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Long Boarders

Gavin Colton September 25, 2019

There are three kinds of long boarders on campus: ones who can ride, ones who shouldn’t, and ones who can’t ride yet.Last week, I saw a woman skirt into a Qdoba parking lot, cut-off Nirvana shirt and...

Artist Tony Tassets Mood Sculpture was installed outside the Gatton Student Center on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Big, ‘understandable’ emoji-like sculpture installed on UK campus

Rick Childress April 23, 2019

They sat there, stacked, sad, happy and indifferent—all at the same time. The 20-foot-tall tower of emoji-like faces greeted pedestrians outside of the Gatton Student Center on Tuesday morning. The...

A Lextran bus picks up students in front of the Main Building on South Limestone on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Taylor Pence

Winter break airport shuttles to run Dec. 11 through Dec. 14

December 3, 2018

UK Transportation announced in a press release Monday that it will offer free airport bus service from Kroger Field to Blue Grass Airport (LEX), Louisville International Airport (SDF) and Cincinnati/Northern...

Construction has been completed on Woodland Ave in front of Chellgren Hall in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jordan Prather | File photo

Woodland Ave. construction may mean better bike, pedestrian safety

Rick Childress October 28, 2018

Ongoing minor road construction along Woodland Avenue near The 90 will soon yield new short-term parking and bike lanes in front of two central campus dorms, UK announced via a press release last week.Drivers...

Jacob Heil - Fayette County Detention Center

UPDATE: UK student ‘showed signs of impairment’ when arrested Saturday after collision

Rick Childress September 15, 2018

UPDATE: Jacob Heil, 18, a UK freshman who was identified by police as the driver of a silver passenger car which struck a 4-year-old boy during Saturday's football game, was arrested at the scene of the...

A biker crosses Rose Street on campus in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday, September 24, 2013.

Keeping Rose Street closed makes campus safer

Editorial Staff March 31, 2016

If all goes as planned, Rose Street will never again connect through from Columbia Avenue to Huguelet Drive. With city council approval, UK will keep that portion of Rose Street closed to make the stretch...

Pedestrian hit on corner of Woodland, Euclid on Tuesday

News Staff February 4, 2016

A 39-year-old man was hit Tuesday morning at the intersection of Woodland and Euclid avenues while crossing the street.The driver was turning left onto Euclid, going about 15 miles per hour, when she hit...

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