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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Z Frizzell, a freshman geoscience major, holds a nonbinary flag in response to an anti-LGBTQ on-campus demonstration on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Drawing the line between free speech and hate speech on campus

Nia Chancellor, Reporter March 28, 2023

We’ve all seen the individuals and groups who come on campus and speak their two cents. Sometimes it's something harmless like the “moon landing man,” however, a good majority of the time it's...

UK chapter of International English Honor Society hosts first open mic night

UK chapter of International English Honor Society hosts first open mic night

Natalia Garcia, Reporter February 28, 2023

The UK chapter of the International English Honor Society of Sigma Tau Delta hosted its first open mic night in White Hall Classroom Building on Wednesday, Feb. 22.  An audience of 40 people filled...

White Hall Classroom Building

UKPD quickly identify suspect after unsubstantiated bomb threat

Sydney Momeyer April 15, 2019

A bomb threat has been posted in a group message, but a campus-wide UK message assures students and faculty that it is not a credible threat.On Monday morning, a user named Jaye Brewster joined a class...

Haily Duvall, 19, a UK student, was charged with threatening interstate communications, false statements and false information in Federal District Court in Lexington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018.

Trial date set for UK student accused of making social media threats

Rick Childress December 18, 2018

After federal and state court proceedings this week, Haily Duvall—the UK sophomore accused of making online threats against campus last month—will stand trial in federal court in February, WDRB reported.Duvall,...

Haily Duvall, 19, a UK student, was charged with threatening interstate communications, false statements and false information in Federal District Court in Lexington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018.

After federal hearing, more about UK student accused of making threats

Rick Childress November 20, 2018

Details of an alleged flight attempt and the mental and childhood history of Haily Duvall, a UK student accused of making online threats at UK's campus earlier this month, were divulged during a federal...

INTERACTIVE TIMELINE: UK’s White Hall bomb threat

Arden Barnes November 8, 2018

READ: The bomb threat to UK's White Hall: 22 hours of uncertainty

Ben Hughes, pastor of Emmanuel Christian Fellowship, speaks to the media after Haily Duvalls arraignment in Fayette District Court on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

‘We love her’: Pastor to help UK student accused of bomb threats

Jacob Eads November 8, 2018

The UK student charged with making threatening messages aimed at UK’s White Hall Classroom Building appeared in court via video chat Thursday afternoon. Her pastor offered to sign her out of jail and...

Haily Duvall, a 19-year-old sophomore at UK, was arrested early in the morning on Nov. 8 and charged with terroristic threatening and filing a false police report. 

The bomb threat to UK’s White Hall: 22 hours of uncertainty

Bailey Vandiver November 8, 2018

Below is a timeline of events relating to the bomb threat against White Hall. The timeline starts on the afternoon of Nov. 7 and continues to the present. To view a shortened timeline in interactive...

White Hall Classroom Building is eerily empty during the 9:30 a.m. class change on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

White Hall nearly empty; some UK students persist, come to class

Rick Childress November 8, 2018

Classrooms in the White Hall building on UK's campus were largely empty Thursday morning as bomb threats that circulated through social media appeared to convince most students to stay home. The cavernous...

Haily Duvall, a 19-year-old sophomore at UK, was arrested early in the morning on Nov. 8 and charged with terroristic threatening and filing a false police report. 

UK student arrested in connection with threats against UK’s White Hall

Bailey Vandiver and Rick Childress November 8, 2018

A 19-year-old sophomore was arrested early Thursday morning in connection with the threatening messages aimed at White Hall Classroom Building. Haily Loraine Duvall was arrested by UK Police, who had...

White Hall Classroom Building

What we know so far about the bomb threat to UK’s White Hall

Rick Childress November 8, 2018

Editor's note: The Kernel interviewed Haily Duvall for this story late on the night of Nov. 7 because editors had been led to believe she had received threats and had been one of the first to report them...

White Hall Classroom Building

UKPD aware of social media bomb threat against White Hall, increasing security

Kernel News Staff November 7, 2018

The UK Police Department is aware of and preparing for a bomb threat against White Hall that was shared via social media, UK President Eli Capilouto announced Wednesday evening in a statement. The statement...

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