WUKY In Depth

By Nathan Courteny - Alan Lytle

Lexington, KY – According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention the state of Kentucky ranks second nationally for both colon cancer incidence and mortality. But experts say with an early diagnosis, colon cancer can be cured about 90% of the time. However, more than one-third of the Kentucky population has never had a colon cancer screening, a rate that doesn't compare favorably to other states.

By Jeff Franklin

Lexington, KY – IT WAS A FUN-FILLED WEEKEND FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AT THE LIFE ADVENTURE CENTER IN WOODFORD COUNTY AS THEY PLAYED GAMES UNDERNEATH A LARGE PICNIC SHELTER IN THE SUMMER HEAT. THEY TRIED TO BEAT THE HEAT WITH A WATER FIGHT USING SUPER SOAKERS, BUCKETS AND EVEN THE GARDEN HOSE TO PROPERLY COOL EACH OTHER DOWN.

By Kevin Willis

Murray, KY – One of Kentucky's most important 20th century political leaders is reflecting on a lifetime

of public service. Kevin Willis continues our series on Kentucky Statesmen with this look

at the life and career of former Governor and Senator Wendell Ford .

By Ashley Westerman / Bryan Bartlett

Lexington, KY – On this edition of Focus On UK, Bryan Bartlett chats up Chester Grundy, the Interim Director of the Martin Luther King Junior Cultural Center at the University of Kentucky, about Black History Month Activities.

Lexington, KY – In this week's Focus on UK, Doug Boyd, with UK's Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, stops by and provides an update on a project featuring the late "Mr. Wildcat", Bill Keigthley.

Lexington, KY – In this edition of "Focus On UK", Bryan Bartlett reports on a series of workshops designed to train ordinary citizens to become online journalists.

Lexington, KY – We chat again with Doug Boyd with the Louie B. Nunn Center For Oral History, and Tracy Campbell of the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center about a dirty trick perpetrated by Ned Breathitt against A.B. Chandler in 1963.

Lexington, KY – In this edition of "Focus On UK" Alan Lytle chats with Jerry Price about the upcoming workshop designed to encourage adults who either have never pursued a degree, or ones who left school early, to come back to college.

Lexington, KY – During a recent visit to Lexington, Alicia Shepard dropped by the WUKY studios to chat with Alan Lytle about her role as NPR's "ethical watchdog"

Lexington, KY – Doug Boyd at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky on the role A.B. Happy Chandler played in helping break the "color barrier" in Major League Baseball.