and other authors about our favorite published Christmas story. I…

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Kentucky by Heart: Author, podcaster Susan Mills advocates for those with ‘exceptionalities’

December 17, 2024December 16, 20240

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist “To Alex, the bravest kid I know, and my everyday hero.” – Dedication message in…

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Kentucky by Heart: New effort raising funds to restore Choctaw Academy building in Scott County

December 10, 2024December 10, 20242

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Back in the frontier days, the Choctaw Indian Academy was set up for Native American…

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