Journalist, editor, writer, researcher
I interned at the Herald-Leader during the summer of 2016. I worked the features, business, news and breaking news desks and produced local feature profiles on artists, musicians, people of interest and small business owners for print and online.
FRANKFORT–A group of students stood in the ballroom of the Carl M. Hill Student Center at Kentucky State University as they prepared to give an elevator pitch — a succinct and persuasive sales pitch — to a panel of three judges. Customizable Cases, or CC Inc., was the name they had decided on for their … Continue reading Recording exec visits KSU to hear minority students’ tech product pitches
Behind the home of Courtney Brown, a Lexington native and the owner of Courtney’s Creations, is an expansive green space that one might not initially expect to find. Several trees form a path behind her garage to the backyard. Sunlight filters through the trees; the branches bend and arch along the path; you have to … Continue reading Courtney’s Creations: fairy houses, succulents
Hope Hurst Lanham is the third generation of the Hurst family to be at the wheel of the 93-year-old Hurst Business Supply and Office Furniture. But she’s the first to manage the store’s new location at 500 Buck Lane. Hurst moved from its location at 257 E. Short Street — where it had been for … Continue reading Family-owned Hurst Business Supply moves to new location
Outside her home in Berea on an overcast Tuesday afternoon, Kayla Gerkens, an 18-year-old sophomore at Eastern Kentucky University, sits in a chair and works away, applying a variety of colored dyes to a scrunched up white T-shirt. The shirt has been pinched, folded and held by rubber bands in a way so that the … Continue reading 1960s are back in fashion at teen’s Dippy Hippie Tie Dyes business
A group of people led by two high school students marched downtown Wednesday night to protest police brutality. Rozalyn Wingate, a senior from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, and Diamond Roberts, a junior at Henry Clay, organized the event “We Move.” The event encouraged people to create change by taking action. Wingate said they organized … Continue reading Students lead march in downtown Lexington against police brutality
The residents at Pine Meadows Health Care began to close their eyes and hold hands with one another as the room grew quiet. Resident Lula McDonald sat in her wheelchair and lead the room in prayer. She thanked God for the wonderful young men who were with her in the room and she asked that … Continue reading WKU fraternity team pedals through Lexington for Alzheimer’s research
Discussion regarding new body cameras for Lexington police dominated a town hall event sponsored by the Lexington chapter of the NAACP at the Lyric Theatre on Thursday. William Saunders, president of the chapter, was joined by Police Chief Mark Barnard, who answered questions about the new policy from Saunders and from the audience of about … Continue reading Lexington NAACP holds town hall with police chief about body cameras
Sitting outside Papa John’s Pizza across from the University of Kentucky’s Singletary Center for the Arts on Thursday night, Quel Coleman, 19, was anxiously waiting. In fact, the Atlantan had been waiting for for a year to download Pokémon Go. “This is probably going to take over my life,” Coleman said. “I might not come … Continue reading Pokémon Go has players exploring Lexington and pursuing adventure
Gathered around a square metal table, the artists are seated, hunched over, working meticulously on their drawings while a painting of a Stormtrooper on a red background watches over them. Some are creating symbols and colorfully drawing them; others are painting on pieces of canvas. One woman works on her painting of an owl. Eric … Continue reading Artist brings bright color to Kentucky-based art and to students
Carrying dress bags and lugging suitcases behind them, 30 young women made their way into the Singletary Center for the Arts on Tuesday and settled into the orchestra room as they transformed it into a makeshift dressing room. Many of the contestants made multiple trips from the dressing room to a vehicle outside which had … Continue reading Miss Kentucky competitors put in exhausting days pursuing the crown
Andrew Henderson 