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Kentucky Kernel

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Kentucky Kernel

Lexington Democrats shift focus from presidential to local races at watch party
Isabella Sepahban, Staff Reporter • November 6, 2024
PHOTOS: Emotions rise at Team Fayette Election Night Party
Abbey Cutrer, Editor-in-Chief • November 5, 2024
Live 2024 presidential election updates
Casey Sebastiano, Lilly Keith, and Christian Kantosky November 5, 2024
Donald Trump delivers a victory speech at his official watch party in the early hours of Nov. 6, 2024 at a Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo from livestream by the Associated Press.
Donald Trump wins 2024 presidential election, Kamala Harris concedes
Casey Sebastiano, Managing Editor • November 6, 2024

Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election to become the 47th president of the United States reaching 277 electoral votes at 5:35 a.m. on Nov. 6., according to the Associated Press. Winning Wisconsin, a swing state, earned Trump 10...

Kentucky Wildcats bench celebrates after a play during the basketball game vs. Wright State on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Staff
AT THE BUZZER: No. 23 Kentucky men’s basketball cruises by Wright State 103-62
Cole Parke, Sports Editor • November 4, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- No. 23 Kentucky men's basketball took care of business on Monday night, opening its season with a 103-62 win over the Wright State Raiders inside Rupp Arena. The win officially kicked off the Mark Pope era in Lexington on...

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli.
Book of the week: ‘Once Upon a Broken Heart,’ by Stephanie Garber
Melanie Schouppe, Reporter • November 3, 2024
Pumpkins sit outside of the entrance to the trial during the Jack-o-Lantern trail event on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, at McConnell Springs Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Staff
Lexington’s jack-o’-lantern trail is a Halloween treat
Sammy Wynn, Reporter • October 31, 2024
Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli.
Book of the week: ‘Les Misérables,’ by Victor Hugo
Sammy Wynn, Reporter • October 27, 2024
COLUMN: There is nothing undemocratic about third parties
Austin Collier, Reporter • November 4, 2024

Discussions of politics always seem to be more contentious during the presidential election years. This has been especially true since 2016 when scandals abounded about the candidates of the main two parties...