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Kentucky Kernel

UK President Capilouto shares possible impacts of Trump administration bill
Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter • May 24, 2025
‘It looked like a war zone.’ Laurel County rebuilds after deadly tornado
Sammy Wynn, Assistant News Editor • May 21, 2025
PHOTOS: UK fraternity hosts ‘Senior Salute’
Sydney Novack, Assistant Photo Editor • May 8, 2025
Journalism professor Buck Ryan before a College of Communication and Information meeting with President Eli Capilouto on Friday, September 21, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff
After 6 years, UK settles journalism professor defamation case
Sylvia Freire, Staff Reporter • May 28, 2025

The University of Kentucky reached a tentative settlement on Friday, May 9, in two lawsuits regarding professor Buck Ryan, who accused the school of defamation and retaliation. However, UK spokesperson Jay Blanton said the settlement documents...

Kentucky Wildcats guard Otega Oweh (00) dunks the ball xduring the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament vs. the Troy Trojans on Friday, March, 21, 2025, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Kentucky won 76-57. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Photo Editor
BREAKING: Otega Oweh announces his return to Kentucky men’s basketball for senior season
Tyler Russell, Men's Basketball Beat Reporter • May 28, 2025

Kentucky men’s basketball received substantial news regarding its 2025-26 roster on Wednesday afternoon, as rising senior guard Otega Oweh announced via Instagram that he will be returning to the Wildcats next season. Oweh, who transferred...

Attendees pet and feed the sanctuary horses during the walkthrough at the BraveHearts Equine Center on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Paris, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Novack | Staff
Providing a second chance, horses find their light at BraveHearts
Sylvia Freire, Reporter • April 22, 2025
Shawn Pryor, an author talks during an interview on Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025 at University of Kentucky Bookstore in Lexington, Kentucky. Sydney Yonker | Staff
How Shawn Pryor is inspiring the next generation of authors
Melanie Schouppe, Reporter • April 21, 2025
Bryan Station High School teacher and Unsung Hero award winner Justin Royal discusses his classroom posters during an interview on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in his classroom in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff
No cape needed: Lexington teacher honored as an Unsung Hero
Abigail Wright, Reporter • April 15, 2025
Film review of ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Sammy Wynn, Reporter • April 21, 2025

A man is straddling the sidewall of a boxing ring. The camera cuts to a box, a box that drops a zombie. It cuts again, this time to another man. He looks left, he looks right and with a worried smile,...