WUKY's Saving Stories remembers former Keeneland president and trustee Ted Bassett who passed away last week at the age of 103. In the summer of 2019, the Nunn Center and the UK Libraries partnered with Keeneland, the Keeneland Association, Keeneland Library and Museum Foundation, and the Thoroughbred Daily News to conduct a …

Jan 27, 2025 · The Fayette County School Board renewed Superintendent Demetrus Liggins' contract during their Monday meeting. The 3-2 decision came amid a push to oust the school leader. Following the vote, a large, upbeat crowd spilled into the hallway from the boardroom and overflow area — a testament to ...

Jan 2, 2025 · Last year’s HB11 proposed a ban on the sale of most disposable vapes and vape juices, with the stated aim of keeping them out of the hands of minors. The new state law, which kicked in January 1st, restricts the sale of vapes to only those that have been authorized by the FDA or are pending authorization.

Jan 17, 2025 · Does it seem like everyone's getting lately? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noticed as well. Take a look at their current acute respiratory illness map, and you'll see Kentucky is in bright red or the "high" category. "It's been kind of a just a perfect storm of different waves hitting Kentucky that have kept the levels high, as opposed to other states," Dr. Nicholas Van ...

Jan 8, 2025 · The Fayette County Sheriff's Office activated its winter care program this week to help those of us who didn’t get a snow day and had to get out. WUKY’s Karyn Czar rode along with Lieutenant Robert Abbott.

Through news, music, and stories crafted for a culturally open-minded community, 91.3 WUKY is a catalyst for creating a better, more engaged audience in Lexington and Central Kentucky. Well, we're old. The University of Kentucky began experimenting with radio as early as 1921 with station 9YC. By ...

Jan 17, 2025 · This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Hamilton Leithauser (Knockin Heart), Trampled By Turtles & Sumbuck (For Emma), Julien Baker & Torres (Sugar In The Tank), Kashus Culpepper (After Me), Mary Chapin Carpenter Featuring Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart (A Heart That Never Closes), The Lumineers (Same Old Song), & …

Fifteen development banks and a fund tasked with supporting sustainable economic growth are investing billions of dollars to expand factory farming in the global south and other lower-income countries, a new analysis from the non-profit Stop Financing Factory Farming finds.

Jan 8, 2025 · Freshman forward Asa Newell scored 12 of his 17 points after halftime and Georgia led the entire second half in beating No. 6 Kentucky 82-69 on Tuesday night. Lamont Butler led Kentucky (12-3, 1-1) with 20. Foul trouble hurt the Wildcats. Amari Williams went to the bench with four fouls early in the ...

Jan 28, 2025 · In the sixth episode of Writing Lessons, Silas House has a conversation with award-winning poet and former Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X. Walker about the craft of poetry and much more.