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Cheri LawsonBig Bone Lick State Historic Site is known as the "Birthplace of American Vertebrate Paleontology." On May 9th, a ceremony was held to celebrate the park's designation as a National Historic Landmark. -
courtesyThe Paducah native, a newspaper editor by trade and later a state legislator, played a key role in bringing electricity to rural parts of the Commonwealth and pushing its state park and highway system forward.
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Women chosen represent civil rights, art and writing communities -
With less than a week until a potentially historic U.S. presidential election that could see the first-ever woman elected to the post of commander in chief, a Kentucky-based historian says it’s important to look at the role women in the Bluegrass State have to play in the voting booth – and how they won the right to be there. -
Cannons boomed as soldiers in redcoats marched on Fort Massac. -
A western Kentucky native will no doubt reminisce on Jimmy Carter as the nation’s 34th president turns 100 on Tuesday. That once ten-year-old boy from Henderson gave up his bed to Carter, forging an unlikely and enduring friendship. -
Kentuckians and Tennesseans are celebrating the Eighth of August this week. The regional holiday – similar to Juneteenth – celebrates the emancipation of Black Americans from slavery. -
A new augmented reality experience in Kentucky depicts historical Black figures describing their lifetime and the legacy they hope to leave on the commonwealth. -
In the next installment of Uncommon History, Daniel Hurt speaks to Brent Taylor, West Kentucky Community & Technical College's associate professor of history, about Kentucky's statehood story that started with a 1788 letter sent to Congress in New York City, which expressed Kentucky's frustration about the pace of the Union-joining process.
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A historic Mayfield hotel that has stood in the far western Kentucky city’s court square for nearly a century will soon be demolished. -
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear condemned efforts to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at public universities after marching with other Kentuckians on Tuesday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of a landmark civil-rights rally that featured Martin Luther King Jr. in the state's capital city. -
The far western Kentucky community of Hopkinsville came together Friday to celebrate the legacy of the late bell hooks, a Black intellectual, poet and author from the city who went on to become one of the most celebrated in the modern feminist canon.
