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Growing Up Carloftis
The star garden designer's path to success started with a unique Kentucky upbringing. more »
May 29, 2012 in Places
Sharp Dressed Man
Mark Twain once argued, “The clothes make the man.” Crittenden Rawlings is the man who makes the clothes... more »
Jul 27, 2012 in People
Of Musical Note
A new group of musicians will soon have their names inscribed in the history books as members of the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame. more »
Mar 25, 2013 by Jackie Hollenkamp Bentley in Music
Photo courtesy of WKU Athletic Media Relations
King of the Hill
With a coaching win rate of 83 percent, you'd better believe Western Kentucky University coach Ray Harper knows what he's doing. more »
Feb 20, 2013 by Gary P. West in People
Making the Call
Self-described “country boys” Harold Knight and David Hale turn friendship and a love of hunting into a decades-long business phenomenon. more »
Feb 20, 2013 by Gary Garth in Field Notes (2 Comments)
Chapel of Love
Fess Halcomb knows he is a blessed man. He spent six decades with a love of a lifetime. more »
Feb 14, 2013 by Megan Smith in Home (2 Comments)
Creative Culinarion
Janine Washle of CloverField Farms & Kitchen in Big Clifty lends her tasty talents to Kentucky Monthly. more »
Feb 20, 2013 in | FOOD |
Jesse Stuart: A Man of the Country, a Man of the World
Forever connected to the classrooms of Greenup County, beloved Kentucky author Jesse Stuart also taught students and audiences in the far corners of the world. more »
Jan 18, 2013 by Robbie Clark in People (4 Comments)
Abby Laub
More than Junk
A couple’s labor of love transforms trash into the stories of a community. more »
Jan 18, 2013 by Abby Laub in Arts & Entertainment
Aaron Was
Lexington man's spirit of giving lives on. more »
Dec 27, 2012 by Rachael Guadagni in People
Miss Kentucky
Jessica Casebolt of Pikeville is standing tall. more »
Dec 27, 2012 by Stephen M. Vest in People
Frank Bill: All Work and No Play
Among the rugged industry of Louisville’s southwest side, award-winning writer Frank Bill finds inspiration for his fiction. more »
Oct 11, 2012 by Carrie Gaffney in People (1 Comments)
Distant Voices
My father would have been the first to tell you that he was not a hero, but he was a hero to me... more »
Nov 8, 2012 by James Duane Bolin in People
A Comforting Presence
The James Graham Brown Cancer Center's Barbara Kruse lends a caring hand - and more - to cancer patients. more »
Oct 10, 2012 by Jackie Hollenkamp Bentley in Health
Opry Bound
Musician J.D. Shelburne has a dream and he believes “Farmboy,” his new single from I’ll Be Your Cowboy may make it happen... more »
Oct 11, 2012 by Laura Younkin in People (1 Comments)
Continuing the Legacy
Five Kentucky literary masters reflect on their mentors and discuss up-and-coming writers. more »
Jul 27, 2012 in People
Hell Along the Border
The bloody saga of mass murderer and Confederate guerilla Champ Ferguson more »
Oct 10, 2012 by Ron Soodalter in People
Steve Vest
Kentucky Monthly's founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief shares his amusing musings in every issue, with bonus material here on his online blog, Extra Vested.
Gary Garth
Our Field Notes Kentributor shares his love of the Kentucky great outdoors.
Dana McMahan
Read about our food writer's county-by-county adventures in search of Kentucky's most interesting eats.
Kristy Robinson Horine
Writer, teacher, poet, artist, mother & wife Kristy Robinson Horine shares her oftentimes humorous musings on what it means to be a Kentuckian.
Walt Reichert
Kentucky Monthly's Gardening Kentributor provides down-to-earth advice and encourages our green thumbs to emberge.
