Local News
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A Lexington council member facing a yearslong protective order is appealing the decision.
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The commonwealth will be taking an extra security step on Election Day next week.
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Apart from voting centers, there was another line in Lexington Thursday — this one more colorful and flavorful. WUKY’s Josh James attended the annual Reverse Trick-or-Treat at Kentucky Children’s Hospital.
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Early in-person, no excuse absentee voting in Kentucky is Thursday, October 31, Friday, November 1, and Saturday, November 2.
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Early voting got underway at 8:30 a.m. this morning and it didn't take long for wait times to begin adding up.
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Hundreds of people were lined up for Lexington’s sixth Expungement & Job Fair Clinic long before the doors opened Wednesday morning.
Radio Shows & Music
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from The Struts (Can't Stop Talking), Mt. Joy (She Wants To Go Dancing), Orla Gartland (Little Chaos), Lady Blackbird (Like A Woman), Sports Team (Condensation), Basia Bulat (Baby), & Fantastic Negrito (I Hope Somebody's Loving You)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Donavon Frankenreiter (Get Outta Your Mind), The Tano Jones Revelry (Light It), Faye Webster (After The First Kiss), Shemekia Copeland Featuring Alejandro Escovedo (Is There Anybody Up There?), Dwight Yoakam (Wide Open Heart), Ben Sollee (Shine), & Amythyst Kiah (Silk & Petals)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Jeremie Albino (So Many Ways To Say I Love You), Emily Barker (Tonight, Tonight), Michael Kiwanuka (The Rest Of Me), Sixpence None The Richer (Julia), Lucinda Williams (While My Guitar Gently Weeps), Beabadoobee (Beaches), & Waxahatchee (Much Ado About Nothing)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Tears For Fears (The Girl That I Call Home), Lights (Damage), Billy Strings (Gild The Lily), Joy Oladokun (I'd Miss The Birds), U2 (Picture Of You (X+W)), Yola (Future Enemies), & The Cure (Alone)!
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WUKY Guest DJ Chris Cunningham brings in a batch of recordings from the Golden Age of Rock and some newer Retro-Rockabilly artists and bands.
Podcasts
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PodcastsIn this episode, Tony & B-Mad talk about the differences between Visual Arts and Branding and share some new projects along the way!
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PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews Chris Williams, Senior Vice President of Communications at Kosair for Kids about the mission and the history of the organization.
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PodcastsAccording to the US Census Bureau by the year 2034 more Americans will be over the age of 65 (numbering some 77-million people), than under the age of 18. That will be a first for our nation and it underscores the importance of communities enhancing the quality and volume of senior-oriented support services. Dr. Greg talks with Kristy Stambaugh - director of Aging and Disability Services for the city of Lexington. She tells us all about the programs on offer at the city's four senior centers (Life Lane, Bell Court, Charles Young and Black & Williams Cultural Center) and shares more details on a brand new one coming to Shillito Park in 2026.
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PodcastsVoting Matters is back with an episode focusing on energizing young voters. Recently our guest, Lexington SCAPA student Cricket Brown appeared in the Voices Amplified production of What the Constitution Means to Me and we were so blown away by their performance, we thought who better to talk about the youth vote? Cricket talks about being a non-binary performer on the local theatre scene and gives tips on how to speak to young people about why and how voting matters.
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