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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...

By  Alexandra Sandefur On a warm late April day in 2018, Sherry Ballard pulls off onto the shoulder of the Bluegrass Parkway in Bardstown, Kentucky. The spot is just past mile marker 13. The strip of land on the other side of the guardrail dips down to a little valley...

By Sille Veilmark The rocky chamber in the world’s biggest cave system, Mammoth Cave, is dimly lit. The echoing chatter from 107 mouths dies out as the flock approaches a slim man with red beard. He is wearing a stiff park ranger hat, and the glue in his hiking shoes...