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Members of the Lexington community march in the MLK Freedom march on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

‘A better day.’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day Freedom March held in downtown Lexington

Alexis Baker, Reporter January 17, 2023

Members of the Lexington community rallied for the annual Freedom March to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday afternoon. This year’s march was the 50th anniversary of Lexington’s MLK Day...

A parade of police and construction workers organized by Gooch Construction honors front-line health and public safety workers on Friday, April 10, 2020, on South Limestone outside of the UK Chandler Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

UK holds parade to honor front-line workers

Emily Girard April 10, 2020

A parade of vehicles drove near UK’s campus on Thursday to honor front-line workers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The parade passed UK’s Chandler Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital, showing...

Terry Allen, organizer of the march, marches in front of the old Lexington courthouse during the Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative march on Monday, January 15, 2018. In October 2017, two confederate statues were removed from the old courthouse grounds after Lexingtons long debate about their location. Photo by Rick Childress | Staff

MLK Freedom March to take over Lexington streets on Monday

Emily Laytham January 16, 2019

Next Monday, UK students will be out of class and marchers will be out on the streets to honor Martin Luther King Jr.Martin Luther King Day, always observed on the third Monday of January, is celebrated...

Kentuckians lined downtown Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday, October 29, 2017 to watch the annual Halloween Thriller parade. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Interested in becoming a zombie? Thriller Parade taking auditions

Sarah Halsey September 21, 2018

The Mecca Dance Studio puts on a legendary Thriller parade every October around Halloween, and this year is no exception.The studio will soon be hosting its annual auditions for the Lexington Thriller...

Underground UK: It’s Christmas time in the Bluegrass

Megan Brown November 30, 2017

The temperatures are dropping and the holiday season is coming.Thanksgiving is officially over which means there are only three more weeks left until the end of the semester. Luckily, there are plenty...

UK fans celebrate St. Patricks Day at the game against Iowa State University, in the third round of the NCAA Tournament, in the KFC Yum! Center, on March 17, 2012, in Louisville. Photo by Latara Appleby | Staff

Give back this St. Patrick’s Day, and not just in the tip jar

Paidin Dermody March 5, 2016

It’s that time of the year — when the sea of UK blue turns shamrock green for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day festivities. While the official holiday celebrating the patron saint of Ireland is March...

Participants in the Lexington Martin Luther King Day parade march downtown on Monday, January 18, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.

Actor Danny Glover calls for social justice

Cheyene Miller January 18, 2016

In his speech celebrating the life and works of Martin Luther King Jr., actor Danny Glover spoke to a crowded Heritage Hall about the importance of social justice.Glover called King, “someone who had...

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