WUKY Storycorps

The StoryCorps MobileBooth is parked at Lexington's Woodland Park through April 14th, collecting oral histories from community members. In celebration of the city's 250th birthday, Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and Fayette County Clerk Susan Lamb had a conversation about learning, listening, and serving as women in public office.

Lexingtonians can once again talk with each other about their life and times and have that conversation recorded for posterity in the Library of Congress. WUKY's Alan Lytle has details.

A former longtime member of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, who was instrumental in passing the city’s public no-smoking ordinance, has died.…

We end our series with Ellen Hahn and Carole Riker who were instrumental in the passage of Lexington's No Smoking Ordinance now more than 10 years…

It took some convincing, but former vice mayor Mike Scanlon became an important advocate of Lexington's no smoking ordinance.It’s time for another story…

The dangerous health effects of second-hand smoke played a key role in making Lexington a smoke-free community.Continuing our look back at ten years of…

This week in StoryCorps, meet the Lexington legislator trying to round up votes for passage of a statewide smoke-free law.It’s time for another visit to…