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WUKY will host a Karaoke Contest during the Lexington Pride Festival! Participants will perform one song in front of a panel of judges at preliminary auditions located around downtown Lexington.
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A downtown patriotic concert, parade, and fireworks spectacular will be at the center of Lexington’s booming Fourth of July celebration. WUKY's Karyn Czar has details.
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A Republican lawmaker argues the Kentucky Department of Education is "shamelessly injecting politics" into classroom with its grammatical interpretation of a provision in Senate Bill 150, a controversial far-reaching bill which sets new restrictions on the teaching of sexuality in schools.
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A Kentucky facility built to dispose of deadly Cold War-era chemical weapons is nearing the end of its mission to destroy its 520-ton stockpile, a milestone that will likely mark the end of chemical weapons destruction projects in the U.S., officials said Wednesday. Alan Lytle reports.
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Depeche Mode (Wagging Tongue), Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile (Dear Insecurity), Pressing Strings (Your Love), Hannah Jadagu (Lose), Andy Frasco & The UN (You Do You), Hiss Golden Messenger (Nu Grape), & Durand Jones (See It Through)!
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PodcastsThis week on the Lexington Farmers' Market Report Joe & Josh pick up on blueberries, delicious herb infused blueberry sauces and freezing blueberries for later.
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Despite recent movement by the council toward expansion of the urban service boundary, Mayor Linda Gorton is striking a skeptical note.
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Lexington is hosting a series of events surrounding Juneteenth, the nationally-celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the U.S. One new addition this year is a campaign to recognize Fayette County’s rural Black hamlets.
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The Wildcats (40-19) emerged as the Lexington Regional champion by winning three games in 36 hours, capping it off with a 4-2 victory over Indiana on Monday night at Kentucky Proud Park in front of a crowd of 6,796 thundering fans, the largest crowd to ever attend a UK home baseball game.
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Kentucky’s top health official was asked Monday about the status of the state’s health system as pandemic funding and resources wind down — and how the commonwealth might fare during a future health emergency.
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Organizers seeking justice in the case of Breonna Taylor want to keep Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron out of the Governor's Mansion — and they're laying the groundwork for a campaign on the issue. The announcement comes on what would have been Taylor’s 30th birthday.
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Churchill Downs will suspend racing operations on Wednesday and move the remainder of its spring meet to Ellis Park to conduct a “top-to-bottom”review of safety and surface protocols in the wake of 12 horse fatalities the past month at the home of the Kentucky Derby.
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Lexington city leaders have votes to add 5,000 acres to the city’s urban service boundary, marking the first major shift in decades-long local debate.
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Kentucky could soon exit a bipartisan nonprofit organization meant to help states keep voter rolls current and catch instances of voter fraud. The Electronic Registration Information Center, commonly called ERIC, has been a target of the far right and former President Donald Trump.
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