Kentucky by Heart: Kentuckians throughout history faced similar challenges to those we face today
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I find it enjoyable to look for inspiring Kentuckians, often unsung, from the past who…
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Kentucky by Heart: In-person school is best, but we must have the resolve to do it safely and right
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist From my perspective as a teacher, getting Kentucky’s elementary/secondary young people back into physical classrooms…
Kentucky by Heart: Part two of a selection from coming children’s book; Joey and honey balls
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part selection from Steve Flairty’s in-progress children’s book, tentatively titled Kentucky Billy…
Kentucky by Heart: Versailles resident’s watchful eye averts major disaster, helps him truly know faith
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Ted Hill must have felt like his own version of The Man Who Knew Too…
Kentucky by Heart: Amid horrors of racial intolerance in post-Civil War Ky., some stood and said ‘no more’
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist In an attempt to further educate myself on the roots of today’s social/racial unrest, particularly…
Kentucky by Heart: Stories behind names of high schools reveal unique look at Kentucky’s past
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist While recently looking over information about public high schools in Kentucky, it occurred to me…
Kentucky by Heart: Celebrating Kentucky’s own James Bond, and all of the state’s ‘overcomers’
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Reading and writing about overcomers from Kentucky is a passion of mine. Overcomers are often…
Kentucky by Heart: Precious time in the family garden is heaven, a release not to be mistaken for a chore
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist I like gardening a lot, and I don’t want to mess it up by becoming…
Kentucky by Heart: Authors West, Brackney offer sordid details of two Kentucky murder mysteries
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist My usual amount of reading is a lot, but with staying healthy at home to…
Kentucky by Heart: Tiny Wickliffe community has a lot of ‘Hart’ and many treasured souls
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Wickliffe, Kentucky, sets along the Mississippi River, a couple miles from where the Ohio River…
Kentucky by Heart: Story of William ‘King’ Solomon a poignant one for this challenging time of pandemic
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist For many years as a fourth-grade teacher, I read the story of William “King” Solomon’s…
Kentucky by Heart: Video history series offers unique look at Kentucky’s vintage buildings and structures
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Our knowledge of Kentucky’s history often comes from what we’ve read in textbooks, articles in…
Kentucky by Heart: These guys are deltiologists — meaning they collect postcards — lots of postcards
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist When Carl Howell looks back on his professional work career, a highly successful one, he…
Kentucky by Heart: Some ramblings, musings and wanderings to pass the time during social distancing
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Sometimes it feels good to allow this Kentucky-centric mind to do some wandering and then…
Kentucky by Heart: A most underrated tool of the small farmer or gardener — the trusty bucket
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist I should have learned while growing up in Claryville that the most important tool for…
Kentucky by Heart: Alice Hegan Rice’s classic ‘Mrs. Wiggs’ offers many lessons for today’s trying times
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Last week, I pulled a book out of my collection of old Kentucky books that…
Kentucky by Heart: One man’s top 10 bucket list of books not to be missed — what are your favorites?
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist My love of reading Kentucky-related books, particularly non-fiction, started as a child. Inspired by my…
Kentucky by Heart: Even the inconveniences brought on by coronavirus can be embraced in a positive way
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Okay, my Kentucky brethren, our personal mobility will likely be curtailed for the foreseeable future…
Kentucky By Heart: Nobody is ‘crazier about the ‘Cats’ than long-time sports writer Jamie Vaught
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist If you are a Kentuckian or have been around these parts for a long time,…
Kentucky by Heart: More stories of the Great Flood of 1937 from Shawnee High School students
Author’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part series looking at a book published in 1937, called Flood…
Kentucky by Heart: Unique book offers personal accounts of life in Ky. during Great Flood of 1937
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist A friend of mine, knowing…
Kentucky by Heart: George Wright grew up poor but he listened when his mother said ‘no excuses’
By Steve Flairty KyForward Columnist When George Wright was growing up in poverty in Lexington over 50 years ago, he…