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The Defender Kentucky Three Day Event wrapped up Sunday afternoon with a familiar face taking home the trophy. WUKY’s Samantha Lederman brings us this report from the Kentucky Horse Park.
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Fierceness was named the 5-2 morning line favorite for the upcoming 150th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and will look to make history in next Saturday’s milestone race as the first entrant to win in 45 attempts from the No. 17 post position.
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Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart says he can’t comment on a lawsuit filed by two former swim team members against him, the school and former coach Lars Jorgensen, alleging sexual assaults including rape by Jorgensen and claiming the school “purposefully” disregarded multiple credible reports of inappropriate sexual relationships.
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Mark Pope was introduced as Kentucky men's basketball coach and didn't mince words, saying “We are here to win banners.” His introduction came two days after Kentucky hired him to replace John Calipari, a Hall of Fame coach who was hired by Arkansas on Wednesday after 15 years highlighted by winning the 2012 national championship.
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Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies — a movesupporters said was unrelated to recent scrutiny about the health of the state's senior senator, Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
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The nominee for Kentucky Education Commissioner appears poised for confirmation by the Senate by Monday.
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Kentucky's GOP-dominated legislature is knocking out Gov. Andy Beshear's vetoes one by one as the session winds down.
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Kentucky has hired BYU’s Mark Pope as men’s basketball coach, bringing home a member of the Wildcats’ 1996 national championship team to succeed John Calipari. The school announced the 51-year-old Pope’s hiring in a release on Friday morning but did not mention any contract details.
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Scott Drew will remain as Baylor's men's basketball coach, stating his desire to "bring more championships" to the program on social media after being linked to the Kentucky coaching vacancy following John Calipari's departure to Arkansas.
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Arkansas hired John Calipari as men’s basketball coach on Wednesday, a day after the Hall of Fame coach stepped down from the Kentucky program he led to the 2012 NCAA championship.
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As expected, Lexington leaders are on track to approve a five-year contract to keep the city’s license plate readers in place. The first vote didn’t come without some back-and-forth between members of the public, the council, and law enforcement.
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This week on WUKY's Capitol Chat, Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock and Alan Lytle talk about some of the vetoes issued by Democrat Governor Andy Beshear during the 10 day recess of the 2024 legislative session. Lawmakers have the opportunity to override the vetoes when they return to the Capitol for two more legislative days this Friday and next Monday. They can also pass new bills minus the ability to override a gubernatorial nixing.