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FILE - A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge at the immigration court at Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, on Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
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Kentucky lawmakers are discussing a bill that would mandate that all local law enforcement agencies and state police agree to a program that allows for the deputizing of local officers, who could then act as federal immigration agents during routine policing.
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    This 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.
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    The 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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    Lex Talk History, the official podcast of the Lexington History Museum, is back for November with an update on museum happenings and a chat with Lexington film maker and writer Jeff Hoagland. Mandy and Alan talk with Jeff about the debut of four new multimedia projects that complement LHM's “Intersections: 250 Years of Lexington History” exhibit. The premiere event, 'Discovering Lexington,' will be held this Saturday November 22nd at 11 a.m. in the Lexington Public Library's Farish Theatre.
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    Chip 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.
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