Hank Schweickart (left) and Rex Burkhead sharpen their knives at Donnie Whites farm in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo by Abbey Cutrer.
Hank Schweickart jokes with Rex Burkhead after Burkheads bullet misses the cow at Jerry Hughes farm in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Abbey Cutrer.
Rex Burkhead aims his .22-caliber rifle at a cow at Donnie Whites farm in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo by Abbey Cutrer.
Hank Schweickart throws the head of a cow carcass into the bowl of a tractor at Donnie White’s farm in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo by Abbey Cutrer.
Gaby Mcaliley smiles at the Capitol Pride Festival
on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, on the Old Capitol Lawn in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Caitlyn Marrs, a junior at Western Hills High School, laughs while she works at Main Street Diner on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Gary Cosby pets Benson on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at the Harold R. Benson Research Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Dr. Josh Brown, left, and his son Schroder leave Brown’s home in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, on Friday, October 7, 2022.
Dr. Josh Brown, second from right, greets Morgan Penn, second from left, before his horse Socks’ castration outside The Animal Clinic in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, on Friday, October 7, 2022.
Dr. Josh Brown collects a blood sample from Koda at The Animal Clinic in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, on Thursday, October 6, 2022.
Kayla Barrett, right, assists Dr. Josh Brown docking and removing the dewclaw of 3 day old border collies at The Animal Clinic in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, on Thursday, October 6, 2022.
First Baptist Church secretary Cindy Couch, right, talks with officer Chad Cox about the accident at First Baptist Church in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, on Friday, October 7, 2022. The unmanned Jeep rolled out of the parking lot of City Hall across North Main Street and into the church playground, which was recently finished. “That’s just scary, just thinking about kids being out here,” said bystander Jamie Rowland.
Joey Wetenkamp saws a fallen tree at the Kentucky State University Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Austin Collier
Joey Wetenkamp changes the water in a bull’s pen at the Kentucky State University Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Austin Collier
Joey Wetenkamp walks through a cow pen at the Kentucky State University Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Austin Collier
Chris Woods, left, and Joey Wetenkamp strap down hay bales at Joe Kirkman’s farm in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Austin Collier
Joey Wetenkamp, left, and Chris Woods load hay bales onto a trailer at Joe Kirkman’s farm in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Austin Collier
The moon rises over lampposts at the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.
An order of the Cliffside Burger with fries sits on the bar at the Cliffside Diner on Highway 420 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Austin Collier
Gina Ellis, right, laughs at a remark from Traci McGranahan at the Cliffside Diner on Highway 420 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Austin Collier
Manager Gina Ellis, left, speaks to Traci McGranahan, second from right, at the Cliffside Diner on Highway 420 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Austin Collier
Customers sit in booths at the Cliffside Diner on Highway 420 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Austin Collier
Shadow walks around Joe Penn's field on Penn's farm in Owenton, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Penn was exercising Shadow by tying him to the back of the truck and leading him. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
One of Joe Penn's donkeys stands on Penn's farm in Owenton, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Joe Penn stands on his farm in Owenton, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Joe Penn's animals sit in his barn in Owenton, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Joe Penn's chickens roam along with the equine animals around his barn in Owenton, Kentucky on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Joe Penn leads one of his donkeys in his barn in Owenton, Kentucky on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Joe Penn feeds one of his donkeys on his farm in Owenton, Kentucky on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Leslie Greeman sits on his couch at the back corner of the store at Broadway Clay in Frankfort, Kentucky on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Sponges sit on a shelf at Broadway Clay in Frankfort, Kentucky on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
One of Leslie Greeman's pieces sits at Broadway Clay in Frankfort, Kentucky on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Greeman has owned the business since 2010. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Egan Colbert examines a rock at Broadway Clay in Frankfort, Kentucky on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Austen Rothwell works at the pottery wheel at Broadway Clay in Frankfort, Kentucky on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Leslie Greeman and Egan Colbert look through the clay at Broadway Clay in Frankfort, Kentucky on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Greeman is the calm in the shop as action happens all around him. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Christian Wilkins, Scott Games and Glenn Jackson prepare for the weekend's downtown events. The men work for the City of Frankfort Parks and Recreation. Photo | Brooklyn Walters
Festival goers prepare for pride festivities, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Tim Lawson poses for a photo as he shows off his Harley, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Frankfort, Kentucky. “This helmet saved my life,” he said. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Glenn Jackson jokes with his co-workers, preparing for Frankforts pride festival, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Moira, Lorcan, and Lorelei Kirkman play on the old court house lawn, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Ed Henson plays guitar for Bald Knob Little Market locals in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Local patron Rick H. watches the Western that Little Market owner Dan Midkiff put on the television in Frankfort, Kentucky on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Micheal Joel Fleeman munches on gummy bears at Bald Knob Little Market,in Frankfort, Kentucky on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Store owners Dan Midkiff and Katie Clark work behind the deli counter at Bald Knob Little Market in Frankfort, Kentucky on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Locals Tim Lawson, and Timothy Fleeman converse outside of Bald Knob Little Market in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Historical memorabilia of the Bald Knob Little Market in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.
