Author: Chris Kenning, Louisville Courier Journal

Residents of Mayfield, Kentucky, went to shelters or made due at home despite a lack of services following a tornado that devastated the community.

An Indiana county once home to America’s worst drug-fueled HIV outbreak voted to scrap its syringe exchange credited with halting the epidemic.

Bail funds in Louisville and across the country won a massive financial infusion this summer as protests began in late May.

Louisville chaplain Adam Ruiz found himself thrust into some of the global pandemic’s most private and painful moments.

A public health expert said Appalachia faces a “perfect storm” of vulnerabilities to the coronavirus that could stagger residents and the economy.