Local News
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Lexington’s Hope Center is unveiling its new Residential Treatment Program. WUKY stopped by an open house on Friday for a look inside.
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Governor Andy Beshear and Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman are calling for the resignation of Louisville Democrat Representative Daniel Grossberg amid harassment allegations.
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A judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder in the killing, police said.
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Days after a shooter attacked an interstate and disappeared, leaving a Kentucky community scared and on guard, Fred and Sheila McCoy decided to lace up their boots for the first time in a long time and spend days in rugged terrain searching until, finally, they found a body.
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The search for a shooter who left five people wounded on a section of Kentucky interstate earlier this month has led to a body police say they believe belongs to the suspect, Joseph Couch.
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Kentucky State Police say a body has been found near the location where a shooter left five people wounded 11 days ago.
Radio Shows & Music
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from David Gray Featuring Talia Gray (Plus & Minus), Aaron Frazer (Into The Blue), Imogen Clark (All Hard Feelings), Nilüfer Yanya (Mutations), Green Day (Bobby Sox), Kim Deal (Crystal Breath), & Amos Lee (Beautiful Day)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Eric Bibb (Roll On Buddy), Nada Surf (Second Skin), Bruce Springsteen (She Don't Love Me Now), Warren Haynes (This Is Life As We Know It), Linkin Park (The Emptiness Machine), Kacey Musgraves (The Architect), & Sting (I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart))!
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Rock & Roots afternoon host Joe Conkwright is joined by Joan Osborne for conversation and a sampling of music. Joan talks about growing up in Kentucky and her life in music, and she shares a taste of her music. Next year is the 30th anniversary of her major label debut, Relish.Hear what she may have in mind to celebrate.
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Joe P. (Violet), Wyatt Flores (Don't Wanna Say Goodnight), Jonah Kagen (God Needs The Devil), Bryan Ferry (Star), The Mavericks (Overnight Success), Ruthie Foster (Milage), & Lucius (Old Tape)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Something Corporate (Happy), Dawes (Still Strangers Sometimes), Valley (When You Know Someone), St. Vincent (Big Time Nothing), Coldplay (We Pray), Shemekia Copeland (Blame It On Eve), & Kate Pierson (Take Me Back To The Party)!
Podcasts
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PodcastsThis week is all about Pawpaws, Kentucky's own unique sub-tropical mountain fruit. Josh and Joe where and when to get the fruit and how to use it in a variety of ways.
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PodcastsIt’s September and we’re dropping a brand new episode of WUKY’s Lex Talk History with Alan Lytle and Lexington History Museum Executive Director Dr. Mandy Higgins. Join us as we re-cap the museum’s one year anniversary in its new home in the Thomas Hunt Morgan House and then in our Lex Get Into It segment Mandy talks with Judy Owens, President of the Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky, about a new focused exhibit opening this month. “Among Women – 130 years of the Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky,” will soon be on display for visitors. Get an audio sneak peek here on our show.
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Jerry Tipton covered University of Kentucky basketball for the Lexington Herald-Leader for 41 seasons before retiring in 2022. He was known for his straightforward questioning of UK coaches, from Joe B. Hall to John Calipari. A native of Hamtramck, Michigan, Jerry graduated from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and worked for the Huntington Herald-Dispatch before coming to Lexington.He was inducted into the U.S, Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2005, the Marshall University Journalism Hall of Fame in 2018, and the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 2020. He has recently written a memoir titled Deja Blue: A Sportswriter Reflects on 41 Seasons of Kentucky Basketball, published by Acclaim Press. In this interview, he talks about his start in journalism, his working relationships with coaches, including some of the memorable dialogue involved, and many of the highlights of his 41-year tenure on the UK basketball beat.
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PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews Gary Adkins and Scott Wegenast about AARP's goals, mission, present and future. Gary is Volunteer State President and Scott is Communications Manager at AARP.
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