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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Apr 28

Morning workouts at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Apr 20

Tyler Childers performs at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Apr 4

Near Crab Orchard in Lincoln County, Kentucky.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Apr 4

There's flooding throughout many places in Kentucky today, with more rain in the forecast.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Apr 4

Middleburg, Kentucky.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Apr 4

High water in Casey County, Kentucky.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Apr 4

Much of Kentucky is under a flash flood warning after intense rainfall.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 30

Otega Oweh.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 30

Great Crossing beats Bowling Green 71-61 in the UK Healthcare Boys’ Basketball Sweet 16 state tournament championship game.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 30

Great Crossing wins the Kentucky boys' state basketball title.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 29

The Wildcats' run ends in the Sweet 16.

For the first time since 2019, Kentucky advanced past the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 29

Tennessee beats Kentucky 78-65.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 28

Kentucky warms up before its Sweet 16 game against Tennessee in Indianapolis.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 27

Kentucky practices in Indianapolis a day before its Sweet 16 game against Tennessee.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 27

In 2022, a small group of people formed a nonprofit organization, Payne Hollow on the Ohio, which has bought the remote 40-acre property and begun the work of stabilizing it after decades of neglect, Karla Ward writes:

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 27

The couple spent time daily playing music — he on violin and she on a grand piano they had carried a mile down to their cabin from the nearest road.

They read classic literature aloud to one another, sometimes in foreign languages.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 27

Born at the turn of the 20th century, they married in their 40s and spent years floating a houseboat down the river before moving to Payne Hollow in Trimble County, Ky.

They built a home and studio without electricity, and they gardened, fished, foraged and raised goats.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 27

Harlan and Anna Hubbard may be the most famous Kentuckians you’ve never heard of, Karla Ward writes in the @heraldleader.bsky.social.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 24

Kentucky beats Illinois 84-75 in a second-round NCAA Tournament game in Milwaukee.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 23

Kentucky wins.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 23

At the half, Kentucky leads Illinois 37-32.

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · Mar 23

Kentucky and Illinois tip off in about 30 minutes in a second-round NCAA Tournament game in Milwaukee.

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