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City-wide celebrations for Asian-American and Pacific Islander heritage month kick off this weekend.Lexington Vice Mayor Dan Wu organized last year's inaugural LEX GET HAAPI celebration.
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If you haven’t yet made your Derby Day plans, Keeneland is again throwing a big all day party. WUKY’s Samantha Lederman was at the track earlier today and got all the details from Keeneland spokesperson Lauren Sparrow.
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Fierceness was named the 5-2 morning line favorite for the upcoming 150th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and will look to make history in next Saturday’s milestone race as the first entrant to win in 45 attempts from the No. 17 post position.
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A five-year extension on Lexington’s license plate readers – known as FLOCK cameras – is moving forward. Despite two years in operation, community concerns persist about how the cameras might be used in the future.
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The new shared governance structure pivots the Senate from a policy-making body to an Advisory Faculty Senate which would operate alongside the Staff Senate and the Student Government Association.
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Kentucky’s 35th Safe Haven Baby Box has been added at the Nicholasville Fire Department’s station four. The last resort option is designed to prevent illegal abandonment of babies – while taking any face-to-face interaction out of the surrender process.
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A new $781 million home for the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center will help researchers accelerate work aimed at “conquering cancer in the commonwealth,” its director said Thursday. More from WUKY's Karyn Czar.
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Kentucky’s senior senator is expressing relief that a massive foreign aid package – including $61 billion for Ukraine – is on the books.
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Property value assessments have risen dramatically for many in Fayette County with this latest round of notifications, but officials are hoping property owners speak up if they feel the numbers are unrealistic.
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Members of Lexington’s Urban County Council took their first sustained look at the mayor’s proposed budget Tuesday. The spending plan comes as leftover federal American Rescue Plan Dollars dwindle.
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A new rule from President Joe Biden's administration blocking blanket policies to keep transgender students from using school bathrooms that align with their gender identity could conflict with laws in Republican-controlled states.
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A Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while carrying a Confederate battle flag was sentenced on Monday to more than two years in prison for pepper spraying two police officers in the face, partially blinding them for hours during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.