The imposing red brick mansion atop a hill just outside of Richmond is a fitting palace for the American royalty who called it home for nearly a century.      White Hall, the Italianate-style villa filled with heirloom and period furnishings, is today a Kentucky Historic Site, but in the 19th century was home to…

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By Patti Nickell   Fall has traditionally been known as festival season in Kentucky.   From Bardstown to Bowling Green; Leitchfield to Lexington; Maysville to Morehead, the commonwealth holds a season-long celebration.      Bourbon, burgoo, barbecue and beer cheese all get their week.  Bluegrass music and jazz; railroads and roots & heritage; arts & crafts…

more: Millstone Festival brings fall fun to the heart of downtown Richmond

At most restaurants, if you find yourself unable to be seated immediately, you’re handed a circular disk that lights up to alert you when your table is ready. So, what do you do in the interim? If you’re like most, you stand around, nervously glancing every 20 seconds at the disk to ensure you don’t…

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  It is a commonly held belief that the Civil War is still being fought between the North and the South – two geographic regions which are different in so many areas, from culture to agriculture.      While that statement may be hyperbole, at least one aspect is still true today.  The Civil War ended…

more: Battle of Richmond Reenactment

In 1798, when John Miller, a veteran of the Revolutionary War battle of Yorktown, stumbled upon a slice of the Kentucky Bluegrass Region rich with good spring water and excellent soil, he did the only natural thing. He settled there, naming the spot Richmond in honor of his Virginia birthplace. Initially, it didn’t much resemble its…

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Richmond, KY—January 6, 2024—Lori Murphy-Tatum, Executive Director of the Richmond Tourism Commission, will serve as the 2024 President of the Kentucky Association of Conventions and Visitors Bureau (KACVB). Murphy-Tatum and other KACVB officers were elected by the Association’s membership at the December 2023 meeting in Henderson, Kentucky.  “The Kentucky travel industry is one of Kentucky’s…

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 BY FREEDA FLYNN Staff Writer at THE EASTERN PROGRESS Written Halloween 1973  “It is my will that this device of Irivinton shall never, either by gift or sale be in any way connected with Eastern Normal School, of Richmond, Kentucky or any other institution of learning, all claim to this device, as herein set forth…

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  By Shannon Clinton    While some people need reminders to stop and smell the roses, Alvina Maynard says she sometimes has to remind herself to pause from her ranch chores long enough to stop and enjoy the llamas, watching them interact with each other in the pasture.  Maynard is the owner of River Hill…

more: Flock to River Hill Ranch this weekend for an Alpaca good time!

By Shannon Clinton In the late August Kentucky heat in 1862, the Battle of Richmond was fought between Union and Confederate troops in the American Civil War. “It was the second-largest Civil War battle in Kentucky, and it was the most decisive victory that either side had over the other during the entire war,” says…

more: Assemble your family units and march to the Battle of Richmond Reenactment Aug. 27-28