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A Quest for Trash

Katherine Duckworth, Reporter May 22, 2023

While walking through the pine forest of Jacobson Park in November 2022, Cliff Jaggie, Liz Otto, and their 12-year-old beagle, Scrappy, noticed something concerning lurking among the trees . No matter...

Answer the Bell

Grant Grubbs, Reporter May 22, 2023

Blood, sweat and tears is an inaccurate cliché for most people. For Justin Sparks, it’s a weekly itinerary. The 23-year-old mixed martial artist is an amateur fighter from Lancaster, Kentucky....

A recreation of a child’s washroom is displayed in the Mary Todd Lincoln House on Wednesday, March 21, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Bryce Towle | Staff

First Lady of Lexington: Inside the Mary Todd Lincoln House

Bryce Towle, Reporter April 4, 2023

All across the Bluegrass, Kentucky hosts many historic sites, with many of them recognizing the state’s equestrian or bourbon industries. But in light of Women’s History Month, the Mary Todd Lincoln...

Kentucky Wildcats senior Keaton Daniel sets a school record in the mens pole vault during the Razorback Invitational track and field meet on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Photo by Maigan Williams | UK Athletics.

Kentucky track and field’s Keaton Daniel soars to new heights

Cole Parke, Sports Editor February 13, 2023

Keaton Daniel made his way into the headlines this past season of track and field when he managed to break a school record, that he himself had set, on the pole vault during the the McCravy Memorial meet...

Locals Tim Lawson, and Timothy Fleeman converse outside of Bald Knob Little Market in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Bryce Towle.

Big family at the Little Market

Bryce Towle, Photographer February 7, 2023

Through the twists, turns, ups and downs of Bald Knob road, you'll find yourself "a pitstop" — this country oasis some call home. They call them locals. The everyday men, women, and children that...

Lucas Thomas, a freshman who frequently DJs at local bars, poses for a photo on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Carter Skaggs | Staff

Humans of UK: Lucas Thomas brings a new type of jockeying to Lexington

Reese Durham, Reporter February 6, 2023

UK freshman economics major Lucas Thomas found his passion of DJ’ing at the age of 13 when he began tinkering around with online production software. His interest in music started even earlier than that.  He...

Kentucky Wildcats volunteer assistant Nick Ammirati, left, fist bumps catcher Devin Burkes during the Kentucky vs. LSU baseball game in the SEC Tournament on Friday, May 27, 2022, at Hoover Metropolitan Complex in Hoover, Alabama. LSU won 11-6. Photo by Sarah Caputi | UK Athletics

Nick Ammirati and the struggle of volunteer assistant coaches in college baseball

Cole Parke, Sports Editor February 2, 2023

When diving into the world of baseball, the plight of the minor league player is one that has been well-documented as a story of overcoming hurdles and defying the odds. Living in less-than-ideal circumstances...

Aaron Williams, a sophomore civil engineering major, poses for a photo on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, at the Ralph G. Anderson Building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Brady Saylor | Staff

Humans of UK: Aaron Williams enjoys life after traumatic brain injury

Laurel Swanz and Hannah Stanley January 20, 2023

Aaron Williams was on his way to pick up his girlfriend in 2015 for his junior year homecoming, a moment he should’ve remembered forever. Forty-eight days later, Williams woke up from a coma in a...

Kentucky mens basketball player Oscar Tshiebwe addresses the media after a basketball camp in the Joe Craft Center on June 29, 2021.

Why was Kentucky Oscar Tshiebwe’s dream school?

Barkley Truax June 29, 2021

“I call myself a warrior. I fight,” Kentucky men’s basketball player Oscar Tshiebwe said. “You want to be at Kentucky, you want to be successful? Then you’ve got to fight.”You’ve heard it...

The Hub offers off-campus housing with added luxuries

Bryce Stiff April 25, 2019

The Hub apartment complex, the newest off campus housing near the University of Kentucky, will open in August 2019.The nationwide off campus student housing company is adding Lexington to their list of...

Wildcab on March 9, 2018. Photo by Mark Cornelison | Provided by UK Photo

UK’s Wildcab offers free rides catered to students with disabilities

Anne Bennett September 28, 2018

UK students with disabilities now have an on-campus ride service just like Uber, if not better.UK’s Wildcab program is known for giving free, late-night rides to all UK students. But what many don’t...

Taylor Swift performs during her headlining Reputation Stadium Tour at the Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday June 30, 2018. Photo by: Olivia Beach | Staff

Taylor Swift embraces her “Reputation” in Louisville concert

Jason Schroeder July 1, 2018

In the middle of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium stood a display screen 110 feet tall. On the screen the audience could see a newspaper with the headline "Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour." The fake articles...

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