Linda Blackford

Lexington joins other Kentucky communities in acknowledging painful history of racial violence One of Lexington’s biggest Juneteenth events now takes place at Gatton Park; on Saturday, Soulfest filled the amphitheater with the smells of BBQ while music wa... See more

5:30 Commentary Commentary Editor’s Notebook: Are data centers the new coal mines of Kentucky? Like coal, data centers make big promises. But will money just flow out of state? A mountaintop near Cumberland, Kentucky, remains scarred after it was strip mi... See more

10:18 Commentary Commentary Editor’s Notebook: Who – and what – were the winners and losers from Kentucky’s primary? It’s not just about the candidates, it’s also about ideas US Rep. Thomas Massie gives his concession speech at his watch party in Hebron, ... See more

On Friday morning, Kentucky Oaks Day, I was greatly entertained by a column in the Courier-Journal by Eric Reynolds bemoaning the corporatization of the Kentucky Derby. The opening line, “The Kentucky Derby has been kidnapped and dressed in a seersucker s... See more

Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Linda Blackford, Lexington Herald-Leader Harriette Simpson Arnow, the Kentucky writer who chronicled the Appalachian diaspora in novels like “The Dollmaker,” grew up in Pulaski Count... See more