By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist From my perspective as a teacher, getting Kentucky’s elementary/secondary young people back into physical classrooms…
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist A friend of mine, knowing…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Last week, I spoke at the Mercer County Public Library in Harrodsburg about my Kentucky’s…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist We’re in the holiday season when most of us likely feel inundated with messages coaxing…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Back in 2018, two founding members of the Bluegrass Writers Coalition, from Frankfort, Mike Embry…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist It’s not often in this column that I talk about a trip taken outside the…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist “It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you do not care who gets the credit.”…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Author Robert Fulghum got a lot of mileage out of his 1988 book, All I…
Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Juana Mendez remembers well the difficult conditions her family faced while growing up in the American…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Ted Hill must have felt like his own version of The Man Who Knew Too…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist If you spend considerable time around any old-timer (I’ll let you figure out how I…
By Steve Flairty Special to NKyTribune Memorial Day is past and it’s time to focus on summer activities. For many,…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I normally start writing the weekly Kentucky by Heart columns on Monday. That usually gives…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist The date June 6, 1944, will always stand out as iconic in American history. That’s…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I don’t know for sure if the wildflower seeds, the kind that come mixed in…
By Steve Flairty KyForward columnist Finding fresh material to write a weekly column about Kentucky is always a bit of…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist There was a day when collegiate basketball in America was “just a sport,” when college…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Starting with my youthful years, I’ve enjoyed learning about well-known basketball players, especially ones connected…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist There’s a lovely rumor going around that the Bluegrass State is, in fact, a romantic…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Although I was raised in the northern part of Kentucky and have spent adulthood living…
By Steve Flairty KyForward columnist I generally enjoy the subject of music, but I’m a slow learner when it comes…
By Steve Flairty KyForward columnist Shannon Smith carries a searing and vivid image of a child she worked with while…
