Featured News
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program officially kicked off at Golisano Children's Hospital UK Wednesday.
Local News
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A former Lexmark and IBM data center campus in Lexington has been sold to Dallas-based data center operator DartPoints for $29 million, according to property records and company officials.
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With concerns about data centers growing, the nonprofit Kentucky Resources Council has released a model ordinance communities could adopt regarding the controversial developments.
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Lexington's Urban County Council has given its initial approval to three ordinances that would go on the November ballot for residents to decide.
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Fayette County Board of Education Chair Tyler Murphy and the Kentucky Education Association have filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that would bar some district employees from serving on the two largest school boards in the state.
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Thousands of Kentucky children and teens will have access to free meals this summer through the state’s SUN Programs, a federally funded initiative designed to help families when school is out of session.
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Republican lawmakers are heaping criticism on Gov. Andy Beshear's decision to shave 10 cents off the state's gas tax and halt a scheduled increase — citing the impact on the state's road fund.
Radio Shows & Music
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WUKY Listener Walt Remondini returns as a guest host for The Rock & Roots Special Edition. This program aired first on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
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Molly Tuttle stops by WUKY's Rock & Roots and joins host Joe Conkwright.Recorded live on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Rodney Crowell Featuring Tyler Bryant (The Twenty One Song Salute (Owed to G.G. Shinn and Cléoma Falcon)), Mt. Joy (Lucy), St Paul & the Broken Bones (Sushi And Coca Cola), Tame Impala (End Of Summer), Alison Krauss & Union Station (One Ray Of Shine), & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (Voodoo Charm)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Flyte Featuring Aimee Mann (Alabaster), Jade Bird (Save Your Tears), Jeff Tweedy (Enough), The Last Dinner Party (This Is The Killer Speaking), Robert Plant Featuring Suzy Dian (Everybody's Song), & Sheryl Crow & The Real Lowdown (The New Normal)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Goose (Your Direction), Khatumu (Fire Drill), Counting Crows (With Love From A To Z), Grant-Lee Phillips (She Knows Me), & Warren Haynes Featuring Derek Trucks (These Changes)!
Podcasts
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PodcastsThe official podcast of the Lexington History Museum is back with a fresh episode for June. Soulfeast Week, a 10 day celebration of black culinary and agriculture in central Kentucky, takes place From June 16 - 25th. Alan and Mandy get a preview from event co-founder Martina Barksdale. This year's daylong SoulTeenth Fest in Gatton Park will include the dedication of an EJI marker to honor R.C.O. Benjamin. Local activist Russell Allen joins the program to talk about the effort to memorialize the journalist, minister and attorney who was murdered on October 2, 1900, while helping to register Black citizens to vote in Lexington.
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PodcastsIn this edition of WUKY's Saving Stories, Nunn Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd shares audio from two oral history interviews with former Urban League of Lexington president P.G. Peeples who recently passed away at the age of 81. Both audio clips take you inside the mind of one of Kentucky's most influential civil rights and community leaders.
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PodcastsToa Green (she/her), Owner and Operator of Crank & Boom Craft Ice Cream, discusses serial entrepreneurship, joy-driven leadership, and innovative flavors.
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PodcastsWhat's the most common reason why festivalgoers land in the first-aid tent? You might be surprised. It's that time of year where we often attend outdoor events (like this weekend's Railbird,) and we don't think about the incredible infrastructure that is there in case we get injured or sick. Dr. Greg goes behind the scenes of 'event medicine' with Dr. Brian Adkins; medical director of UK Athletics Emergency Medical Services and chair-elect of the Event Medicine Division of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
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