In the Race for No. 1, the No. 2’s may be More Interesting
Ruby Laffoon was born to a staunchly Democratic family in Madisonville, Ky. He was the state’s leader from 1931-35, years which saw deadly turmoil in the coal fields of eastern Kentucky, tumult which he generally ignored although beseeched for humane concessions by […]
At John Riley’s auto body shop at Bardstown Road and Grinstead drive, the wood-paneled walls are dingy from decades of cigarette smoke and paint fumes and lined with photos of granddaughters’ soccer squads, certificates in shoddy frames and faded newspaper clippings. Lining the back wall are several gray file cbinets that look like they haven’t […]
Read the entire articleIn the race to be Kentucky’s next Attorney General, there’s a broker, a toker and a joke(r). Generally speaking, it’s a race we’d rather cancel. Here’s the sad but true tale.
Take a look at the trio vying to be Kentucky’s next attorney general and you’ve got to wonder: Is this the best Kentucky’s legal […]
There is a theory about the continuum of life, that it consists of two elements. As it goes, there is existence up to and including graduation from high school. And there is what comes after.
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