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This past school year, the staff of 2020-2021, along with a few of the newer 2021-2022 staff, were finally rewarded for their efforts in the form of around 80 awards.

The sentencing hearing for the three men convicted in the shooting death of Jonathan Krueger took place Thursday, less than a month after all three pleaded guilty.

University of Kentucky junior Rayleigh Deaton, a communication and political science major from Charleston, South Carolina, has been awarded an English-Speaking Union (ESU) Scholarship presented by the English-Speaking Union Kentucky Branch.

The three men charged in a robbery and shooting that killed a UK student have pleaded guilty Thursday morning.

Gonzalez was given 35 years for murder and robbery. Smith, 34 years for manslaughter, robbery and fleeing and evading police. Diaz has 20 years for robbery.

On this “Wildcat Wednesday,” UK celebrates Lauren Hudson, a junior majoring in neuroscience and biology, from Villa Hills, Kentucky.  

Brad Luttrell, a 2009 journalism graduate, is the co-founder and CEO of GoWild, a free social media community helping outdoor enthusiasts improve their skills, discover gear and earn rewards.

Joy Priest, a 2012 journalism graduate, had dreamed of being an author since she was a girl. In 2019, she accomplished that dream by publishing “Horsepower,” her first collection of poems. But she hasn’t stopped there in her pursuit to cement her spot in Kentucky’s literary legacy.

With beauty, brains and the Big Blue Nation supporting her, a University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information alumna has traded her Miss Kentucky title for Miss USA. Elle Smith has won the 2021 Miss USA pageant. The UK graduate will now represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant on Dec. 12, in Eilat, Israel.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) – A University of Kentucky graduate who captured the Miss Kentucky title earlier this year, has now won the Miss USA pageant, and will be heading to