Photo | Bryce Towle.
Localite Keith “Bean” Mcdonald pumps gas at Bald Knob Little Market in Frankfort, Kentucky on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Many people don’t know how to use the classic gas pump, said owner Dan Midkiff . Photo | Bryce Towle.
Mike Stanley comforts his cat Bubbles at Bald Knob Little Market in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Dan talks to a customer as local Keith “Bean” McDonald waits his turn, in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Bryce Towle.
Jenny Hurst gives her rescue dog Possum a head scratch on the couch in her living room in Frankfort, Ky. on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Possum was brought to Franklin Veterinary Clinic, where Hurst works, when he was a puppy. Hurst took a liking to him and consequently adopted him. Photo by Carter Skaggs
Carrying her puppy like a rag doll, Jenny Hurst makes her way down the stairs to the kennels to put up Gris while she works at Frankfort Veterinary Clinic in Frankfort, Ky. on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Carter Skaggs
Veterinarian technician Jenny Hurst marvels at the size of the unconscious bobcat’s paw while vet tech Tabitha Barnes inserts a blood drawing needle intraveneously on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 at Frankfort Veterinary Clinic in Frankfort, Ky. Photo by Carter Skaggs
Jenny Hurst (middle) and friend Angela Cox (right) chat on the floor while waiting for veterinarian Dr. Scott Nieves to come and assess a client’s cat, and eventually get to Cox’s rescued bobcat she found on the side of the road. On Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, brought it to Frankfort Veterinary Clinic to be assessed by the veterinarian and his veterinarian technicians in Frankfort, Ky. Photo by Carter Skaggs
Veterinarian technician Jenny Hurst hoists her puppy Gris onto the medical table at her place of work, Frankfort Veterinary Clinic, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. She describes the atmosphere of working there as a “family,” and gets the opportunity to work with many different animals everyday in Frankfort, Ky. Photo by Carter Skaggs
Jenny Hurst offers treats to the five dogs that reside in her home, four of which being her own and one being her daughter Mattie’s on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 in Frankfort, Ky. Photo by Carter Skaggs
Golden hour begins as wind blows through long stalks of grass in Frankfort, Ky. on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Photo by Carter Skaggs
Bobby Burkes poses for a portrait in downtown Frankfort, Ky. on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Photo by Carter Skaggs
The sunsets over the hill on Bald Knob Road in Frankfort, Ky. on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Carter Skaggs
Charles Divine and his dog Buster search the river for litter and trash in order to keep the community clean in Frankfort Ky. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. “If there’s trash, no one’d ever come here,” Divine said. Photo by Carter Skaggs
Long stalks of grass grow out of old vehicles in the places that engines once stood on the property of L&M Salvage in Frankfort, Ky. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo by Carter Skaggs
McKinley Stonewall places the meat from his latest deer hunt in a bag to prep for cooking in the coming days, on Oct. 7, 2022, in Frankfort, KY.
McKinley Stonewall finds his recently shot deer in the woods- shot straight through the lungs with a bow in Frankfort, KY, on Oct. 7, 2022.
McKinley Stonewall preps a recently shot dove for cooking later in the day in Frankfort, KY, on Oct. 5, 2022.
Kentucky State University farm tech and research assistant McKinley Stonewall enter’s West Sixth farm in Frankfort, KY, on Oct. 6, 2022. Stonewall is preparing to go hunting later in the day.
Kentucky State University farm tech and research assistant McKinley Stonewall lassos a goat to shave its hooves on KYSU’s farm in Frankfort, KY, on Oct. 7, 2022.
