A new book from a Kentucky native details the last public hanging in the United States, which took place in Owensboro 1936, and examines it through the lens of lynch culture in America.
National Quilt Museum program aims to stitch together math, fiber arts for students
A new initiative pieced together by the National Quilt Museum is using the fiber arts to teach K-12 students about geometry and other mathematical principles.
Floods may have damaged 800-year-old Native American cave art in Clarksville
Dunbar Cave State Park announced that floodwaters had “completely submerged” the cave art, something park manager David Britton said had “never happened before.” Archeologists are examining potential impacts to the cave drawings and bracing for the worst.
One of Kentucky’s last remaining movie rental stores is still fighting in the age of streaming
Symsonia, a one-stoplight town, is home to one of the last movie rental shops in the region. Carol Turner has run Symsonia Video for more than 35 years.
Construction of massive Kentucky Lock project hits milestone after nearly 25 years
The Kentucky Lock Addition Project — a more than $1.5 billion federal construction effort — aims to solve the logjam by doubling the length of the lock that flows resources and products to 20 states.




