Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kentucky's economic numbers are a mixed bag in the 2024 American Community Survey released last week. (Getty Images) Poverty is ...

The latest Arlie Hochschild book "Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right" explores how eastern Kentucky — a once-and-still proud place — has endured a sense of damaged pride. It's due to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volunteers begin to unpack turkeys to give to meal recipients as part of God’s Pantry Food Bank Sharing Thanksgiving program in ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky Youth Advocates released the 2025 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Dashboard today, featuring county-level data on child health, education, economic security and family ...

David Maynard says the area of Martin County he grew up in was steeped in poverty. It wasn’t particularly safe then, and it still isn’t now. Eastern Kentucky residents say a 'caste system' keeps them ...

Stephen C. “Steve” Cawood said that as a child growing up in Pineville his family’s position insulated him from the region’s poverty, which he would discover as a student in college and law school.