Merlene Davies was reported missing by her family in the hours of July 7, 2025, after she failed to return to her home in ...

I miss Merlene Davis. Each year at about this time, the esteemed Herald-Leader columnist would draw our attention to a disturbing problem that had haunted Lexington for decades: the educational ...

Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Merlene Davis was among the 23 Kentuckians inducted into the state's Civil Rights Hall of Fame on Thursday in Bowling Green.