Kentucky history

Almost 70 years ago today. Did Billy Ray and Lucky actually save Hopkinsville from an alien invasion?

As Kentucky as bourbon and fried chicken! This is a really cool story. -->

The Kentucky farmer who discovered millions in gold coins has come forward anonymously to discuss finding the 'Great Kentucky Hoard.'

Here's a little piece of forgotten Kentucky history about a Henderson man who once spent 12 hours ALOFT over the Ohio River while kite surfing.

This group of determined Kentuckians made sure folks in Appalachia had access to books in the early 1900s. On horseback through all kinds of weather and terrain, they started some of the state's first libraries.

Now abandoned and decaying on the Ohio River, this vessel has had many lives from a luxury yacht, to serving in two world wars, to starring in a music video, But how did it get from New Jersey to Kentucky? -->

Before getting fired from his job as a telegraph operator, this brilliant mind lived in a small shotgun house in Louisville's Historic Butchertown.

You can take a large step back in time with a wonderful opportunity presented by Fort Boonesborough State Park.

On a clear Spring day in 1876, chunks of meat fell from the sky over a small Kentucky town. It lives in infamy as the Kentucky Meat Shower. Here's what really happened. Spoiler alert: it's pretty gross!

The city with the highest elevation in Kentucky is pretty tiny but PACKED with rich history.

In the late 1970s, I attended Thruston Elementary School just outside the city limits of Owensboro, KY. I just recently learned about the man the school was named after.

Learn the real-life tale of a forgotten colony with ties to Kentucky and Tennessee that will surprise even the most well-versed history nerd.