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 »
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 »
’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 »
‘This is a bit of history not widely known.’ African Americans fought for Union, freedom during Civil War
Yvonne Giles talks about the role of enslaved African Americans during the Civil War as they fought for the Union and their freedom. … Click to Continue »
‘A page turner.’ Historical detective work in this cemetery uncovers stories of freedom.
Many years ago, historians Yvonne Giles and Anne Butler began clearing ivy off gravestones in a deserted cemetery in north Lexington and unearthed an entire segment of history that had … Click to Continue »
Decade after death of Trayvon, Black History Month marks birth of Black Lives Matter
Feb. 26th marks 10 years since 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was murdered on his way home to his father’s house in Sanford, Florida. I remember as kid in class we’d learn … 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 »
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