WUKY In Depth

Lexington, KY – A conversation with Doug Boyd, with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History At The University of Kentucky. Today, we feature a project involving the late Bill Keightley who died in the spring of 2007.

Lexington, KY – Doug Boyd with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, and Tracy Campbell of the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center recall one of the nastiest political races in Kentucky history.

Lexington, KY – With audio courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky, hear how one influential Kentucky politician contemplated accepting an offer of becoming Harry Truman's running mate.

Lexington, KY – Hear Doug Boyd with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky relate the little known tale of how the office of the vice president became "the veep".

Lexington, KY – Doug Boyd with the Louie B. Nunn Center For Oral History at The University of Kentucky chats with Alan Lytle about an important healthcare initiative that's still going strong in Kentucky.

Lexington, KY – Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History shares an interesting clip of former First Lady Jackie Kennedy and her friendship with the influential Senator.

Lexington, KY – Hear a powerful, first-hand account of the Normandy Invasion by Kentuckian Jess Beets. Special thanks to Doug Boyd, with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky.

By Bob DeMattina

Lexington, KY – Amateur and professional landscapers alike see to have a special aversion to a pesky weed called kudzu. It was introduced in this country back in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Since that time, kudzu vines have cropped up all over the Southeastern U-S. Now, as Dr. Bob DeMattina with the University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture reports, area meat goat producers are discovering a hidden benefit to kudzu.