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Editor’s Note: Each year, the Kentucky Kernel sets up two couples on a blind date, with Editor-in-Chief Hannah Stanley and Managing and Photo Editor Abbey Cutrer selecting students based on their answers to a survey about their personality, sexual preference and hopes for the date. On Wednesday, Feb. 7, the couples met up for their...

Why one tiny newspaper in Whitesburg, Kentucky, still screams for press freedom despite arson, abuse from the public and financial challenges.

This story has been updated as of 11:07 p.m. on Feb. 8, 2024. A former University of Kentucky student was arrested at 209 University Ave. on Feb. 7, 2024 around 11:35 p.m. Neighbors told the Kentucky Kernel he had made prior threats.  Timothy James, 19, was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment of the...

The staff of the Kentucky Kernel won the General Excellence award among 47 others at the 2024 Kentucky Press Association (KPA) Winter convention.  KPA recognized the work of news outlets across the state in a multitude of categories on Jan. 26, the second day of the two-day convention hosted in Bowling Green.  The Kernel was...

As students, we hope to have our voices heard, rights protected and a healthier future for the state of Kentucky, and Gov. Andy Beshear is the best fit to do so. In an unanimous decision of 15-0, the Kentucky Kernel editorial board chooses to endorse Beshear for re-election in the 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial race. Since...

The ground floor of UK Good Samaritan Hospital was evacuated this afternoon after an incident with an electrical panel and transformer, according to Ashley Montgomery-Yates, a member of the hospital’s executive leadership team. There was water damage causing some smoke, which then set off the sprinklers. Montgomery-Yates said the situation is under investigation as they’re...

Each year, Pulaski County says goodbye to some of its most notable community members, and such was the case again in 2023.

KRNL Lifestyle and Fashion and the Kentucky Kernel won the most first-place awards in recent Kernel Media history for their work during the 2022-23 school year.

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