Kentucky State University farm tech and research assistant McKinley Stonewall herds a field of goats into the barn, prepping them to have their hooves shaved on Oct. 7, 2022.
Kentucky State University farm tech and research assistant McKinley Stonewall unloads a wagon full of hay bales with his co-worker in preparation for the farm’s goats in Frankfort, KY, on Oct. 6, 2022.
Julie, a student at the Stewart Home & School, brushes her horse, Casper, at the Stewart Home & School in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Spending time at the horse barn on campus is one of several options students have for filling their class schedule.
The sun sets behind the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Jack Weaver.
Michael Gantz eats lunch with two students at Chili’s in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Gantz helped the students call their families during their time away from campus. Students typically eat lunch at their residence halls during their hour-and-a-half lunch break, but are sometimes taken off campus for lunch with a staff member. Photo by Jack Weaver.
Makenna Corbin laughs at Coleston Holloway eating his cupcake in B’s Bakery in Frankfort KY, on Oct. 7, 2022.
Beth Greenwell Carter holds open a door for one of her customers in B’s Bakery in Frankfort KY, on Oct. 7, 2022.
On Oct. 7, 2022 a customer is looking at the array of teats presented in B’s Bakery in Frankfort KY.
At the front of B’s Bakery in Frankfort KY, a person peers through the windows prior to opening on Oct. 8, 2022.
Owner, Beth Greenwell Carter along with her employees Sandy and Kassi set up treats for B’s Bakery in Frankfort KY, on Oct 8, 2022.
A goat grazes the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.
Bobby Davis, a resident at ACCESS, takes a plate from Bruce Clay after lunchtime on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2022 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Most of the residents are employed full-time and volunteer at the shelter.
Will Wilburn plays guitar as he waits to go inside of ACCESS Men’s Shelter and Soup Kitchen in Frankfort, Kentucky on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.
Katima Smith-Willis laughs in between photos for a portrait session for Protect Kentucky Access in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Photo by Martha McHaney.
Katima Smith-Willis poses for a portrait for Protect Kentucky Access with photographer Betsy Hansen and campaign manager Rachel Sweet in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Photo by Martha McHaney.
Katima Smith-Willis and fellow activist Elizabeth Treblhorn assist in the logistics of the evening forum at the Frankfort High School in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Martha McHaney.
Inside the Smith-Willis home, Katima’s acclimation from Gov. Andy Beshear sits upon a shelf in her home in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. The acclimation declared the March on Frankfort Day as an acknowledged event. Photo by Martha McHaney.
After helping register students to vote, Katima Smith-Willis grabs a coffee at the Kentucky State University Student Center in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. She carried her embellished laptop with her.
Katima Smith-Willis observes the empty Senate Chamber in the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Martha McHaney.
Katima Smith-Willis, a local human rights advocate, walks upon the grounds of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Martha McHaney.
Earl Mayes puts on his jacket while watching County Judge Exec Huston Wells and Din Schierer play a round of tennis at the Panther Athletic Complex in Frankfort, Kentucky on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Photo by Martha McHaney.
Graves at the Frankfort Cemetery loom before the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Martha McHaney.
The sun peaks above the hills and Kentucky River at approximately 7:30 am in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Martha McHaney.
A black and white cat wanders around the capital neighborhood at dusk in Frankfort, Kentucky on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Photo by Martha McHaney.
Sun sets upon one-year-old Hamilton while he eats his grain at Indian Ridge Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Thursday, October 6, 2022.
Locks and other antique items hang from the wall at Page’s Shoe Repair in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Thursday, October 6, 2022.
