The 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.

For decades, the Attucks Building was the only place where Black students could get an education in Christian County. Now, a local group is working to renovate the more-than-a-century-old school and turn it into a community center.

Centuries-old Native American cave art may have been damaged by recent flooding at a state park in Clarksville, Tennessee.

The death of Floyd Collins one century ago is being remembered as a catalyst for the formation of Mammoth Cave National Park, an area that's a cultural treasure and tourist attraction in southern Kentucky.

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.