Lexington was largely spared during last night's wave of storms that barreled across the state, but more potential for severe weather is on the way.
Local News
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Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services Eric Friedlander announced he is retiring from the role and the state's Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack will be stepping into the spot.
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If you like live music, 250 Lex is going to be your jam this month. The committee tasked with celebrations surrounding Lexington's two hundred fiftieth anniversary has announced an entire month's worth of concerts and music events across the city. WUKY's Alan Lytle has details.
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The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch that remains in effect for our listening area until 7:00 a.m. and a flood watch that remains in effect until Sunday.
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Both of Kentucky's Republican senators have been staunch critics of President Trump's tariff strategy. But now they're getting heat from the president himself.
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The University of Kentucky is upping health insurance costs for employees on its HMO plan, along with other adjustments.
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According to the National Weather Service, the first round of severe storms will hit Kentucky on Wednesday and last four days.
Radio Shows & Music
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from ZZ Ward (Love Alive), Moe. (In Stride), Charley Crockett (Lonesome Drifter), JohnnySwim (I'm Alright), & Alison Krauss & Union Station (Looks Like The End Of The Road)!
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This week's episode of the Crunkadelic Funk Show celebrated the first day of Black History Month with a little resistance! Robert Cray, Erykah Badu, Billy Preston, Prince, Des'ree, Mavis Staples, Charles Bradley, & more!
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The 67th Grammy Awards were presented last night! Did any of your favorites win?
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Matt Pond PA (The Ballad Of The Natural Lines), Bob Mould (Here We Go Crazy), The Lemon Twigs (My Golden Years), Miso Extra (Certified), Doobie Brothers Featuring Mavis Staples (Walk This Road), Lucy Dacus (Ankles), & Lord Huron Featuring Kristen Stewart (Who Laughs Last?)!
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This week's episode of the Crunkadelic Funk Show was a tribute to Steven Douglas Jones (1950-2012)! Featured music from Beck, Bogert, & Appice, Gary Clark Jr., Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Deva Mahal & Son Little, Christone Kingfish Ingram, Shemekia Copeland, Luther Allison, & more!
Podcasts
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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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PodcastsOliver Simmons was a member of Kentucky’s national championship team of 1996. He was recruited to UK by coach Rick Pitino after a high school career in which he was named Tennessee’s Mr. Basketball in 1994 and 1995. Simmons and other reserves worked their way through the same difficult Pitino practices and training as the stars who saw most of the playing time. The roster contained nine future NBA players, including current UK coach Mark Pope. Early in his sophomore season, Simmons transferred to Florida State, where he played for two and a half years and started a total of 47 games for the Seminoles. Simmons has had a long career in teaching and coaching. He and his family live in Stewartville, Minnesota, but he keeps up with the Wildcats and has some great memories of his time at UK. Here, he talks about the experience of being on a championship team and his long-standing relationships with his teammates, as well as some of the challenges of being part of the UK program in that era.
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PodcastsJosh England from the Lexington Farmers' Market joins WUKY's Joe Conkwright again to talk about the return of outdoor markets in Lexington and across Kentucky. 2025 marks the 50th Anniversary for Lexington's Farmers' Market with plenty of exciting announcements yet to come. Plus listen for news about 'Dinosaur Time' and Josh's least favorite green vegetables, and how to ruin a pizza.
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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
2024-2025 Meetings
Location: WUKY - Studio 49
- March 12, 2025, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm