Watch chorus open ‘Saturday Night Live’ with tribute to Ukraine amid Russian invasion
“Saturday Night Live” opened Feb. 26 with a tribute to Ukraine as a Russian invasion in the country continues. The show, which often cold opens with a comedy sketch, instead … Click to Continue »
Fighting breaks out in Ukraine’s second-largest city. What to know about Kharkiv
Russian military forces pushed into Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, on Sunday, Feb. 27, sparking fierce fighting. After “heavy street fighting and back-and-forth rocket firing,” the mayor announced the city remained … Click to Continue &r…
Transylvania claims conference title, NCAA bid
The Transylvania University women’s basketball team defeated Anderson University 81-51 on Feb. 26, 2022, in Lexington in the championship game of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. … Click to Continue »
High school basketball playoffs: Predictions for every region as the Girls’ Sweet 16 nears
The Kentucky high school girls’ basketball postseason is already underway as we begin to find out who will contend for this year’s Mingua Beef Jerky Girls’ Sweet 16 next month … Click to Continue »
’More than just a box of pancakes.’ Ky. town honors the woman who was first Aunt Jemima
Nancy Green was the first face representing Aunt Jemima on pancake mix boxes sold nationwide. She was born enslaved in Montgomery County and became the first living trademark and a … Click to Continue »
High school basketball playoffs: Predictions for every region as the Boys’ Sweet 16 nears
The Kentucky high school boys’ basketball postseason is already underway as we begin to find out who will contend for this year’s UK Healthcare Boys’ Sweet 16 next month in … Click to Continue »
African Cemetery No. 2: A treasure trove of Black history for Lexington and Kentucky
When Lexington’s Benevolent Society decided to open a cemetery way back in 1869, it was deep in the country outside of Lexington’s city limits. The society — formed by free … Click to Continue »
Four Black Lexingtonians who fought for freedom are memorialized again.
The four new headstones at African Cemetery No. 2 honor four Civil War Veterans who fought for their own freedom, four of some 24,000 Black Kentuckians to do so. Historian … Click to Continue »
They served, too. New database shows Black women’s service in World War II.
At the same time Yvonne Giles has been unearthing military history at African Cemetery No. 2, one of her friends and colleagues decided to ask a slightly different question: What … Click to Continue »
‘A permanent memorial to them.’ Missing headstones for African American veterans replaced
Yvonne Giles is using old military records to apply for headstones for African American veterans buried of African Cemetery No. 2 in Lexington, Ky., whose headstones have been damaged or gone missing over the years. … Click to Continue »
Considering genealogy? Here’s some resources, organizations for Black Kentuckians
Even as resources become more widely available online and a greater number of records digitized, African Americans looking to learn more about their history and heritage face unique challenges. The … Click to Continue »
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