Veteran journalist Sam Dick tells stories about the places and people of the Commonwealth. Have a story idea? Send it to Sam.
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Sam Dick goes off the beaten path to Lilley Cornett Woods in Letcher County to experience the area's natural beauty.
Sam Dick goes off the beaten path to meet Dale Morgan, an athlete turned financial literacy teacher.
Sam Dick went off the beaten path to visit Trooper Island along the Kentucky-Tennessee border.
Sam Dick goes off the beaten path to meet Sarah Lister, who has delivered hundreds of care baskets to blood cancer patients.
Sam Dick goes off the beaten path to profile Walter Tunis, longtime music critic for the Lexington Herald Leader.
Sam Dick went off the beaten path to Royal Ranch Church & Ministries, where rescued animals are part of the Sunday service.
Sam Dick goes off the beaten path to meet a Laurel County couple who make and sell cheese on their East Bernstadt dairy farm.
Sam Dick traveled off the beaten path to talk to a 90-year-old YouTube content creator who loves to tell stories
Sam Dick goes off the beaten path to visit Brian Hovis, a croquet champion in Morehead, Kentucky.
Off the Beaten Path story by Sam Dick about twin sisters in Lexington who help take care of senior citizens
Madison County resident Ronnie McWhorter makes various woodcrafts include dough bowls
Sam Dick goes "Off the Beaten Path" to tell the story of a storyteller who specializes in small Kentucky towns
Sam Dick went Off the Beaten Path to catch up with Father Jim Sichko in Harrodsburg for his “60-minutes of Jesus” talk.
Whitney uses the “Grappler” to pickup litter(Sam Dick / WEKU )Whitney Lewis slowly makes her way through some brambles near the Kentucky River in Jessamine County and aims her litter pickup tool called a Grappler for a beer can. She puts it in a small plastic bag. She started picking up litter in the Spring of 2023 as part of an Earth Day challenge(Sam Dick / WEKU)Once the bag is full, Whitney starts with another one and fills it up with litter. She estimates that in the last three years, she’s taken 27,000 bags of trash out of Kentucky woods, roadsides, and lakes. “It started as an Earth Day
New Scout Executive Jessica Moses says Camp McKee represents the past and the future of scouting in the Blue Grass Council.
A look at the tradition of food and family at the B&N Market in Bagdad, KY.
One tiny Kentucky town’s holiday tradition reaches people around the country every December.
A Louisville man is turning century-old trash into treasures after making a discovery with the help of a groundhog.
Classes are being taught in Anderson County, Kentucky on how to balance a checkbook, budgeting, car maintenance, home repairs, and learning how to develop a career.
Don’s book of photos and memories is “Winds of Change”. This montage was part of a memorial for the late photographer.(Sharon Aters and Wally Gross / Submitted)Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Stones, and The Beatles…. all rock ‘n roll legends who helped shape a musical and cultural revolution in America in the 1960s. A Versailles man was front and center to it all. Don Aters was 21 and living in San Francisco after serving in the U-S Navy, where he learned about photography. It led to a lifelong journey of photographing rock stars at concerts. Don Aters began photographing rock concerts starti
The hip-hop movement is fifty-two years old and a multi-billion-dollar industry affecting fashion, dance, and how young people express themselves.Sam Dick went off the beaten path to see a Lexington hip-hop group promoting physical art and mental well-being through dance.
Carp have increasingly become a nuisance in waterways across the country. A southern Kentucky high school teacher and his students are using the invasive fish to feed injured raptors, like bald eagles, vultures and hawks.
Everyday thousands of patients and family members come thru the waiting rooms and hallways of Baptist Health Lexington, and if they’re lucky, they meet a couple of four-legged volunteers.
A feature about the work of Stephen Rolfe Powell
Sandy Hedges-Livingood is the director of ADHC(Sam Dick / WEKU )At ten o’clock on a weekday morning Southland Lanes in Lexington is buzzing with excited bowlers up and down the lanes. At one end a group of people all dressed in the same black shirt prepare for a competitive morning of bowling. The shirts have white letters that say “Joseph Allen ADHC Bowling Team.” ADHC stands for Adult Day Health Center which is one of the programs run from a non-profit called Bourbon Heights. The center in Paris offers support for adults with special needs. 59-year-old Sandy Hedges-Livingood, director of ADH
