New Bishop Has Existing Connections To W.Va.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala will serve as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — which encompasses all of West Virginia — starting in July.
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Kentucky Artist Behind 'No Hate In My Holler' Debuts A Mural Featuring A Town’s Legendary Midwife
This conversation originally aired in the August 5, 2022 episode of Inside Appalachia. A mural in Pound, Virgini...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsKentucky Artist Behind 'No Hate In My Holler' Debuts A Mural Featuring A Town’s Legendary Midwife
A mural in Pound, Virginia, depicts Nancy Mullins Shores — a longtime midwife who delivered many of the town’s residents in the 20th century. The mural was designed and painted by Lacy Hale, an eastern Kentucky artist known for painting murals across central Appalachia, including one that garnered controversy for its imagery of an opossum amid pokeweed.
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