Adding to a growing number of protests throughout the state, people in Lexinton gathered again for the “No Kings Then No Kings Now” protest in honor of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. WUKY’s Adah Hufana has more.
Local News
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People from all over Lexington helped expand the city’s tree canopy on Saturday at the annual Reforest the Bluegrass event, WUKY’s Adah Hufana reports.
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The University of Kentucky is no longer hosting graduation events described as "identity-based."
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Kentucky hasn't joined the seven states with official measles outbreaks, but with at least one known case in the commonwealth and two neighboring states with outbreaks, it's a good time to review your vaccination history. But it can get a bit tricky.
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With the loss of a federal grant bolstering support services for unhoused students in Fayette County, some residents are worrying aloud about the future of those programs.
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Those lucky enough to win a license to cultivate, process and sell medical marijuana in Kentucky are closer to having products available to patients who hold a medical marijuana card. Governor Andy Beshear anticipates it could be just months away, but the exact timing could shift.
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Kentucky's auditor said Thursday that her office will investigate the state's medical cannabis program after receiving complaints about the lottery system used to award highly sought-after licenses to grow, process, and sell the medicinal products to eligible patients.
Radio Shows & Music
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This week's episode of the Crunkadelic Funk Show featured music from Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Koko Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Larkin Poe, Buddy Guy, & more!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Newski (Banking On Never Breaking Down Again), Oh He Dead (Strange Love), The Heavy Heavy (Happiness), Wilco (Annihilation), Crack Cloud (The Medium), Harlem Hayfield Featuring Jocelyn Arndt (Holding On To Heaven), & Randall Bramblett (Throw My Cane Away)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Wild Rivers (Cave), Cigarettes After Sex (Baby Blue Movie), Pixies (You're So Impatient), Cassandra Lewis (So Bad), Soccer Mommy (Lost), The Avett Brothers (Orion's Belt), & Mavis Staples (Worthy)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Kacy Hill (You Know I Love You Still), Hollow Coves (On The Way), Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets (Went To A Party), Evan Nicole Bell (Catfish Blues), The Offspring (Make It All Right), Cage The Elephant (Rainbow), Paul McCartney & Wings (Soily)!
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Paris, KY native Terry Dumphord joins Joe Conkwright to discuss the Central Kentucky Hip Hop scene and play some local and national selections. Originally broadcast on The Rock & Roots Saturday Edition for 06/15, 2024.Presented by Project Ricochet.
Podcasts
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PodcastsFounded by Gerald “Geo” Gibson, OMAC is more than just a mentorship program, it is a movement designed to empower youth and adults alike. Through personalized coaching, support, and self-awareness training, OMAC helps individuals develop the skills necessary to build brighter futures.
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Podcasts250 Lex's theme for March is higher education and Lex Talk History is doing its part to highlight our rich history of colleges and universities. Alan and Mandy welcome historian Andrew Patrick for an overview. They also talk about the latest museum happenings, give an update on the StoryCorps project currently set up in Woodland Park through April 14th, and preview 250 Lex's College Town Showcase coming this weekend to the campuses of Blue Grass Community and Technical College, Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky.
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PodcastsIt is estimated that more than 14,000 women in the United States suffer from cervical cancer each year. Kentucky has a higher cervical cancer burden than most states, with an incidence rate of 9.6 cases per 100,000 women. Many of those cases were preventable, according to this week's guest, Charles S. Dietrich III, M.D., a gynecologic oncologist at the UK Markey Cancer Center.
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PodcastsFor three quarters of a century the month of March in Kentucky has been tournament time with hoops fever reaching a near fever pitch. And if you're wondering why UK Basketball is sometimes considered an official religion, we submit this audio as exhibit A. In this special episode of WUKY's Saving Stories, UK Nunn Center director Dr. Doug Boyd and Deirdre Scaggs, associate dean and head of Special Collections, join Alan Lytle to re-live one of the most dramatic moments in UK Basketball history called by the legendary sports broadcaster Claude Sullivan; a thrilling triple overtime win over Temple University in Memorial Coliseum. All made possible by the recently deceased Hall of Famer Vernon Hatton who hit THE SHOT. RIP Mr. Hatton.
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In celebration of Lexington’s 250th anniversary, WUKY and the Lexington History Museum will host StoryCorps to record the stories of local residents through both in-person and virtual interviews and preserve them in the Library of Congress.
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2024-2025 Meetings
Location: WUKY - Studio 49
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