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Local News
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Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP/APIncluded in the massive federal reconciliation bill passed in July was a dedicated fund touted as a way of bolstering rural hospitals that could endure major cuts in Medicare spending. But the process for obtaining that funding will go far beyond a simple application. -
Joel Willett, a military veteran and former CIA officer, launched his Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky on Wednesday, saying the recent fallout from having his security clearance revoked by the Trump administration gave him added incentive to run.
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Parry BarrowsBienvenidos! WUKY has a special edition of One on One with members of the group, FLACA, which stands for the Foundation for Latin American and Latino Culture and Arts, and who along with Lexington Parks and Recreation will be putting on the annual Festival Latino De Lexington event at the Robert F. Stephens Courthouse plaza in downtown Lexington. Alan Lytle gets a preview from Francie Chassen-Lopez, Guipsy Lopez and Noe Tirado Muniz. -
Parents of children with disabilities in Kentucky can apply for grants to help offset the costs of medical services that traditional insurance plans do not cover. -
Karyn Czar/WUKYWith a 5-0 vote during a special-called session on Tuesday, FCPS board members agreed to move forward with having an outside company review the district's use of the budget. -
Rod Lamkey/AP/FR172078Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is calling for social media companies to remove speech encouraging violence. The statement comes as conservative lawmakers are urging enforcement of speech limits in the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
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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PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews writer James B. Wells about his investigative memoir Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew. -
PodcastsSeptember is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and we're rolling out this new episode with Julie Cerel, Ph.D., professor in the College of Social Work (CoSW) at the University of Kentucky, who recently was honored with the Norman Farberow Award for Bereavement and Lived Experience by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). The award recognizes her transformative research, which expands understanding of the impact of suicide on families, friends and entire communities. -
PodcastsThis year, as Lexington celebrates its 250th anniversary, the Origins Jazz Series has curated the inaugural Equinox Jazz Fest. The Equinox Jazz Fest is a five-day celebration, September 17-21, honoring the rich legacy and boundless future of jazz. Origins co-founder Eli Uttal-Veroff says the festival will feature everything from intimate showcases to electrifying headliner performances, all embodying the spirit of Jazz and its impact on Lexington. He's the guest this week on WUKY's Open Studio with Tom Musgrave. -
PodcastsWUKY's Saving Stories celebrates Bourbon Heritage Month with this special episode. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History Director Dr. Doug Boyd shares this 1991 interview with Frederick Booker Noe II, who discusses the bourbon industry and the history of Jim Beam. The Nunn Center has conducted more than one hundred bourbon-related interviews spanning generations of famous personalities, but it wasn't until recently that Boyd and staff discovered this rare conversation between Noe and a Kentucky middle school student. The interviews were part of an educational media project under the direction of Henderson County North Middle School teacher Roy Pullam.
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