
Kentucky by Heart: Mark Twain had real connections to Kentucky, with mother born in Adair County
A person who has an absurd love of Kentucky might well say that author and humorist Mark Twain — birth…
A person who has an absurd love of Kentucky might well say that author and humorist Mark Twain — birth…
A few weeks ago, a local newspaper reporter interviewed me and other authors about our favorite published Christmas story. I…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist “To Alex, the bravest kid I know, and my everyday hero.” – Dedication message in…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Back in the frontier days, the Choctaw Indian Academy was set up for Native American…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Always looking for special places of leisure to visit in Kentucky, I’ve read a ton…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Some 80 men of Company E of the 5th US Colored Cavalry were driving a…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Award-winning Northern Kentucky photographer Jon Reynolds recently released his first book, Illuminating Nature: Changing Light…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist We Kentuckians sometimes get a bit spiteful toward each other when it comes to discussing…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist You might say I was “Charmed” by some old friends I met at a recent…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Did kings and queens once rule in our state? Well, probably not, unless you go…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist For a group of folks at the First Christian Church (FCC), in Versailles, what happened…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I can’t remember a day in my childhood when I didn’t eat ice cream, probably…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist In Nicholasville and Wilmore, the Jessamine Community Band (JCB) is bringing both music to the…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist The contagious infection called tuberculosis, which usually attacks one’s lungs, has been around for three…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Reading seems to be a way of life for me, especially books about Kentucky or…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist People who adore our state give an assortment of reasons. They mention things like the…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Oh, the glorious sunshine of summer… but oh, the challenging heat and humidity of the…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Like I figure many of you do, I’ve often found pleasure in the simple act…
By Steve Flairty Kentucky by Heart Kentucky has a literary landscape heritage proudly holding its own among all the states….
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I was delighted to speak last week at the Inkspire Writing Camp, in downtown Lexington….
By Steve Flairty Kentucky by Heart My parents were country music fans back in the 1960s. I recall, on at…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist We’re near Father’s Day, and I’ll start by sharing that the relationship with my dad…