A high school in Fleming County, KY is taking an unconventional approach to education. At Fleming County High School, students have the...

Video produced by Allie Cornett. Ursula Cornett, German Immigrant to Appalachia describes Ursula’s journey to Eastern Kentucky and her...

Note: This essay is an excerpt from a small booklet about the life story of Frankie Sue Best, complied by Steward Caffey and Masoud...

Nathan Hall has always had a connection to his home in Eastern Kentucky, and now he's working to create innovative opportunities for the...

Although now incorporated into the Pikeville City Limits and with access to city water, sewage, and other public amenities, in 1955,...

Growing up on Island Creek in Pikeville, KY, my sister and I had the best childhood ever. No, seriously, it was almost magical. For one,...

A true story of my mom, my grandparents and a Christmas that would always be remembered. My mother, Louise King Kretzer was born in 1928....

[NOTE: Halleck and Jesse Fisher Williams had seven children, including four boys. The Williams boys – Eugene, Tommy, Charles, and Paul –...

Smart and educated are not exactly the first words that come to mind when picturing women from Appalachia. Unfortunately, in most media...

My husband and I headed out to pick up a pizza on a rainy Saturday evening. Traveling down Frederica Street in Owensboro, Kentucky, the...

From her backyard in South Williamson, KY, Harvard graduate student and Policy and Programming Coordinator for the Muslim Public Affairs...

From atop a mountain in Pikeville, KY, local entrepreneur and small business owner Rusty Justice explains how he feels he has found...