When the world forgets its humanity
Some days, the news doesn’t just inform, it settles into the bones.
It arrives like a weather change you feel before you can name it. A pressure drop in the chest. A tightening behind the eyes. Something in the air that tells you harm is moving in, whether we’re ready for it or not.
What we are witnessing right now is not...
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Your Voice: Reader laments loss of Traveling Trail
The subject of this letter is the future of what we Clark Countians know as The Traveling Trail, and at its conclusion, I wish to make two appeals.
The owner of this trail property is The Greater Clark Foundation. Part of the foundation’s Mission Statement describes it as “a health legacy foundation” and states that it favors “investment in people over projects” and “ambition for a vibrant community.” It goes on to say that it believes...
Winchester city manager resigns
Winchester City Manager Bruce Manley has abruptly resigned after less than two years on the job.
In his Feb. 3 letter to Mayor JoEllen Reed and the Board of Commissioners, which was accepted at the board’s meeting Tuesday afternoon, Manley gave no reason for his leaving.
Winchester Police to support ICE
The Winchester Police Department has an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to assist in processing for deportation of undocumented immigrants who are already incarcerated for other crimes.
Police Chief Travis Thompson said in an interview with WinCity Voices on Tuesday that he applied for the program in December, three days after he learned about it. The department will get funding from ICE to train two officers and provide equipment for those officers, as well as...
Kentucky Black lawmakers’ program reflects on Black history and the need to still teach it
Speakers reflected on the past, looked to the future and urged courage in the present during the annual Black History Celebration presented by the Kentucky Black Legislative Caucus.
Keynote speaker, educator and researcher Roger Cleveland encouraged the crowd at the Kentucky History Center Tuesday to commit to building a future that is inclusive to all while meeting the current “uncertain times” with courage.
Black History Month is a reminder that progress is never accidental, Cleveland said. “It...
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Kentucky Black lawmakers’ program reflects on Black history and the need to still teach it
Speakers reflected on the past, looked to the future and urged courage in the present during the annual Black History Celebration presented by the Kentucky Black Legislative Caucus.
Keynote speaker, educator and researcher Roger Cleveland encouraged the crowd at the Kentucky History Center Tuesday to commit to building a future that is inclusive to all while meeting the current “uncertain times” with courage.
Black History Month is a reminder that progress is never accidental, Cleveland said. “It has always been a result of people … who acted, and people who have held themselves and their institutions accountable.” Cleveland said that Kentuckians cannot...
An Open-Hearted Invitation To Trump Voters
Human history is a record of changed minds. There was a time when most people believed the Earth was flat. Sailors feared falling off the edge of the world. New evidence slowly replaced fear with understanding.
We once believed disease was caused by “bad humours.” Then germ theory overturned that worldview entirely. That brave, humble mindshift saved millions of lives.
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