Sam Dick

Former WKYT news anchor, current feature reporter WEKU, co-owner of CycleYOU. Married to sweetheart Noelle and fishing anytime I can.

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Off the Beaten Path: The Red River Museum in Powell County

6 days ago | wkyt.com | Sam Dick

(WKYT) - In the early 1900s, Clay City in Powell County was a busy community along the Red River. The small town of about a thousand people had a reputation for hard work in the thriving timber, iron, and railroad industries. The Clay City National Bank on Main Street was located in the heart of town. The two-story, red brick building opened for business in 1890. Pictures from the early 1900s show bank clerks working in front of a large, walk-in safe.
The Red River Museum in Clay County

1 week ago | weku.org | Sam Dick

In the early 1900s Clay City in Powell County was a busy community along the Red River. The small town of about a thousand people had a reputation for hard work in the thriving timber, iron, and railroad industries. The Clay City National Bank on Main Street was located in the heart of town. The two-story, red brick building opened for business in 1890. Pictures from the early 1900s show bank clerks working in front of a large, walk-in safe.
The Red River Museum in Powell County

1 week ago | weku.org | Sam Dick

In the early 1900s Clay City in Powell County was a busy community along the Red River. The small town of about a thousand people had a reputation for hard work in the thriving timber, iron, and railroad industries. The Clay City National Bank on Main Street was located in the heart of town. The two-story, red brick building opened for business in 1890. Pictures from the early 1900s show bank clerks working in front of a large, walk-in safe.
The Fitchburg Furnace

4 weeks ago | weku.org | Sam Dick

Riding in a pickup truck with Robert “Skip” Johnson along a ridge in Estill County we get a history lesson on life in the 1800’s. “We are on the Cottage Furnace Road. And this would be the road that they would bring the pig iron out on. It was a wagon road, and you can see parts of the old road up through here.”We’re going into the Daniel Boone National Forest where the road turns from asphalt to gravel. A sign reads National Forest Historic Site Cottage Furnace and an arrow points down a dirt road.
The Ol' Elkhorn Pickers Club

1 month ago | weku.org | Sam Dick

A truck pulling a trailer with signage for the Ol' Elkhorn Pickers Club pulls up to Cedarhurst Senior Living at Beaumont in Lexington. Five members of the Southern gospel and country music band roll out trunks of musical gear to set up for an evening concert. They play for senior citizens at dozens of places each year. Their free concerts started six years ago after a family member invited them to play at a Richmond nursing home.
A moment that changed me: I was 16, gay and bullied for it. Then my father wrote to the Guardian …

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Sam Dick

Growing up gay in the 90s was incredibly difficult. In 1998, I was 16 and living in east London, only out to my parents, my sister and a few friends I had made online. I’d already been the target of homophobic bullying and didn’t feel safe coming out to the rest of the world. I was lucky to live in a loving and supportive home. It was also a political household;my dad, in particular, was always active in expressing his beliefs and principles.
Digitizing the History of Enslaved People in Lexington

1 month ago | weku.org | Sam Dick

In room 132 called the “Vault” at the Fayette County Clerk’s office stacks of heavy books reveal a history of Kentucky that dates to the late 1700’s. Deeds, mortgages, marriages, wills, and court records are detailed page by page in cursive writing. Vanessa Holden is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Kentucky with expertise on African American women and slavery in the antebellum South.
Love stories: Two Lexington couples celebrate marriage more than 60 years after they met

2 months ago | weku.org | Sam Dick

On this Valentine’s Day, two Lexington couples have a total of 126 years of marriage to celebrate. 94-year-old Clayton Smith and 92-year-old Shirley Smith tied the knot 71 years ago. It started very innocently. Shirley was a young nurse in Pittsburgh, and Clayton worked as a “soda jerk” at a nearby drugstore. Shirley remembers, “all the nurses used to go to that drug store to see the soda jerk, because he was so cute. And so, I went too, and I liked him.
Cynthiana's Master Pizza Maker

2 months ago | weku.org | Sam Dick

Do you remember the first time you took a bite of pizza? Doug Hampton of Cynthiana remembers exactly where he was when that happened. The 76-year-old from Harlan County says he had never tasted pizza until he went to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City. He was eight-years old. That experience led to a lifetime pursuit of trying to make the tastiest pizza in his home kitchen. For many years as an adult, he wasn’t satisfied with his homemade pizzas.
The GED program inside the Pulaski County Detention Center

Jan 17, 2025 | weku.org | Sam Dick

Adult Education Instructor Andrew Wiley sets up his temporary classroom in an unlikely place. The concrete block wall room is nine feet by twenty-one feet. It is windowless and has a metal conference table and several plastic chairs. Wiley sets up two laptops on the table along with a plastic bin full of files. Welcome to GED instruction inside the Pulaski County Detention Center (PCDC) in Somerset.