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Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton gave her State of the City address on Tuesday. As WUKY’s Karyn Czar reports, the Mayor outlined the successes of her first year in office and plans as we venture into 2020.

This week on the WUKY SportsPage host Keith Elkins talks one on one with Kentucky native and long-time Major League Baseball Umpire Sam Holbrook.  This season Sam will serve as crew chief in his assignments across the league. 

In remembrance and celebration of Martin Luther King's impact on civil rights, the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration will take place in downtown Lexington Monday, Jan. 20, with the Freedom March, followed by the commemorative holiday program.  UK Now's Carl Nathe speaks with the community celebration's long-time organizers.

The Kentucky Men's Basketball Team will try to make sure one bad loss doesn't turn into two when it travels to Arkansas this Saturday. The Razorbacks are off to a good start and playing and winning in Bud Walton Arena is never an easy task.  Lex 18 sports anchor Keith Farmer joins us for the UK Sports Report.

Kentucky's Rupp Arena is getting a new name. The home court of Kentucky's men's basketball team. The 44-year-old home of the Wildcats will be called Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center,  Under the 14-year rights agreement with the Lexington-area bank the university's marketing partner will be paid $1.5 annually.   Karyn Czar has details.

A bill permitting sports betting in Kentucky easily sailed through committee Wednesday in a unanimous vote could bode well for the measure's future.