Larry Smith

“I want to be a 9-1-1 dispatcher”, Samantha says. “It runs in my family. We say it’s in my blood. But obviously there’s a lot of people who have hesitancies about it.”

Every weekday in Jessamine County, there's a party among Best Friends, a unique program to help a special group in our community.

It’s been a tough few months for Lisa DeStella. She’s undergoing treatment for stage one cancer, and in late December, a drunk driver hit and totaled her car in a parking lot in Nicholasville.

At first glance, Grant Holland is your average 12-year-old boy who has an above-average ability to play baseball.

The story of Jarrett’s Joy Cart is well-known by many Kentucky families. Jarrett Mynear was a 9-year-old boy who had battled cancer for most of his life but wanted to help others.

The famed writer and former poet laureate touched generations of aspiring artists and writers through his works and decades as an instructor at the University of Kentucky.

For more than a decade, Jason Roop was just another face you may have tried to ignore. A drug addiction sent him to the streets and, one time, even got him kicked out of a homeless shelter.

Deatra Newell fondly remembers the good ol’ days, growing up in Winchester and spending summer days at Community Park.

Chris Koch is a Canadian who has been inspiring those around him for all of his 45 years of life. He says that despite being born without a full set of arms or legs, life has been normal.

They say a child will lead us, and in the cozy community of Burgin, that's true. A young lady was inspired by her mother to give.