
Kentucky by Heart: Offering encouragement to my fellow Kentuckians in some areas that need attention
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist I’ve pretty much always been an encourager, one who strives to help others move forward…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist I’ve pretty much always been an encourager, one who strives to help others move forward…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Recently I came across some fascinating items to add to my personal list of things…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Now deceased, Thurman Miller collaborated in 2015 on a powerful book with his son, David,…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist There’s a whole lot more going on than birds chirping peacefully at Bluebird Hill Farm,…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I’ve had several personal Kentucky “tidbits” floating around in my head for a while, and…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I look forward to speaking at the Kentucky Farm Bureau Women and Young Farmer Leadership…
By Steve Flairty KyForward columnist I feel comfortable being around Kentucky’s rural people, particularly those from farming communities. And though…
I believe one of the most efficient ways to learn about Kentucky’s past is to study its governors, who have…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Covington native Mary Attaway (Maryat) Lee was raised in privilege on the banks of the…
I’ve always had a healthy respect for words, and maybe that’s why I tend to sprinkle my oral conversations with…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist As I write on this particularly sunny day of spring, I feel a keen compulsion…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Early in my teaching career, which started at Trapp Elementary School, I received from the…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist For most of us, we’d probably be content after living a long life to be…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Recently, while trading sections of the Lexington-Herald back and forth with my wife while eating…
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part column on Kentucky collections in the state’s local libraries. By Steve…
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part column on Kentucky collections in the state’s local libraries. By Steve…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist One might not expect a San Francisco resident would have any serious understanding of life…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist As a genuine Kentucky bibliophile, I’m always ready to share books with my readers written…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I don’t bleed much, but when I do, I bleed maroon. I’m an Eastern Kentucky…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I recently came across Nancy Baird’s biography of a noted Louisville medical doctor from the…
Back in the day, the woman known simply as Miss Bennie was a thorn in the side of the City….
By Steve Flairty KyForward Columnist The pandemic experience has been a bummer for most of us. I passed through my…