By Steve FlairtyNKyTribune ColumnistMost anyone who has been a student in my elementary classroom knows that I teach and quiz students frequently on the Kentucky state symbols. Interestingly, I
By Steve FlairtyNKyTribune columnistLast week I wrote about a man from Owen County, Harry “Clark” Karsner, who built a small airfield in the county and after World War II, taught military ve
Whether he knew it or not when he was growing up in the humble Kentucky community of Monterey, in Owen County, Harry “Clark” Karsner’s life would one day reach soaring even heavenly height
As a young girl in the 1970s, Becky Munoz’s belief that “the world should not be divided by color” was challenged when her parents moved her family from Lexington to Georgia because of a job tra
By Steve FlairtyNKyTribune columnistAlways with a Kentucky-related book in my hands and being a reviewer for Kentucky Monthly, here are summaries of some of the "newish" ones I’ve recently rea