One vistor tasting the Blanton during the bourbon tasting on Friday Oct 7, 2022, at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Vistors of the tour getting ready to taste the multiple drinks they serve for the tasting on Friday Oct 7, 2022, at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Bottle manager looking through the checklist on Friday Oct 7, 2022, at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Visitors of buffalo trace listening to Jon Neely speak about the fermentation process on Friday Oct 7, 2022, at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Jon Neely giving information about the fermentation process of bourbon to the visitors on Friday Oct 7, 2022, at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Buffalo Trace employee gives directions to a visitor on Friday Oct 7, 2022, at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
People coming out to enjoy the weather on Friday Oct 7, 2022, at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Diego and Valentine messing around in the kitchen Oct 7, 2022, at the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Ezmeralda with her horse on thursday Oct 7, 2022, at the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Goats in the morning in-front of the sunrise Friday Oct 7, 2022, at the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Morning sun rise on Friday Oct 7, 2022, at the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Moon rises behind the tree on Friday Oct 7, 2022, at the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood
Friends and families enjoy meals at Mami Monchita’s on Friday, October 7th, 2022. Diaz makes sure that Honduran culture and details are spread throughout the restaurant in Frankfort, Kentucky, through furniture, structure and music. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
A plate of pollo con tajadas sits on a customer’s table at Mami Monchita’s Honduran restaurant in Frankfort, Kentucky, during lunch on Friday, October 7, 2022. The dish is a popular Honduran street food, featuring fried chicken, plantains, cabbage, tomato sauce and pickled onions. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
Alda Diaz turns on the deep fryer in the kitchen of her restaurant. She catered a local wedding and used the morning to prepare at Mami Monchita’s Honduran restaurant in Frankfort, Kentucky on Saturday, October 8, 2022. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
Frank Lang, a server at Mami Monchita’s Honduran restaurant in Frankfort, Kentucky, sits in a booth and folds napkins around silverware before the restaurant fills with customers on Friday, October 8, 2022. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
Decor hangs outside of Mami Monchita’s Honduran restaurant in Frankfort, Kentucky on Friday, October 7, 2022. “I make sure to include some of our culture in the restaurant,” said owner, Alda Diaz. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
A map of Honduras details all 18 departments of the country at Mami Monchita’s in Frankfort, Kentucky., on Saturday, October 8, 2022. A table underneath it displays family members of the Hondura owner, Alda Diaz, as well as cultural items such as Honduran coffee. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
Owner of Mami Monchita’s Honduran restaurant, Alda Diaz, smiles as she sits to talk about the history of her restaurant, named after her late mother, in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Friday, October 7, 2022. “We’re going to do something honoring her and what she wanted to do,” said Diaz. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
Ashley Stratton, introduces his cousin to workers at Mami Monchita’s Honduran restaurant in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Friday, October 8, 2022. Stratton is a regular visitor of the Honduran restaurant. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
Leslie Shane, a designer at Jessie’s Art Gallery and Custom Framing, places backing clips on a custom picture frame on Thursday, October 6, 2022, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
Jessie’s Art Gallery and Custom Framing owner, Lisa Dunavent, works while sharing a laugh on Thursday, October 6, 2022 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
Wooding and paint colors are shown off at Jessie’s Art Gallery and Custom Framing shop in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Thursday, October 6, 2022. The covered wall captures the eye as soon as eyes hit the door. Photo | Nyah Leveretter
Charlies pigeons, along with the pigeons of other Lexington Racing Pigeon Club members, look onwards as they are released by Louisville Racing Pigeon Club member Aaron Jefferson and are about to take flight to begin their race back to their lofts outside of a Holiday Inn in Franklin, Kentucky.
A pigeon looks onwards whilst crated outside of Lexington Racing Pigeon Club President David Stephenson’s home in Lexington, Ky., ahead of their race the following morning.
Lexington Racing Pigeon Club members Charlie Thornton (left), Tony Horn (middle), and Greg O’Conner (right) chat outside of Lexington Racing Pigeon Club President David Stephenson’s home in Lexington, Ky.
Fellow Lexington Racing Pigeon Club member Tony Horn helps log the birds before their race the following day in the garage of Lexington Racing Pigeon Club President David Stephenson’s Lexington, Ky., home.
Charlie moves his racing pigeons from his trunk to the garage of Lexington Racing Pigeon Club President David Stephenson’s home in Lexington, Ky. Charlie, along with other club members, take their pigeons here to prep them for the next morning’s race.
Two of Charlies pigeons perch in his loft at his home in Franklin County, Ky. Two bands are seen on their legs; the white band was attached by Charlie for identification purposes and was done at birth; the black bands were attached by Charlie for racing purposes.
Charlie Thornton stands inside his pigeon loft in Franklin County, Ky. “This section here is the first one I built,” Thornton explains.
A black bear stares with intent while sitting in his habitat at the Salato Wildlife Education Center in Frankfort, Ky.
