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Monday, May 3, 2021, marks the 50th anniversary of NPR's first on-air original broadcast. Look back at the network's history through a linear timeline.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jamika Wilson, who is currently nominated for an Oscar in the hairstyling and makeup category for their work on the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

By Angela Hattonhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-922013.mp3Hopkinsville, KY – A local Kentucky history book is nothing…

The president of the Kentucky Hemp Museum hopes to make Hopkinsville its new home. The museum had been a private collection in Lexington, consisting of…

As a gift for new members*, we're offering the WKMS News documentary "West Kentucky High Iron: The Story of Four Rivers Rail." The hour-long special takes…

The Southern Baptist Convention is undergoing a name change. Congregations may soon have the option to call themselves either Southern Baptists or Great…

In honor of World AIDS Day, the StoryCorps oral history project presents the story of how the disease affected one family -- at a time when AIDS was still entering America's consciousness. Mary Caplan shares the story.

A Paducah woman is one of four in the commonwealth the Kentucky Commission on Women is recognizing as an ‘outstanding female mentor’ and role model. Lori…

Kentucky Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jack Conway says the Jefferson Davis statue in the Capitol rotunda belongs elsewhere, and…

The blues-soaked Kansas roots-rock band has come a long way in its 13-year history. Hear two songs.