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Kentucky's top cop is joining more than a dozen other states that are calling on the federal government to address delays in death penalty cases.
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Associated PressFormer University of Kentucky star Randall Cobb is one step closer to football immortality. The National Football Foundation announced Monday that Cobb has been named to the 2027 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. -
UK AthleticsKentucky’s season ended on Monday night with a 6-5, 10-inning defeat to West Virginia, but the Wildcats went out the way they spent the season, battling to the end despite hurdle after hurdle. -
Josh James/WUKYA proposed retail and apartment complex at the corner of Woodland Avenue and East High Street is touching off discord with residents in the neighborhood.
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Gerald Herbert/AP/APKentucky Governor and Democratic Governors Association chair Andy Beshear shared his thoughts on where his party's first presidential primaries should be held in two years. -
Artificial intelligence is making its way into some government operations in Lexington and policymakers are working to keep a handle on exactly how it's used.
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Timothy D. Easley/AP/FR43398 APFormer Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin continues to tussle with a family court judge in Jefferson County. Bevin has twice failed to show up for in-person court dates, instead appearing via Zoom.
Radio Shows & Music
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WUKY Listener Walt Remondini returns as a guest host for The Rock & Roots Special Edition. This program aired first on Saturday, March 7, 2026. -
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: 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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PodcastsThe Lexington Farmers' Market Report on WUKY is brought to you by Kentucky American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, providing safe, reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately half a million people in portions of 14 counties. Learn more at kentuckyamwater.com.This week Josh and Joe shell out the goods on peas. There are many varieties at the Market now during this peak of the season, and may ways to prepare them - stir-frying, making into a hummus like dip, adding to soups and salads, or eating in hand. Go ahead and give peas a chance with your meals. -
PodcastsDr. Gary Anderson, is wrapping up 35 years as the founding conductor and musical director for the Lexington Chamber Chorale. He talks about his long musical journey and previews what's scheduled to be his final concert as leader of the choral group on Sunday June 7 at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate. -
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PodcastsAccess to safe drinking water depends not only on infrastructure, but on the people who operate and maintain it. At the University of Kentucky, Diana Byrne, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, is addressing long-standing challenges facing small water utilities. She talks about her research this week on Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.
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