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NPR's Leila Fadel talks with singer-songwriter Arlo Parks about the inspiration for her new album.

By Brenna Angelhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wuky/local-wuky-949457.mp3LEXINGTON, Ky. – Lexington mayor Jim Gray is getting some…

The annual Substance Use Research Event (SURE), formerly known as Substance Use Research Day, showcases the translational research conducted at the University of Kentucky focusing on substance use and substance use disorder. Dr. Greg gets a preview from Hilary Surratt, associate professor in the Center for Health Services Research and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

In the interest of the safety and well-being of the campus community, the University of Kentucky will close early at 12 p.m. on Friday, March 3, due to inclement weather.

Republican Gov. Jim Justice says his plan to cut income taxes will entice throngs of people to move to West Virginia and maybe attract the next major amusement park. Critics say the plan is naive.

A mass shooting hit the town of Winnetka, Ill., 34 years ago. Phil Andrew survived, and that experience shaped his path as a special agent for the FBI and lifelong gun control advocate.

Mike Battaglia is known to thoroughbred racing fans everywhere as an announcer, an analyst and handicapper. He called the races at Churchill Downs, including the Kentucky Derby, from 1977 to 1996. He worked with ABC and for many years, NBC, on national coverage of the Triple Crown races. He has set the morning line odds at Churchill Downs and Turfway Park. For years, racing fans would look for Mike’s picks in newspapers around the state before heading to the track. A native of northern Kentucky, he was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017. In this conversation, he recalls his first assignment in race calling at Miles Park in Louisville, his days on network television (including a less-than-smooth relationship with ABC’s Howard Cosell), and his first call of a Kentucky Derby, the 1978 running that was part of the great Affirmed-Alydar rivalry.

As of Monday September 12th new bivalent Covid vaccines are available for people who meet certain criteria. This week on Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine, we get the scoop from Vince Venditto, assistant professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the UK College of Pharmacy.

A retired park ranger "battled" an invasive shrub taking over tributaries of the Colorado River. Now, 85 miles of the Escalante River have been restored.

Why evil histories sell. A visit to Hitler's bunker, and a deep dive into the economics and ethical quandaries of "dark tourism."