Hung up in a closest, folded in a drawer or tucked away in storage are clothing pieces that are more than just fabric to us. Throughout our lives, we accumulate pieces of clothing that can be hard to part with. A prom dress. An outfit you wore on the first day of school. An outfit from a first date. These pieces can bring back memories from times in our lives — good or bad — proof that we have grown and evolved, given or received love and survived hardship. These pieces are stitched into our...

Hadley Duvall lived in fear for the majority of her childhood. Getting off the bus after school, she knew her stepdad would be there at home, alone. When she got checked out of school, Duvall said her body would tremble with fear. What if he were the one to pick her up instead of her mom? School was an escape from him. An escape from something that Duvall said she didn’t yet understand, but she knew was wrong. Even at sleepovers in her own house, he would wake her up in the middle of the...

Soft jazz echoes throughout the halls of the Old Fayette County Courthouse during the early Saturday morning hours. Down the hall nestled...