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Continue reading …I am not sure if the weather was bad enough to cancel all classes, but somebody messed up Tuesday. I commute everyday from Lawrenceburg, which is 30 miles away from the K-Lot. After the delay, I had one class — a good excuse to skip; however, attendance and daily quizzes are taken in this class. [...]
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UK canceled all classes for Wednesday, according to the UK Alert system. “Classes and activities at the University of Kentucky are canceled and offices are closed today, Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Only Plan B employees are required to report to work,” the electronic report said. This cancellation comes after classes before 11 a.m. and after [...]
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By Courtney Thomas On Tuesday, snow and ice caused class cancellations and early closings of other campus departments. Classes before 11 a.m. and after 3:30 p.m. were canceled by UK, although the Office of Emergency Management leaves it to individual campus departments to decide whether to shut down or not, said Office of Emergency Management [...]
Continue reading …A grand jury dropped all charges against two men who were charged in connection with the hanging of an effigy of President Barack Obama on UK’s campus during the Fall 2008 semester, their defense attorney said. The charges against Hunter Bush and Joe Fischer were dropped Tuesday, said Fred Peters, their defense attorney. No other [...]
Continue reading …The city towed cars throughout the city Tuesday morning so Lexington’s snow plowing system could work effectively, Mayor Jim Newberry said in a news release Tuesday morning. Newberry declared a Stage One Snow Emergency effective at 10 p.m. on Monday, which requires vehicles be removed from areas marked with “Snow Emergency Route†signs. Police officers [...]
Continue reading …Around 44,000 Kentucky Utilities users were without power in Kentucky as of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the utilities provider’s media hotline. On Tuesday night, tree branches were weighed down with ice. Ice-covered branches falling from trees can be one reason power lines are downed, said Lt. Edward Hart of the Lexington Police. A Kentucky [...]
Continue reading …By Austin Schmitt Jack Applegate, who friends describe as a hard worker and an avid golfer, died of cancer Saturday. He was 60. Applegate, who was the director of the Physical Plant Division at UK, was employed by UK since 1972. He worked hard at his job and dedicated a lot of time to the [...]
Continue reading …Mayor Jim Newberry spoke about the current state of Lexington and his hopes for the future in his State of the Merged Government Address on Tuesday. Newberry spent the bulk of his address discussing the future, emphasizing the importance of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, which will be from Sept. 25 to Oct. [...]
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