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The Champions Classic continues to showcase top college basketball programs. On Tuesday night, No. 17 Michigan State faces No. 12 Kentucky, and No. 5 Duke takes on No. 24 Kansas at Madison Square Garden.
Local News
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Kentucky Blood CenterKentucky fans have staked the early advantage in the 38th annual Big Blue Crush by the slimmest of margins. Just 10 donors separate Kentucky Blood Cener and Tennessee’s MEDIC Regional Blood Center in the yearly push to boost the Thanksgiving blood supply. -
Josh James/WUKYLexington is getting closer to a deal that could alter the layout of downtown with the relocation of the city's government center. -
Mark Schiefelbein/AP/APAs the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to take on the release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Kentucky congressman who spearheaded the long-shot effort is calling into question Justice Department probes into Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats. -
LRC Public InformationKentucky Democratic leadership is being reshuffled in Frankfort, with a Lexington-based lawmaker becoming the party's new caucus chair in the House. -
Josh James/WUKYIn this installment, we chat with CivicLex's Richard Young about a variety of major long-awaited projects moving closer to becoming a reality — from a solar operation to a new city hall. -
(Dirty South Pottery/Facebook)A Kentucky husband and wife team that specializes in handmade pottery is included in The Alliance for American Manufacturing’s new Made in America Holiday Gift Guide, which shines a spotlight on companies that make their products in the U.S.
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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PodcastsLexington Stories, Lore and More is back with a fresh episode on some of the buildings and structures that 'make Lexington Lexington.' Fiona Young-Brown, author of Secret Lexington, A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, tells us about places like the 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. Take a trip around the city without leaving your home. We'll drop the knowledge on ya. -
PodcastsChip Rupp was a division I college basketball player at Vanderbilt and West Virginia. Before that, he played on Henry Clay High School’s 1983 state championship team. He's also the grandson of legendary UK basketball coach Adolph Rupp. In this interview, he provides a wide range of memories of his famous grandfather, as well as insight into his own background in basketball — which included cutting down the nets at Rupp and playing in the SEC. -
PodcastsThis week on Open Studio Tom Musgrave talks with Lexington Theatre Company co-founder & artistic director Lyndy Franklin Smith about their production of 'A Christmas Carol,' November 20-23 at the Lexington Opera House. The local musical theater group is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. -
PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews poet Shauna M. Morgan about her latest book, Ground Provisions.
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