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By Erian Bradley A 21-year-old college student is sitting on her couch in her apartment reading her accounting textbook   Arianna Smith and her son are celebrating a birthday together at the scholar house event. while studying for a test she has soon. Her...

By Nicholas Wagner It was a typical Friday morning on April 7 for Diana Lopez, just another day driving her son, Donovan, to school in Nashville traffic. Lopez conversed with her son about his upcoming tests, while her short stature perked up to see over the hood of...

By Nicholas Wagner A Bowling Green Police Department squad car crosses the tracks into a neighborhood known as Little Mexico on Saturday, May 6, 2016, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Across the tracks in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Mexican nationals are celebrating Cinco de...

By Michelle Hanks Johnetta Pryor, 56, said it was a normal Friday evening for her at her bar, Johnetta’s Pub on Scottsville Road in Bowling Green, while she was waiting for her son. Jeremy Pryor, Johnetta’s son, was supposed to be on his way to DJ at the pub after he...

By Abby Potter As passerbys hustled about their days, Walter Wilkerson, 77, sat with his thoughts in the crisp September air. Wilkerson, of Adolphus, who boasted of long southern lineage, said he believed the removal of Confederate monuments was unacceptable. “Leave...

By Yasmine Sadrinia In the lobby of a crowded doctors office, Lisa Howard, a 53-year-old waitress from Bardstown, is patiently awaiting her appointment with her eye doctor. Howard suffers from glaucoma, a disease that damages the eye’s optic nerve. The Glaucoma...

By Olivia Mohr Domestic violence shelters in Kentucky and nationwide are struggling to meet a growing need for services. In Bowling Green, Kentucky, the Barren River Area Safe Space (BRASS) is at or above capacity most of the year. Tori Henninger, executive director...

By Kaitlyn Craft For Heather Mendez, 38 of Glasgow, the pension crisis in Kentucky hits close to home with her brother being a teacher at Grapevine Elementary School in Madisonville, Kentucky. Mendez’s brother, along with thousands of other Kentucky public employees,...

By Amelia Brett Lam Nu, 26, serves a plate of warm honey chicken on a chilly Wednesday afternoon as customers wander into Yangon Bistro on Morgantown Road. Nu takes a quick break and eases herself into a chair as she recalls her experiences before and after arriving...

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...