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Miss Kentucky

Jessica Casebolt of Pikeville is standing tall.

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Inductees Come to the Carnegie

Six gifted wordsmiths who have entered The Great Scriptorium--the library in the sky--were inducted Thursday night into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.

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Tasting History at Baker-Bird Winery

In the 1870s, tiny Bracken County was the nation’s leading wine producer, squeezing more than 30,000 gallons annually. At the center of the enterprise was Abraham Baker Jr., who, prior to 1853, built...

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Some days go to pot for a good cause

Paducah's Empty Bowls project benefits the Community Kitchen.

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Miss Kentucky

Jessica Casebolt of Pikeville is standing tall.

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Tasting History at Baker-Bird Winery

In the 1870s, tiny Bracken County was the nation’s leading wine producer, squeezing more than 30,000 gallons annually. At the center of the enterprise was Abraham Baker Jr., who, prior to 1853, built...

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At Fifteen

In celebration of Kentucky Monthly's 15th Anniversary, we glance at a few other Kentucky icons and where they stood at 15.

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Kentuckians on the Titanic

A presidential military aide and an ophthalmologist were among the unlucky on the RMS Titanic

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The Sailor’s Log

We shouldn’t forget that we’re surrounded by those who have risked their lives—lost their limbs—for the freedoms we often take for granted.

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The Year of the Cardinal Begins at the Top

Our 2013 Kentuckian of the Year: UofL Director of Athletics Tom Jurich

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50 to 1

A long-shot movie tribute to a longer-shot horse

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The Frontier Spirit

Tom Bulleit plunges into his ancestry to resurrect a bourbon legacy

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A Life Devoted to Duty, Honor and Country

Paying tribute to 95 year-old veteran Ivan L. Russell of Webster County

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Creative Connections

Girlhood pals Angela Correll and Heather Henson collaborate to bring Correll’s novel to the stage.

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The Voice of the Mountains

Harlan’s Jordan Smith is Kentucky Monthly’s 2015 Kentuckian of the Year

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Beyond the Fenceline

Bardstown’s American Legion Post 42 visits Guantanamo Bay to assist veterans and high school students

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Looking Down on Lincoln

Did you know Kentucky’s Capitol Rotunda is a dome within a dome? If not, you’re not alone. Few people—more than a dozen and less than 100—each year make the twisted trek to the top of the Capitol dome.

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Beyond the Fenceline

Bardstown’s American Legion Post 42 visits Guantanamo Bay to assist veterans and high school students

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Double Nickel

I must be looking weathered. Maybe not so much as leathery George Hamilton in the latest batch of Colonel Sanders commercials, but apparently I’m no longer a spring chicken.

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Two for Ten

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Kentucky Voices series, Danville’s Pioneer Playhouse is bringing back Elizabeth Orndorff’s Death by Darkness and debuting Angela Correll’s Guarded, the...

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