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While the Hopkins County Genealogical Society’s focus is helping people find their family history, they also help educate people on the history of Kentucky.

Dr. Brian Clardy, associate professor of History at Murray State University, has been unanimously elected the next Chair of the Kentucky Humanities Council (KHC) Board of Directors. Clardy was first appointed to the KHC and the Kentucky Oral History Commission by Governor Andy Beshear in 2020. He currently serves as the Vice Chair of the KHC Board to Judge Charles W. Boteler of Louisville, and chair of the Kentucky Oral History Commission.

Film explores the history of segregation in recreational settings

Michael Thomas Britt, a revered church musician and choir director who composed organ accompaniments to 1920s silent films, died Sept. 14 at Mercy Medical Center. The Bolton Hill resident was 61.

Longreads Best of 2020: Essays All Best of Longreads illustrations by Kjell Reigstad. All through December, we’re featuring Longreads’ Best of 2020. This year, our editors picked and featured hundreds of beautifully written and poignant essays published on the web. Because of the wide range of writing across many topics and themes, it was a challenge to sift through them all over the past several weeks to compile a definitive Best of Essays list. As I shortlisted stories, I realized there could be many different versions of this list, but, in the end, these eight reads really spoke to me...