
Kentucky by Heart: Former slave, Ky. native Wheeling Gaunt defied the odds with an unrelenting work ethic
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Though making no claims of being a bona fide Kentucky historian, I enjoy researching and…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Though making no claims of being a bona fide Kentucky historian, I enjoy researching and…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist There are many good things happening around our state these days that might not receive…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Cancer. The case could be made that Kentucky is home to some of the worst…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Now comes the second part of the 120 question “Kentucky County Quiz” after the first…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Though I’m not sure I’ve been to all 120 Kentucky counties, I believe it is…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist It was a long and circuitous path toward the final passage of the Nineteenth Amendment…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I‘m currently cataloging my sizeable Kentucky book collection, which stretches around me on the shelves…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist It’s probably safe to say that most communities of Kentucky were affected in some way…
Because Christmas is all about traditions, we are offering this traditional Kentucky by Heart column on Mike Howard, the Mountain…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Roger Guffey is steeped in the traditions and customs of his childhood growing up in…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist For both pleasure and resource purposes, I’m often found with a book in my hands…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist A while back, I came across a cool Facebook group page called Old Photos of…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Approaching this Thanksgiving Day, my favorite holiday, I believe it is a good time to…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist It’s been a hundred years since the Nineteenth Amendment passed, giving women across America the…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist Over the course of a year, I review dozens of books by local authors from…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist It had been more than seven months since my wife and I took an extended…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist I taught mostly fourth-graders during my 28-year full-time teaching career, and I always loved the…
Author’s Note: This is the second of two-parts exploring what might be included if there were a ‘You Are There…
Author’s Note: This is the first of two-parts exploring what might be included if there were a ‘You Are There…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist I have great respect for the impact of language, and so I often mull over…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I recently was interviewed for a podcast by Bill Goodman, CEO of the Kentucky Humanities…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist For nice rides in the country, I often take Highway 169 in the central Kentucky…