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Gov. Andy Beshear has joined a multi-state lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, challenging the agency’s suspension of SNAP benefits.
Local News
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Josh James/WUKYLexington city leaders interested in launching a Lextran microtransit project are considering shifting their attention to a similar service that already exists. -
Allison Dinner/AP/FR171780 APFederal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising concerns in Kentucky, where nearly 600,000 people rely on the program. -
Josh James/WUKYIn our final CivicLex Chat segment featuring Adrian Bryant, who is taking on a new job in Lexington, we discuss the city's leftover fund balance, the ongoing conversation around a publicly-funded ride service, and more. -
Adobe Stock/1754296572Eastern Kentuckians will fill more than 90 open positions for the nuclear reactor firm Framatome this week in Corbin and Hazard. -
Clay WallaceMindful Mondays is a component of the Franklin County Regional Jail’s SOAR program, which provides active recovery support and education intended to prevent relapse and recidivism. -
Michael Swensen/AP/FR172222 APRedshirt freshman Cutter Boley hit on 26 of 35 through the air for a career-high 330 yards and a career-high five touchdowns but Kentucky fell to No. 17 Tennessee 56-34 on Saturday night at Kroger Field.
Radio Shows & Music
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Molly Tuttle stops by WUKY's Rock & Roots and joins host Joe Conkwright.Recorded live on Thursday, August 14, 2025. -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Rodney Crowell Featuring Tyler Bryant (The Twenty One Song Salute (Owed to G.G. Shinn and Cléoma Falcon)), Mt. Joy (Lucy), St Paul & the Broken Bones (Sushi And Coca Cola), Tame Impala (End Of Summer), Alison Krauss & Union Station (One Ray Of Shine), & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (Voodoo Charm)! -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Flyte Featuring Aimee Mann (Alabaster), Jade Bird (Save Your Tears), Jeff Tweedy (Enough), The Last Dinner Party (This Is The Killer Speaking), Robert Plant Featuring Suzy Dian (Everybody's Song), & Sheryl Crow & The Real Lowdown (The New Normal)!
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This week's episode of the Crunkadelic Funk Show featured music from Grace Jones, Trouble Funk, Klymaxx, Erykah Badu, George Clinton, Slave, Bonnie Pointer, & more! -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Goose (Your Direction), Khatumu (Fire Drill), Counting Crows (With Love From A To Z), Grant-Lee Phillips (She Knows Me), & Warren Haynes Featuring Derek Trucks (These Changes)!
Podcasts
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PodcastsWelcome, come listen if you dare to our newest podcast creation - it's alive, alive! Lexington Stories Lore and More debuts with a suitably creepy episode just in time for Halloween. Fiona Young-Brown, author of Secret Lexington, A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, tells us about several creepy, haunted and sometimes frightful stories associated with Lexington. So grab a security blanket, your candy corn and your imagination. -
PodcastsArt Inc. Kentucky, a Community Ventures social enterprise, is a non-profit, member-focused business and marketing incubator and artist's loan fund committed to providing emerging and established Kentucky artists with the tools, resources and education necessary to build their businesses, broaden their exposure and sell their work. President Mark Lenn Johnson joins Tom for a sweeping conversation on the range of aid and assistance on offer to established and aspiring artists in Central Kentucky. This includes an artist incubator program, the ArtHouse Kentucky Gallery inside the MET, and the Artists' Village. -
PodcastsIn this special episode of The Ricochet Effect Podcast, Project Ricochet and The Urban Art Collective proudly present HooDoo You Think You Are, Zora?, a dynamic multimedia performance and community conversation celebrating the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston. -
PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews poet Chuck Stringer about his chapbook, By Fowlers Fork.
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