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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

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Estill Co. wildfires create smoky smell in Lexington, Fayette Co.

Estill Co. wildfires create smoky smell in Lexington, Fayette Co.

Rayleigh Deaton, Editor-in-Chief November 9, 2022

Wildfires in Estill County have created a haze and smell of smoke in Fayette County as wind pushes the smoke to the western part of the state. The fire began as a brush fire near Pitts Road, according...

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Don’t ditch your mom on Family Weekend

Gavin Colton September 18, 2019

On campus is a new column from Gavin Colton.I’m past the years when my parents would visit three weeks into the semester to replenish my pantry with Cliff Bars and cases of Miller Lite.But I met a mom...

Lexington Fire Department Major Walter observes smoke coming from a vent outside the Singletary Center on UKs campus on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Walter said it was most likely just a smoke scare. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Smoke outside of UK Singletary Center likely caused by generator, fire officials say

Rick Childress April 24, 2019

Multiple Lexington Fire Department crews responded to a call of excessive smoke near UK's Singletary Center on Wednesday morning. At the scene, reporters observed a considerable amount of smoke pouring...

First responders answered a call about a smoke smell near the Don and Cathy Jacobs Science Building on Saturday, December 2, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Police, fire departments find nothing after responding to smoke smell at science building

News Staff December 3, 2017

First responders answered a call about a smoke smell at the Don and Cathy Jacobs Science Building on Saturday night, but nothing was found, said UK spokesperson Kathy Johnson.Around 10 p.m. on Dec. 2,...

Lexington Stockyards on Saturday, January 30, 2016 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Taylor Pence

Smoke fills Southern sky

By Cheyene [email protected] consumed the Bluegrass Stockyard at Lisle Industrial Avenue in what Interim Fire Chief Harold Hoskins called Lexington’s biggest fire in his 33-year career.About...

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