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New trial date set in shooting death of UK student and last updated 2021-04-21 18:09:30-04 LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A new trial date has been set six years after University of Kentucky student Jonathan Krueger was shot and killed while he was walking home with a friend. Charles Bertram/Kentucky Kernel In a Zoom court hearing Wednesday, it was set for April 4th, 2022. The trial should take about nine days. Justin Delone Smith, Roman Gonzalez, and Efrain Diaz, Jr. were all charged with murder and first-degree robbery. Smith is also charged with tampering with evidence and first-degree fle...

Student publication the Kentucky Kernel said Dr. Susan Odom passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. Author: Courtney Hayden Updated: 9:38 AM EDT April 20, 2021 LEXINGTON, Ky. — A University of Kentucky (UK) professor passed away last weekend after an accident at her home, according to multiple sources. The Kentucky Kernel, a student-produced publication at the university, reported the death of Dr. Susan Odom Monday. The Fayette County Coroner's Office said Odom passed away after falling down the stairs in her home, the article said. The UK Chemistry depart...

The free speech of Kentuckians is under attack and here is why you should care. On March 25, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Kentucky Kernel, the student newspaper at the University of Kentucky, in an open records lawsuit filed by the University of Kentucky. UK filed the lawsuit after refusing to disclose records to the Kernel about a sexual misconduct case from five years ago. UK’s argument for denying the requested documents was to keep the identity of the victims safe but the ruling found that went against the Open Records Act.  Was the Supreme Court ruling just, or sho...

Bryan Greene, 25, and Lakell Gates, 11, play basketball on the court in Duncan Park in Lexington, Kentucky, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. Photo by Arden Barnes, courtesy of Kentucky Kernel. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 16, 2021) — May 2020 journalism graduate and former Kentucky Kernel editor-in-chief Bailey Vandiver placed fourth in the Explanatory Reporting Competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program. In addition to being recognized among top journalists in the nation, Vandiver has received a $1,000 scholarship. Vandiver’s story, titled “Lexington’s East End: A ...

On January 6, as she scoured her Twitter feed searching for information on the riots unfolding inside the United States Capitol, Natalie Parks stumbled upon chatter in the online University of Kentucky community about someone named Gracyn Courtright.