By Katie Perkowski Seven protestors met outside the Lexington Police Department Wednesday evening to send a message in honor of their friends, UK sophomore Sierra T. Emrich, 19, and Lexington resident Alfred B. Baker, 21, who were struck and injured by a tow truck early Monday. The reason for the protest was although their friends [...]

The corner of Columbia and Oldham avenues just got a little healthier. Columbia Grown Vegetables, a community-grown garden at 544 Columbia Ave., was created last summer by Embrace United Methodist Church to inspire a community project and to teach people how to garden who do not know how, said Steve Fisher, head of discipleship at [...]

Starting Sept. 27, UK Hospital is implementing changes to its Baylor Plan, which gives weekend nurses incentive pay. Under the current plan, which started 26 years ago, nurses work two 12-hour shifts on the weekends: either Friday and Saturday night or Saturday day and Sunday day. As incentives for working on the weekends, day shift [...]

UK Police issued a crime bulletin Monday morning after a female student reported that she was sexually assaulted. Officials were notified by the Jessamine County Sheriff’s Office of the sexual assault report of a UK student that occurred in Jessamine County early Sunday morning, said Interim Police Chief Joe Monroe. At 6:45 p.m­. Sunday, the [...]

K Week is the university’s traditional Welcome Week, full of activities for the freshmen to get to know campus and for those undergrads who want to get to know it a little more. From finding the best study spots to the world’s largest water balloon fight, K Week doesn’t sell itself short. Already halfway over, [...]