Former broadcaster, elected official Henry Lackey dies
Former Henderson broadcaster, state senator and mayor Henry G. Lackey died Thursday morning, Feb. 5, at the University of Kentucky...
Henderson County’s jobless rate plummets in December
Henderson County’s unemployment rate plummeted in December compared with one year earlier, the Kentucky Center for Statistics reported Thursday. The...
Building numbers fall sharply after red-hot 2024
(This article first appeared in the February print edition of the Hendersonian.) After a red-hot construction year in 2024 fueled...
Local jobless rate drops
Henderson County’s unemployment rate fell one-half percentage point in November compared with one year earlier, the Kentucky Center for Statistics...
Field & Main Bank to be acquired by Louisville’s Stock Yards Bank
In an unexpected move, Henderson-based Field & Main Bank—which holds the largest share of the local market—is to be acquired...
A lot has changed since the Bicentennial
(This column first appeared in the January print edition of the Hendersonian.) A new year is upon us and we’ll...
Rockettes’ ‘Christmas Spectacular’ is must-see in NYC
(This column first appeared in the December print edition of the Hendersonian.) We were in New York City several Decembers...
Civil rights and community leader Thomas Platt, 96, dies
Longtime civil rights and community leader Thomas Platt, who was much-honored for his contributions to African-American life in Henderson, died...
Railroad depot owner seeks to capture stories of ‘when Union Station was central to the lives of Hendersonians’
Slowly, painstakingly—one window sill, one restored door, one light fixture at a time—the old Union Station railroad depot on Fourth...
Want to read a good book? Ask my wife.
(This column first appeared in the November print edition of the Hendersonian.) “I think you would like this book,” my...