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Lexington Herald-Leader staff photographer; Lexington Newspaper Guild secretary

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Ryan C. Hermens
2 years
In an empty lot between their destroyed churches, two congregations came together tonight for a joint Christmas Eve service in Mayfield, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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4 years
The Jefferson Davis statue has been removed from its pedestal at the Kentucky state Capitol. @heraldleader
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5 years
Papa John's founder John Schnatter attends the Trump rally in Lexington, Kentucky.
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5 years
Near Versailles, Kentucky.
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4 years
Protesters are praying with police in Lexington. @heraldleader
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3 years
The first day of autumn in Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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5 years
Fayette County, Kentucky.
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Fayette County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Bell County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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4 years
Protesters are on the steps of the Kentucky state Capitol demanding justice for Breonna Taylor. @heraldleader
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4 years
Protesters in Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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5 years
Sunrise in Lexington, Kentucky.
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5 years
East of Paris, Kentucky, in Bourbon County.
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5 years
UK football coach Mark Stoops and John Daly during the pro-am.
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Ryan C. Hermens
2 years
With light from their cellphones, members of Mayfield's First Presbyterian and First Christian churches sang "Silent Night" during a joint Christmas Eve service in downtown Mayfield, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Ryan C. Hermens
1 year
Kentucky Sen. Karen Berg reacts after SB 150 passed the Senate, 29-6. The bill would allow teachers to choose whether or not to use a student's preferred pronouns. @heraldleader
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3 years
Breathitt County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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2 years
Hazard, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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3 years
Downtown Lexington, Kentucky.
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2 years
Mayfield, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Ryan C. Hermens
2 years
On Christmas Day, Logan Peters, 11, takes his new bicycle on a test ride near his home in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. A deadly tornado destroyed his neighborhood – and much of his community – earlier this month. @heraldleader
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2 years
For nearly 50 years, Gwen Christian has worked at the IGA in Isom, Ky. She began as a cashier in 1973. In 1998, she and her husband bought the store. But as of last week, the business is over, destroyed by six feet of flood water. by @lbblackford
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3 years
Snowball fight at the University of Kentucky. @heraldleader
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4 years
Maribeth Schmitt places a wreath below a mural of John Prine in Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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3 years
A truck drives along flooded Miller Creek Road in Estill County, Kentucky.
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4 years
A soggy commute this morning in Lexington. @heraldleader
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4 years
Dawn in Bourbon County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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4 years
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is at the Capitol as work continues to remove the Jefferson Davis statue. @heraldleader
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2 years
Elton John performs in Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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4 years
Foxes this morning near Bluegrass Community & Technical College in Lexington. @heraldleader
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2 years
President Joe Biden visits downtown Mayfield, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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2 years
Woodford County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Woodford County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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4 years
Dawn in Scott County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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2 years
"We will be back" Hindman, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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3 years
Dusk in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Ryan C. Hermens
6 years
Two seats on the bench were left empty to honor Preston Cope and Bailey Holt.
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Ryan C. Hermens
3 years
The moon sets in Fayette County this morning. @heraldleader
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3 years
Trainer Bob Baffert and Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit on the backside of Churchill Downs in Louisville on Sunday.
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2 years
Kentucky quarterback Will Levis. @heraldleader @KentuckySports
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4 years
Fayette County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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5 years
A cat tries to blend in at a flower bed Tuesday morning at The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky.
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3 years
Dawn in Kentucky. @heraldleader
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2 years
Destruction everywhere in downtown Mayfield, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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4 years
It’s now been 24 hours since miners began blocking about 120 rail cars loaded with coal in Eastern Kentucky to protest unpaid wages. @heraldleader
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3 years
Kentucky morning. @heraldleader
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2 years
Tobacco leaves dry in a barn in Calloway County, Kentucky.
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5 years
Kentucky sunrise.
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The moon sets in Fayette County, Kentucky.
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Ryan C. Hermens
2 years
The University of Kentucky women’s basketball team arrives in Lexington after winning the SEC Tournament. @heraldleader @KentuckySports
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Ryan C. Hermens
4 years
Protesters march through downtown Frankfort, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Ryan C. Hermens
1 year
One year ago tonight, I was in downtown Mayfield, Kentucky, as members of two churches gathered in an empty lot between their destroyed houses of worship for a joint Christmas Eve service. 1/11 @heraldleader
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Ryan C. Hermens
3 years
A great blue heron takes flight this morning at Jacobson Park in Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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1 year
The sun sets near Black Mountain in Harlan County, Kentucky. At 4,145 feet, the peak is the highest in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. @heraldleader
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2 years
The scale of destruction in Eastern Kentucky is almost incomprehensible. And entirely heartbreaking. @heraldleader
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2 years
"It’s 2 p.m. on Monday and Mayfield Mayor Kathy O’Nan has, by her own count, cried 37 times": by @lbblackford via @heraldleader
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Kentucky Quarterback Will Levis getting some air during the Governor's Cup. @heraldleader @KentuckySports
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4 years
Fayette County, Kentucky.
