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LexArts popular Hop is changing back from a virtual to a live and in person event once again starting this Friday night from 5 to 8 p.m. Community Arts

Kentuckians donated more than $740,000 to 219 nonprofit organizations participating in the ninth annual Kentucky Gives Day online giving campaign. Danielle Clore, Executive Director of the Kentucky Non-Profit Network says the total was a welcome increase from the $652,352 raised during the 2020 event, and it the drive provided some much needed relief for cash-strapped organizations still reeling from the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about the results with WUKYs Alan Lytle. Liste...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2021) — Lexingtons NPR news station, WUKY-FM, grabbed 12 nominations, including Best Short Newscast, from the Kentucky Broadcasters Associations new 2020 "Impact Broadcasters Awards." In a year when world-altering events, from the COVID-19 pandemic to historic racial justice demonstrations, visited Kentuckys doorstep, WUKYs news team delivered the most KBA-nominated entries of any Lexington radio station. WUKYs Morning Edition anchor Karyn Czar is in the running for fi...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 4, 2021) — Lexington's NPR news station, WUKY-FM, grabbed 12 nominations, including Best Short Newscast, from the Kentucky

Alan Lytle As more people get their COVID-19 vaccines, we’re starting to see more of them dip their proverbial toes back into the social waters – while also maintaining the necessary masking and social distancing protocols. Such was the case recently for me and five of my friends who, as it turned out like dozens of others, teamed up to ramble through the streets of downtown Lexington looking for clues to solve an online LexRipper murder mystery game. So we donned some Ste...

“Kentucky Association Race Track,” Tour the Historic Bluegrass, accessed April 19, 2021, https://tourthehistoricbluegrass.com/items/show/37. Over the years it’s had many names: “Gunntown,” “Kinkeadtown,” and “Goodloetown,” and thanks to the talented and driven Black professionals in Lexington’s East End neighborhood, it was also a center for creation and growth for the horse racing industry in Kentucky. Now, Keeneland and the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation are ...

Josh James / WUKY As predicted election night in Kentucky was a good night for Republicans running for the legislature, but not so much for the Democrats. With the GOP solidly in charge of the General Assembly what does the Kentucky Democratic party do to rebound? For starters they elected Colmon Elridge the new state party chair. Hes a former advisor to Governor Steve Beshear and he is the first African-American to lead the Democratic party in Kentucky.  For some analysis we...

LRC Public Information The Kentucky Senate has voted to require schools to reopen in-person instruction by late March. Senators passed the bill Wednesday. The bill is potentially one step from going to the governor. The bill would require in-person classes resume by March 29. It returns to the House, which will consider Senate changes. If the House accepts the changes, it could send the legislation to Gov. Andy Beshear. Under the bill, districts would need to offer, at least, ...

Listen Melanie Beals Goan is an associate professor of history in the Department of History in the UK College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on women’s history in the United States, with specific interest in Appalachia/Kentucky and medical history. She is the author of “Mary Breckinridge: The Frontier Nursing Service” and “Rural Health in Appalachia.” Credit UK Now   From UK Now: When the Declaration of Independence was signed by a group of wealthy white men in 1776, poor...

LRC Public Information The Kentucky General Assembly is bound by the state Constitution when it comes to how many days they meet each year and when sessions must adjourn. Bills gaining traction this year would change that.