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Tornado damage in Sparta, Kentucky
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (46+ words) The tornado damage in Sparta, Kentucky, left one house mostly untouched, but just across the street, only a foundation and an RV remain. The tornado damage in Sparta, Kentucky, left one house mostly untouched, but just across the street, only…...
Virginia's Civil Rights Trail: Six Historic Sites That Changed America
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (360+ words) More from Smithsonian magazine Explore powerful sites along Virginia’s Civil Rights Trail where student activism, peaceful protest, and landmark legal battles helped reshape the nation’s fight for equality Two-to-four hours is a good amount of time to thoroughly experience both…...
Richmond: Rosie The Riveter Park Remains Open But Shutdown Closes Visitor Center
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (154+ words) Much of the national park dedicated to Rosie the Riveter -- immortalized in a World War II poster with the words "We Can Do It!" -- remains open to the public, although the federal government shutdown... Much of the national park dedicated…...
Shockoe Institute opens 'Expanding Freedom' illuminating Richmond’s role as slave trade epicenter
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (381+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — Shockoe Institute President and CEO Marland Buckner said the message of the new exhibit ‘Expanding Freedom’ inside Richmond’s Main Street Station is clear: Americans have nothing to fear from the facts. The institute received an $11 million grant from…...
'We The People' exhibit showcases immigrant stories that shaped Virginia
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (336+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — An exhibit under construction at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture will tell the stories of immigrants who helped shape Virginia. Museum researchers and curators traveled Virginia to interview participants for "We The People: The World in…...
Kentucky is uniquely vulnerable to disasters. It doesn't have to be
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (80+ words) Disaster-stricken communities around the state have found solutions to protect people and property, but they need help. The year began with a relentless battering of natural disasters. Almost no Kentucky county was spared. First was the ice storm in January,…...
EDITORIAL | Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus: Those famous words ring as true today as they did in 1897
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (36+ words) It is, perhaps, the most famous editorial ever written. One that has been reprinted year in,, year out in newspapers around the world. It first appeared in the Sept. 27, 1897, edition of the New York......
Nonprofit Richmond Hill to begin $1M backyard preservation project next year
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (1155+ words) Jackie DiBartolomeo December 12, 2025 0 A rendering of the outdoor gathering space for the Judy Project. (Renderings courtesy Baskervill) A local faith-based nonprofit is gearing up on the next phase of its project to rehabilitate a piece of Richmond history in its…...
She’s literally older than sliced bread. Virginia Beach WWII vet turns 105 this year.
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (713+ words) In 1920, prohibition was enacted. The 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified. The country was still on the gold standard. And the First World War had ended just two years earlier. Sliced bread wasn’t commercially sold until…...
They set out to photograph all 120 Kentucky counties. They found 'common humanity"
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (206+ words) By June, Wathen, Bob Hower and Bill Burke were crisscrossing the commonwealth, equipped with Polaroid cameras, "all the Polaroid film we could shoot" and little else. "You got 20 bucks a day, and that was your food, gas and lodging," Wathen…...