Arlo Barnette
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It's Black History Month, and Lexington Parks & Recreation is celebrating by featuring the history behind some of its many parks and facilities named after notable Black Americans. WUKY’s Arlo Barnette has more.
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Mayor Linda Gorton has named Charlie Lanter Lexington’s first Commissioner of Housing Advocacy and Community Development.
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A small hamlet in Woodford County that once was a free town for Black Americans after the Civil War is being preserved by University of Kentucky students. WUKY's Arlo Barnette has more on the story.
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Lexington’s Carnegie Center held a virtual program honoring the life and work of Black feminist writer and activist bell hooks Tuesday night, overcoming an interruption from racist Zoom-bombers. WUKY’s Arlo Barnette has more.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the criticism he received over a comment made about African American voters is outrageous and offensive. Arlo Barnette has more on the story.
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Originally planned to take place in the newly renovated Central Bank Center, Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton delivered her State of the Merged Government address virtually Tuesday due to the current surge in COVID-19 cases. As WUKY’s Arlo Barnette reports, she reviewed a year of hard-won progress.
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Fayette County Public School students and staff placed in quarantine by the health department due to out-of-school COVID exposure will have the option to Test-to-Stay-in-School, as part of new guidelines taking effect next week. WUKY’s Arlo Barnette reports.
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Fayette County Public Schools reported 760 new COVID cases among students and staff last week, with 1,131 students and 6 employees in quarantine as of Tuesday. As WUKY’s Arlo Barnette reports, changes are coming next week in response to updated guidance from the Kentucky Department of Public Health.
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Bills filed in Kentucky would ban teachers from discussing race in ways that make some uncomfortable, but students and teachers are showing up in Frankfort to protest what they call an attempt to whitewash history. WUKY’s Arlo Barnette reports.
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Emergency rooms at Lexington hospitals are overwhelmed with a surge of COVID-19 cases. Physicians are asking people with mild symptoms to get tested elsewhere.WUKY's Arlo Barnette reports.