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WEBJoe Sonka. , August 29, 2024. Voters in dozens of cities and counties across Kentucky will vote in November on whether to allow medical cannabis businesses to operate there. The public radio service of Western Kentucky University. National, international, and regional news from NPR, BBC, and our own news team. Plus a variety.
Kentucky Lynching Museum Opened 10 Years Before New …
WEBJun 28, 2018 · Some call it the “lynching museum.”. Russellville, Kentucky opened its own small lynching museum 10 years ago, the vision of one man who made a promise to tell the truth. Billie Holiday’s haunting song Strange Fruit about “black bodies swinging in the southern breeze” plays quietly in a one-room lynching-museum in Russellville, Kentucky.
Percussion in Cuban Music: A Crash Course from the WKU …
WEBMar 2, 2019 · A centerpiece of Cuban music is the percussion section. In conjunction with Western Kentucky University's International Year of Cuba, Professor Mark Berry's percussion studio in the Department of Music spent part of its fall semester studying percussion in Cuban music and prepared some short audio features to give listeners a crash course in Cuban music.
As Jefferson Davis Site in Todd County Prepares to Receive Statue, …
WEBJul 7, 2020 · By a vote of 11-to-1, the state Historic Properties Advisory Commission concluded last month that the statue would be most appropriately relocated to the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site in Fairview, Ky. The historic site is 200 miles southwest of the state capitol, in rural Todd County, where the president of the Confederacy was born.
'The appropriate place to honor his memory': John Prine Memorial …
WEBSep 29, 2022 · A ceremony this weekend is honoring a legendary singer-songwriter who helped put Muhlenberg County on the musical map. John Prine’s parents were from the western Kentucky county, and Prine often spent childhood summers in the town of Paradise, which he immortalized in the famous song by that name on his debut album.
Kentucky agriculture community reconciles tornado damages to ...
WEBDec 20, 2021 · Kentucky’s agriculture community is reconciling its losses after a devastating and lethal tornado outbreak earlier this month damaged or destroyed poultry hatcheries and grain bins, killed livestock and destroyed a university research center in western Kentucky.
LG&E Records Show Bernheim Pipeline Would Primarily Benefit …
WEBMar 12, 2021 · LG&E Chief Operating Officer Lonnie Bellar testified Thursday that internal company projections from that time showed Jim Beam would receive 100% of the additional gas provided by the pipeline for the first two years. “Jim Beam will, in that year, will almost be… represent all of the growth in the system if you isolate Jim Beam as a ...
Field set for Warren County Judge-Executive contest, other local …
WEBMay 18, 2022 · The general election contest for Daviess County judge-executive is set after County Commissioner Charlie Castlen won the Republican nomination in Tuesday's primary. He’ll face Democrat Bruce Kunze in the fall, who was the only person to file for his party’s nomination. In other races, Leslie McCarty was …
Kentucky's Muslim Population Prepares for First-Ever Muslim Day …
WEBDec 16, 2019 · J. Tyler Franklin. Kentucky’s Muslim community will gather in Frankfort next month for the inaugural Muslim Day at the state capitol. Muslims from all over the state will tour the building on January 22, meet with legislators, pray in the Rotunda, and receive training on how to advocate for issues affecting the Muslim community.
'Bingocize' Created by WKU Professor Approved to Help Address …
WEBDec 11, 2018 · A program called ‘Bingocize’ created by Western Kentucky University Associate Professor of Exercise Science Jason Crandall has received approval from the National Council on Aging for use in helping older adults prevent falls. Bingocize takes advantage of bingo's popularity with older adults to …