Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by ...
A normal workday in a Kentucky cornfield turned into a moment of breathtaking discovery. In the summer of 2023, a local farmer tilling his land stumbled on what would become one of the biggest troves ...
A special presentation titled “The Boys of Camp Calhoun,” exploring the history of a Union Civil War encampment in the Green River Valley, is coming to the Owensboro Museum of Science and History at 6 ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Kentucky professor Melanie Goan provided introductory remarks to begin her lecture on the state's decision to keep slavery or abolish ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Two centuries after it was built, the log cabin of a Civil War spy is being brought back to life in Taylorsville, Kentucky. State Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon, joined ...
On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and great-grandfather before him.But the history of the Bryan family farm dates back more than ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A group braved Tuesday morning's chill for a joint grave dedication ceremony at the Lexington Cemetery, honoring two brothers who were divided by war but now rest together.