Governor Andy Beshear announced Friday that President Donald Trump signed a portion of his request that was submitted two weeks prior. FEMA has begun services for flood victims, including an in-person assistance in Woodford County.
Local News
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Bob Baffert is back at the Kentucky Derby for the first time in four years, having served his punishment for Medina Spirit’s failed drug test and coming to the place where he’s won a record-tying six times.
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After the University of Kentucky confirmed it had canceled graduation ceremonies for minority students, the Lexington community is putting together celebrations of its own.
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Peaceful Bluegrass Resistance held a silent protest at the University of Kentucky's student center and at a Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
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With Rep. Andy Barr now in the running for U.S. Senate, that leaves Kentucky's Sixth District seat up for grabs. And the first contender has already stepped forward.
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Kentucky junior defensive back Maxwell Hairston was chosen in the first round by the Buffalo Bills as the 30th overall pick in the 2025 National Football League Draft on Thursday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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The Olympic winning tandem of Michael Jung and FischerChipmunck FRH dazzled Thursday at the Defender Kentucky Three Day Event. WUKY's Samantha Lederman reports.
Radio Shows & Music
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from The Lemonheads (Fear Of Living), The Push And Shove (Play Me Something), Israel Nash (Going Back), Moby Featuring Brie O'Banion (We're Going Wrong), Lucius (Stranger Danger), Kevin Drew (Out In The Fields), & Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Dirt On My Diamonds)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Becca Mancari (It's Too Late), Noah Kahan & Hozier (Northern Attitiude), Juliana Hatfield (Don't Bring Me Down), Peggy Gou & Lenny Kravitz (I Believe In Love Again), Hurray For The Riff Raff (Alibi), Chris Stapleton (South Dakota), & Tee Dee Young (Love Me No More)!
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Joe Conkwright speaks with musician Michael Johnathon revealing plans for the long running Troubadour Concert Series to return to The Kentucky Theatre in 2024 for a year-long celebration of Lexington's 250th Anniversary, which will happen in 2025.
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This week's episode of The Crunkadelic Funk Show featured music from Brandy, Deva Mahal & Allen Stone, Anthony Hamilton, Eryn Allen Kane, Corinne Bailey Rae, D'Angelo, Cree Summer, En Vogue, & more!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Lizzie No (Lagunita), Dylan Gossett (Coal), MGMT (Mother Nature), The Moss (The Place That Makes Me Happy), Sheryl Crow (Alarm Clock), Lovelytheband (Nice To Know You), & JJ Grey & Mofro (The Sea)!
Podcasts
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PodcastsThis week is all about Pawpaws, Kentucky's own unique sub-tropical mountain fruit. Josh and Joe where and when to get the fruit and how to use it in a variety of ways.
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PodcastsIt’s September and we’re dropping a brand new episode of WUKY’s Lex Talk History with Alan Lytle and Lexington History Museum Executive Director Dr. Mandy Higgins. Join us as we re-cap the museum’s one year anniversary in its new home in the Thomas Hunt Morgan House and then in our Lex Get Into It segment Mandy talks with Judy Owens, President of the Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky, about a new focused exhibit opening this month. “Among Women – 130 years of the Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky,” will soon be on display for visitors. Get an audio sneak peek here on our show.
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Jerry Tipton covered University of Kentucky basketball for the Lexington Herald-Leader for 41 seasons before retiring in 2022. He was known for his straightforward questioning of UK coaches, from Joe B. Hall to John Calipari. A native of Hamtramck, Michigan, Jerry graduated from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and worked for the Huntington Herald-Dispatch before coming to Lexington.He was inducted into the U.S, Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2005, the Marshall University Journalism Hall of Fame in 2018, and the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 2020. He has recently written a memoir titled Deja Blue: A Sportswriter Reflects on 41 Seasons of Kentucky Basketball, published by Acclaim Press. In this interview, he talks about his start in journalism, his working relationships with coaches, including some of the memorable dialogue involved, and many of the highlights of his 41-year tenure on the UK basketball beat.
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PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews Gary Adkins and Scott Wegenast about AARP's goals, mission, present and future. Gary is Volunteer State President and Scott is Communications Manager at AARP.
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