Josh James

National Poetry Month continues with Wesley Brown a DJ at WRFL and a UK English Major who studies poetry with Nikky Finney. 

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The field is set for the 2012 Toyota Bluegrass Stakes and the post positions have been drawn. Two-year-old juvenile Hansen is favored to win the final prep race before the Kentucky Derby.

Lexington Mayor Jim Gray presented his $289 million dollar budget for fiscal year 2013 Tuesday afternoon. The plan includes no broad-based tax increases, but relies on a projected three percent growth in employee withholdings over the next year.

The mayor’s speech focused largely on two themes: shared sacrifice and creating what he called “a great American city.” Gray struck a cautiously optimistic tone as he touted projects like the new 21c Museum Hotel announced earlier in the day and the state dollars allocated for the Rupp Arena arts district.

LONDON, Ky. - A case in Breathitt County marks the first prosecution in Kentucky’s Eastern District charging a person with causing a death by distributing prescription medication. 

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Organ and tissue donors and recipients gathered with doctors and nurses with UK Healthcare to recognize a special month on their calendars. 

A new flag flies below the stars and stripes in front of UK Chandler Hospital. It reads “Donate Life,” highlighting April status as Donate Life Month, an effort to bolster organ donor registries across the country. More than 800 Kentucky residents are on waiting lists for life-saving organs. Teresa Schladt was lucky enough to receive a liver five years ago.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kids and families eager for some fun in the sun this summer will have a large new playground at Masterson Station Park to visit. 

April is Public Radio Music Month at WUKY. Find out how you can become a guest DJ!

• We’re celebrating with live studio performances and concerts

• Enter our guest DJ contest on Twitter or Facebook. Simply tell us why you want to be a DJ. 

• Watch archive in studio performances by Shemekia Copeland, Solomon Burke, Suzanne Vega and more at WUKY dot org

• Follow @PubRadioMusic on Twitter for new live shows and music streams

LEXINGTON, Ky. - On the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., who was killed in Memphis while campaigning for the rights of sanitation workers to unionize, Lexington’s sanitation workers are asking for the city to recognize their right to form a union.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - UK Wildcat fans showed no signs of slowing down Tuesday afternoon, as thousands welcomed home their NCAA champions with a sea of blue. 

We celebrate National Poetry month via a conversation and poetry reading by two students of Frank X Walker, Hope Johnson and Emily Strange.