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By Angela HattonMurray, KY – Former Murray State University football coach Frank Beamer is in town for the Woodmen of the World Racers Legends Luncheon.…

By Duane BolinMurray, KY – Journalist Ambrose Bierce said History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by…

By Jacque Dayhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-795277.mp3Eddyville, Kentucky – On Friday, Marco Allen Chapman became the…

By Angela HattonHazel, KY – A graveside service is planned Friday in Hazel for the founding president of Northern Kentucky University. Dr. W. Frank…

At issue is whether states that once blocked African-Americans from voting should still be subject to the landmark 1965 legislation.

Update: Today on Sounds Good, we featured the six finalists in this contest.The six finalists are "Paducah True" by Joe Hansen, "Paddlewheels" by George…

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On this day one year ago, a catastrophic EF5 multiple-vortex tornado, with a width of one mile ripped threw the southern part of Joplin, Missouri. With…

NPR's Daniel Zwerdling traveled to Nicaragua to report on a new twist in the ever expanding global economy. As international companies travel the world in search of cheap labor, some workers are trying to form unions to demand better wages and better conditions. Zwerdling tells the story of Chentex, a Taiwanese consortium that was attracted to Nicaragua because the nation offered space in an industrial park, no taxes for the first ten years and lots of people willing to work for low wages. But unlike many developing nations where "sweatshops' are set-up, Nicaragua has a history of unions. Under the Sandinistas, peasants and factory workers were encouraged to unionize. When the workers, mostly women, tried to organize at the Chentex factory they were fired and harassed. The way the workers see it, the government made a kind of pact with the devil and they need unions to protect themselves. The way the government sees it, international companies offer employment and a much needed economic boost. The way the companies see it, they are not anti-union, and they are offering work and wages in places where none would exist without them.

Before World War II, 15 million Jews lived in Eastern Europe. Most of their stories were lost through war and migration. But now, a group of researchers is compiling the largest regional online archive of Jewish life, past and present. NPR's Guy Raz reports on the Centropa project -- view some of the photos included in the archive, and read the stories behind the images.