Today I’m remembering what Lela Scopes told me about her famous brother for my Paducah Sun story going on 46 years ago. She said before John Thomas Scopes left...
The late Augusta Yvonne Thomas of Louisville embodied the civil rights, labor and women’s rights movements. “Augusta organized thousands of women and minorities into the union movement,’’ said her...
Samuel Crawford, one of approximately 24,000 Black Kentuckians who fought for their freedom and helped save the Union, is buried in virtual anonymity in Mayfield’s Oak Crest Cemetery. The...
Donald Trump says he wants Canada as our 51st state. But he’s not the first American politician who’s yearned to unfurl the Stars and Stripes over our northern neighbor....