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The investigation will examine conditions in eight youth detention centers - used to temporarily hold children awaiting a court hearing - and one youth development center.
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Gov. Andy Beshear’s Antisemitism Task Force held its third meeting of the year Wednesday, this time at the University of Kentucky with a focus on the recent wave of Pro-Palestinian student protests nationwide.
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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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Over 150 UK students, staff, and Lexington community members gathered outside the university library to call for a ceasefire in Gaza yesterday.
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Over our 15-year collaboration with the UK Libraries’ Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, WUKY’s Saving Stories has brought you numerous Kentucky Derby themed segments featuring the likes of Eddie Arcaro, Penny Chenery, W.T. Young and Arthur B. Hancock III. This week to celebrate Derby 150, Center Director Doug Boyd and Alan Lytle continue that tradition by returning to a 2019 interview with another story by Hancock. In this part of the conversation the Stone Farm horse breeder and owner talks about how he used the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the perfect ride for eventual winner Gato Del Sol in the 1982 Kentucky Derby. Until that day no horse from the far outside had ever won the signature race. It's a similar scenario 5-2 morning line favorite Fierceness is facing this Saturday.
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With just days remaining until the 150th Run For The Roses WUKY Samantha Lederman paid a visit to Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Versailles. It's the current home of Kentucky Derby winners American Pharaoh and Justify, and their connections will be represented by Sierra Leone. In Saturday's race.
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Work has officially begun on what will become Lexington’s first public river access and park at Kelley’s Landing.
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More than 1,500 members of a 26-congregation group called BUILD gathered Tuesday night with the goal of securing commitments from the city on its current priorities.
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Lexington’s Urban County Council has given a thumbs down to the latest bid to build a new city hall.
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Post positions have been drawn for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. Fierceness has been named the 5-2 morning line favorite and up to 19 other hopefuls will try to spoil the party. Three in particular, have intriguing and unlikely back-stories. Chelsea Hackbarth is a turf reporter for the Paulick Report who has written an article titled Who I'm Rooting For: Top Feel-Good Stories Of Kentucky Derby 150. She talks about it with WUKY’s Alan Lytle.
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Former Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes has been cleared of ethics charges stemming from allegations that the one-time Democratic rising star abused her access to voter registration data to benefit herself and fellow Democrats.