WUKY Staff

In one of the closest competitions in the event’s 38-year history, Kentucky Blood Center pulled away from Tennessee’s MEDIC Regional Blood Center on Friday to win the 2025 Big Blue Crush. Kentucky prevailed with 2,143 donors over the five-day competition, edging Tennessee’s 2,018.

The Lexington Theatre Company presents 'A Christmas Carol the Musical' with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens. The show is based on Charles Dickens 1843 novella.

In what’s shaping up to be another down-to-the-wire Big Blue Crush, Kentucky donors clawed back Wednesday and closed within 10 donors of Tennessee in the 38th annual blood battle.

Kentucky donors improved on their first-day score in the 38th annual Big Blue Crush blood drive, but Tennessee’s record day on Tuesday flipped the leaderboard.

Kentucky fans have staked the early advantage in the 38th annual Big Blue Crush by the slimmest of margins. Just 10 donors separate Kentucky Blood Cener and Tennessee’s MEDIC Regional Blood Center in the yearly push to boost the Thanksgiving blood supply.

Starting Monday the crush is on to collect more pints than our counterparts in the Volunteer state.

Funeral plans have been finalized for former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins who died last week at the age of 88.

As federal funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program comes to a halt as a result of an ongoing government shutdown, Governor Andy Beshear has declared a state of emergency allowing $5 million to go to funding local food banks.

WUKY, the oldest university-owned and licensed FM station in the nation, marked a milestone Wednesday in fun fashion.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office in Kentucky reported that one person has died and multiple people sustained injuries after a National Weather Service confirmed EF-2 tornado Friday morning.