An electronic construction sign was added on Avenue of Champions in front of Memorial Coliseum warning drivers of the impending closure of South Limestone on July 22. On that day, the street will be closed from Avenue of Champions to Vine Street, with only emergency vehicle access. The first phase of the project, which will [...]
Continue reading …By Rachel Smothers The counter is wiped, the ingredients laid out; UK women’s basketball head coach Matthew Mitchell has his apron tied and is ready to slice, dice and sauté his way into a great season. Mitchell, along with wife Jenna, will be going gourmet in Lexington’s Fayette Mall on Saturday from 11 a.m. to [...]
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By Melissa Vessels UK Athletics has turned a conventional means of advertising into an unconventional contest for Cats fans. Billboards throughout the state will now “sing†to you through your car’s radio by tuning it to 1630 AM in Lexington and 1640 AM in Louisville. These stations will be playing “On, On U of K,†[...]
Continue reading …By Jennifer Hilinski UK students shouldn’t have to worry about moving back in with their parents after graduation because the Lexington area has many affordable homes for the average income, according to a recent study. The UK Center for Business and Economic Research found encouraging results from its Housing Affordability study, which examined the price [...]
Continue reading …A legislative panel has agreed to spend up to $100,000 to help with the bill that will accrue in UK’s legal battle with former basketball coach Billy Gillispie. The school has hired the Dallas-based law firm Fisher & Phillips since it needed someone who was able to practice in Texas. The firm’s contract cannot exceed [...]
Continue reading …With a steady job being hard to come by after graduation, Teach For America has made the transition to the real world a little smoother for 18 UK students. These students, part of a record 35,000 applicants from 450 college campuses, will be placed in a teaching position in one of 35 areas served by [...]
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By Melissa Vessels With the Urban County Council’s acceptance Tuesday of a contractor’s bid on the South Limestone reconstruction plan, the project is now moving forward. Vice Mayor Jim Gray cast the only dissenting vote against the bid of $13.1 million by ATS Construction. The plan, which will shut down the highly traveled route from [...]
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On July 2, UK biology junior MaRhonda Joy Collins died in a car wreck on southbound I-75 in Georgia. Collins, who was traveling with her family, was on her way to Orlando, Fl., to audition for “American Idol.†Collins’ family, including her 11-year-old sister, Auguste Roberts, her mother, Cheryl Collins, 41, and her mother’s boyfriend, [...]
Continue reading …Monday, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced new board members of area universities, including UK. At the end of June, terms expired for three members of the UK Board of Trustees. Their replacements include Carol “Bill†Gatton, James W. Stuckert, and Barbara S. Young. Gatton, of Kingsport, Tenn., is a business owner. He will be replacing [...]
Continue reading …Rice named preseason All-American Barry Rice, a senior defender on the UK men’s soccer team, was named a second-team preseason All-American, according to CollegeSoccerNews.com. The Parma, Ohio native earned third-team All-American honors last year, and became the first Conference USA player in history to win Defensive Player of the Year in consecutive seasons, 2007 and [...]
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