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Finding history’s lost stories starts here at home

By Michael Caldwell Interim Publisher It is truly amazing how many people from small towns right here in ... Read more

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Making schools safe is possible, but it takes willingness to change

Editor’s note: This is the first of four opinion columns from crisis management expert Thomas Preston, looking at ... Read more

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You really can go home again

By Mike Caldwell Interim Publisher “Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old ... Read more

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Helping law enforcement combat opioid and drug abuse

By MITCH MCCONNELL U.S. Senator On an average day, 175 Americans die from drug overdoses. Families in Kentucky ... Read more

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Hit drug program’s PAUSE button

By JIM WATERS Guest columnist The 340B program was created by Congress in 1992 to provide life-saving medicine ... Read more

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Trump ‘has had some great success’ in first year

By RAND PAUL U.S. Senator It has been said that Ronald Reagan observed that “the person who agrees ... Read more

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How many ways can you say ‘distraction’?

By Jim Waters Guest columnist We may be smack dab in the middle of Kentucky’s basketball season, but ... Read more

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What gifts should we give our political leaders this year?

By AL CROSS Guest columnist For decades, proprietors of this column have bestowed whimsical Christmas gifts on Kentucky ... Read more

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Education’s holy grail: achievement, not racial quotas

By JIM WATERS Guest columnist “All I want for Christmas is for Republicans to act like Republicans,” I ... Read more

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day: A Rethinking of Columbus Day

By Angela Garnett-Garner and William St. Pierre Members – Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission Stanford has become the ... Read more