Dossier
Shawnee
Coverage of Shawnee in the Nexus archive.
- Louisville student, 15, killed in shooting months after being stabbed saving girl from sexual harassment
Da’Jon Hayes-Burr, a 15-year-old Louisville high school student, was shot dead in Shawnee, Kentucky, months after he was stabbed while attempting to protect a 12-year-old girl from sexual harassment.
- Martha Lillard, last American to use iron lung, dies at 78
Martha Ann Lillard, the last American to use an iron lung after contracting polio in 1953, died at 78 from long-haul COVID-19. She lived independently for most of her life, volunteered extensively, and created art despite her physical challenges.