As part of International Firefighters Week, Mayor Linda Gorton signed a proclamation Tuesday morning declaring May 4th through the 10th International Firefighters Week in Lexington.
Local News
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Residents of 13 Kentucky counties impacted by the April 2 storms are eligible for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
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New solar panel regulations will come before a Lexington committee this week.
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In this installment, we chat with Adrian Bryant about Urban County Council's ongoing budget meetings, public hearings on controversial development changes and new solar regulations. Also, what happened to microtransit?
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Steven Middleton is a documentarian, musician, and media professor at Morehead State University. His most recent film is From The Cowboy’s Boot Heel: The Musical Journey of Rob McNurlin, which won the Green Apple at the 2025 Appalachian Film Festival, Best Music Film at the Utopia Art House Film Festival, and has been selected for the 2025 Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival.
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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul appeared to respond to President Trump's comments in a May 4th interview with regarding his responsibility to uphold the US Constitution.
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Officials in Kentucky are concerned that tariffs are already negatively impacting the state's economy.
Radio Shows & Music
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This week's episode of The Crunkadelic Funk Show featured music from Marvin Gaye, Janet Jackson, The GAP Band, Donna Summer, MC Lyte, Kurtis Blow, Nona Hendryx, & more!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Barns Courtney (Young In America), Romy (Weightless), Mitski (My Love Is Mine All Mine), Dua Suleh (Daylight Falls), Bakar (All Night), Rhiannon Giddens (Another Wasted Life), & Amos Lee (Greenville)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Glen Hansard (There's No Mountain), Blue Water Highway (Tears On A Hardwood Floor), Briscoe (The Well), Sid Sriram (Do The Dance), Grouplove (Cheese), Susan Tedeschi (Voodoo Woman), & The National Featuring Rosanne Cash (Crumble)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Van Morrison (Shakin' All Over), Shamir (The Beginning), Ilsey (No California), Shannon McNally (Ember), Stephen Sanchez (High), Bahamas (I'm Still), & Jenny Lewis (Cherry Baby)!
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This week's episode of the Crunkadelic Funk Show featured music from The Five Stairsteps, Linda Clifford, Rose Royce, Slave, Bootsy Collins, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight & the Pips, & more!
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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