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4 years
Calloway County, Kentucky.
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2 years
Crews worked overnight at the candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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The sunset in Lexington, Kentucky, after a day of storms. @heraldleader
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Ryan C. Hermens
4 years
A mural of Louis Armstrong is reflected in raindrops in Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Ryan C. Hermens
10 months
The Superman statue in Metropolis, Ill., is reflected in raindrops on a vehicle's window this morning. @heraldleader
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2 months
Inez, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Ryan C. Hermens
4 years
A woman is standing on the steps of the Kentucky Capitol wearing scrubs and a mask as the Open Kentucky Rally takes place. @heraldleader
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2 years
Dawn in Fayette County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Fayette County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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3 years
Falls of Rough, Kentucky.
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3 years
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear watches the inauguration of President Biden from the State Reception Room at the Kentucky state Capitol. @heraldleader
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3 years
Dawn in Pineville, Kentucky.
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2 years
After 43 years, Jack Brammer, Herald-Leader Frankfort bureau chief, is retiring. He packed his desk and said his goodbyes yesterday. @heraldleader @BGPolitics
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1 year
@heraldleader After delivering a passionate speech against SB 150, Kentucky Sen. Karen Berg was consoled by fellow Democratic lawmakers. @heraldleader
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2 years
About three years ago, I visited Hindman, Ky., for a story about an instrument company hiring people going through recovery. Yesterday, the director told me the workshop and school were destroyed, leaving 12 employees out of work. Here's the video from 2019. @heraldleader
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Ryan C. Hermens
2 years
The Appalachian School of Luthiery in Hindman, Kentucky, was destroyed by the flooding. @heraldleader @HLpublicsafety
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4 years
Jefferson Davis leaving the Kentucky state Capitol. @heraldleader
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4 years
An autumn morning in Kentucky. @heraldleader
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4 years
The coal train in Pike County, Kentucky, hasn't moved since miners blocked the tracks Monday afternoon, saying they haven't been paid in three weeks.
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3 years
A foggy start to the day in Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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2 years
Summer in Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Ryan C. Hermens
4 years
Kentucky coal miners who haven't been paid in three weeks began blocking a train loaded with coal Monday afternoon in Pike County. “They won’t get their coal until we’re paid,” said miner Kenny Collins.
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Ryan C. Hermens
4 years
At a White Coats for Black Lives demonstration in front of UK Chandler Hospital this morning, silence was observed for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. @heraldleader
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5 years
First responders from the Lexington Fire Department revive 4-year-old Bella, who was found on the third floor of a structure fire.
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3 years
A fall morning in Kentucky. @heraldleader
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2 years
Moments in Mayfield, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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4 years
The miners blocking a coal train in Eastern Kentucky to protest unpaid wages say they won’t leave until every miner is paid what they are owed. @heraldleader
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Hazard, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Colville Road, Bourbon County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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The super blue moon sets in Anderson County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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3 years
Dawn breaks this morning over a barn at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. @heraldleader
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2 years
Paintsville, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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1 year
Today marks seven months since flooding devastated parts of Eastern Kentucky. Many who lost homes said the money from FEMA hasn’t been enough to get them in housing comparable to what they had. Even before the flood, there was a housing crisis in the region. 1/6 @heraldleader
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2 years
Downtown Mayfield, Kentucky is unrecognizable. @heraldleader
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2 years
A house is cleared from a bridge near the Whitesburg Recycling Center in Letcher County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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4 years
The dome of the Kentucky state Capitol rises above fog enveloping Frankfort at sunrise this morning. @heraldleader
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Ryan C. Hermens
4 years
Protesters are marching down Main Street in Lexington, Kentucky, chanting “No justice, no peace.”. @heraldleader
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2 years
Cole Lanter does a back flip in the end zone after catching a TD pass from Deuce Hogan during the Kentucky spring Blue-White game. @heraldleader @KentuckySports
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Ryan C. Hermens
1 year
Morning light at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, in Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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Jessamine County, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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3 years
Rain showers this morning in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. @heraldleader
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