By Skyler Ballard The boys of the Bowling Green Projects United soccer team huddle in a corner of the field before their game. Their coach, Daniel Tarnagda, opens a box of brand new uniforms and passes them out. The boys hold them up, excited about the small...
Splitting a Family: A Scientology Story
By Evan Heichelbech Judging by the inside of Danni Peck’s apartment in Bowling Green, she’s a happy person. She even says she is. The posters on her walls aren’t evenly spaced or patterned in any way, but they cover most of the walls. She estimates that she has over...
Multicultural dinner is family tradition
By Katie Zdunek Twelve ramekin-size white dishes are brought out on a brown plastic tray by an older Korean woman who speaks broken English and spends her time between the front and back of house. We, the largest and only multicultural family in Koreana II, sit in the...
When I’m Healed
By Abby Potter Beverly Carr, 53, writes down ingredients for a summertime fresh fruit smoothie. Her bony fingers click the mouse, and she opens a new recipe on Pinterest. She writes this down too, carefully copying every direction and organic ingredient. “I have to...
“Baked” treats defy Kentucky law
By Erian Bradley On one cold October night, she walks into her galley kitchen barefoot, scratching her head before switching on the light above the oven. She reaches into her light brown cabinet to grab her white hand mixer and a bowl to start her first batch for the...
Growing Together
By Skyler Ballard After long hours of working in the fields, Drew Snider stretches and hops down off his tractor and heads toward the barn. His wife, Laney, greets him with a wide smile and a handful of flowers to deliver to a customer’s car. When the customers leave,...
How I Met My Mother
By Katie Zdunek My childhood was periodically sugar-free. Sporadic impulses led Mom to purge the house of junk food, disfiguring the pantry with Kix cereal and Nutrigrain bars. Kix tastes like cardboard spritzed with sugar water. In 2% milk, the thin coat of hope is...
Kentucky’s last abortion clinic
By Michelle Hanks On the sidewalk of a four-lane, one-way street, a woman walks to EMW Surgical Center in Louisville, Kentucky for her appointment. It’s a Saturday morning in the fall and the sun is just about the peek through the almost leafless trees. She is...
Shelter from the Storm
By Emily DeLetter The main gathering room of the Catholic Action Center is crowded. It’s Sunday, and more than 100 people are sitting and standing at various donated tables, chairs and couches around the room, waiting for the weekly meeting to begin. Promptly at one...
Parents in Rural Kentucky Struggle to Help Their Foster Sons
By Morgan Hornsby As dusk approaches, two brothers race their scooters from the tree to the back of their dad’s truck bed. The youngest of the two, Alex, wears a diaper while he tries to mimic his brother’s quick steps and easy glide. A shirtless Dawson does not let...
Ayurveda in the West
By Amelia Epley When an upscale boutique in trendy East Nashville hosts an event called “Managing Anxiety with Ayurveda,” they offer rosé. I declined the rosé. Instead, I sipped on the herbal tea I bought at Ugly Mugs next door and explored the natural health and...
Leisa Hutchison: A Life Devoted to Helping the Disabled
By James Humphrey At a table in the middle of a large room at Thanksgiving dinner for Best Buddies, the organization’s president, Leisa Hutchison, 55, scooped food from her son Ben’s plate and fed it to him. Ben, 21, has FG syndrome – a rare X-chromosome linked...