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A new lineup up of inductees will join the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame pantheon this month. And 2016’s list branches out to include the hall’s first…

In Donald Ray Pollock's first book — named after a real town in southern Ohio — characters are unloveable and raunchy — but compelling. Pollack's novel comes after a long career as a factory worker, where he dreamed of being a writer.

The former poet laureate reflects on his brother's passing in the new poem "August Notebook: A Death." The elegy is included in Hass' new collection, The Apple Trees at Olema, which includes material from his first five works — as well as new poems on the art of storytelling and personal relations in a violent world.

Jason and Brent discuss the backstory of the invention of chewing gum as Dr. Colgan's Taffy Tolu Gum. The History Sponsors are ads for Vacuums For Kids and Hardney and Landhoffer's Ladies Restaurant, with more from Producer Appreciation Month. Share comments here or on the Apple Podcasts app, iTunes or NPROne. Old Kentucky Tales is produced by sound engineer Todd Birdsong at Paducah School of Art and Design on the campus of West Kentucky Community and Technical College.

Host and Murray State University Professor of Music, Dr. John Dressler offers two hours of classical music favorites at 5 am Sundays on the main channel and on our All-Classical Channel Sundays at 11 am, Mondays at 7 am, Thursdays at 4 pm. This episode features excerpts from Mozart, Handel, and more.

There are not enough schools participating because of coronavirus cancellations and season postponements.

In Paris, a new chapter in one of sport's greatest rivalries begins this weekend at the French Open. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have switched positions at the top of men's tennis. The transition from Federer, the former No. 1, to Nadal, the current top dog, has featured epic matches and displays of raw emotion.

Congress has a lot on its plate before the Republicans take over the House in January. Democrats hope to pass a spending bill, and the Jan. 6 committee will issue its final report.

The U.S. Agriculture Department says more than 6,900 Tennessee families used its rural home loan program to buy a house in fiscal year 2013.The USDA says…