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Lexington leaders narrowly voted down a proposed eight-story student housing complex at the corner of East Maxwell and Rose Streets last week. But that doesn't mean the area isn't primed for a similar, if smaller, development.
Local News
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UK AthleticsBehind a new career-high 25 digs from junior libero Molly Tuozzo, the top-seeded Kentucky Volleyball team beat (4) Tennessee 3-1 (20-25, 25-22, 25-15, 25-23) in four sets Monday night at the 2025 Allstate SECVolleyball Tournament. -
Samantha LedermanFood Chain has provided fresh, local food to the community for over a decade, serving up free meals three afternoons a week from it's Sixth Street location. Now, thanks to a new hot food vending machine right outside the building, those meals can be accessible 24/7. -
Mark Schiefelbein/AP/APU.S. Sen. Rand Paul is calling some recent statements by President Donald Trump "reckless," while continuing to questions the administration's military buildup near Venezuela. -
Josh James/WUKYIn this episode, we chat with CivicLex founder and executive director Richard Young about the debates surrounding a student housing complex, publicly-funded ride-sharing, and a new city hall proposal. -
UK AthleticsThe top-seeded Kentucky Volleyball team beat eighth-seeded Auburn 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-22) in three sets Sunday afternoon in the 2025 SEC Volleyball Tournament quarterfinals behind 15 kills from Brooklyn DeLeye and a 13-kill, no-error performance by Eva Hudson. -
George Walker IV/AP/APDiego Pavia threw for a career-high 484 yards and five touchdowns and No. 12 Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 45-17 in Nashville.
Radio Shows & Music
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Molly Tuttle stops by WUKY's Rock & Roots and joins host Joe Conkwright.Recorded live on Thursday, August 14, 2025. -
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)! -
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's episode of the Crunkadelic Funk Show featured music from Grace Jones, Trouble Funk, Klymaxx, Erykah Badu, George Clinton, Slave, Bonnie Pointer, & more! -
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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PodcastsThis week Josh and Joe discuss preparations for your Thanksgiving feast and Josh shares a favorite recipe with an unlikey ingredient, pickeled roasted beets.Support The Farmers' Market Report on 91.3, WUKY with a donation at wuky.org. -
PodcastsWhat happens when three arts podcast hosts get together? Will hilarity ensue? Perhaps something a bit more urbane and cerebral? You're about to find out! This week on WUKY's Open Studio Tom Musgrave talks with Jennifer Sciantarelli and Mark Mozingo, co-hosts of "The Beat: Conversations with the University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts Community," podcast. -
PodcastsThis week we've got a fresh episode of Lexington Stories, Lore and More where Alan and Fiona Young Brown, author of Secret Lexington, A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, discuss places likethe Coca Cola building on Leestown that resembles a UFO, the former Bondurant pharmacy, (now a liquor store) that was constructed as a giant mortar and pestle, and the story of downtown Lexington's Big Blue building. -
PodcastsThe University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s ACTION program has published the latest edition of its book, “Cancer in Appalachia: A Collection of Youth-told Stories, Volume Two.” The collection features fictional short stories and poems by high school and undergraduate students from Appalachian Kentucky who participate in Markey’s Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program. Dr. Greg talks with Nathan Vanderford, Ph.D., director of the ACTION program and the book’s co-editor.
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