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Fayette County Attorney Angela Evans speaks during the University of Kentucky Public Policy Society's meeting on Wednesday March 5, 2025, at the William T. Young Library in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff

‘People are people,’ Fayette County Attorney discusses mental health in the legal field

Sylvia Freire, Reporter March 6, 2025

University of Kentucky students heard from a Fayette County Attorney who discussed how the start of her career pushed her advocacy for mental health in law.  The event was held by UK’s Public Policy...

Sophia Rosing's mugshot from the Fayette County jail website.

UK student charged with assault ‘withdrawing from UK’

Rayleigh Deaton, Editor-in-Chief November 8, 2022

Sophia Rosing, a UK student who is facing criminal charges of assault against a Black student, will be withdrawing from the university, according to her attorney. LEX 18 reported Tuesday morning that...

A person walks up the ice covered step of the Kentucky State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

UK College of Communication and Information hosts 2021 State of the First Amendment Address

Audrey Fones and Rayleigh Deaton November 18, 2021

The University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information hosted the annual State of the First Amendment Address on Wednesday, Nov. 17, featuring an address reinforcing journalists’ rights...

Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. listens to UK's lawyer during oral arguments heard by the Kentucky Supreme Court in UK's lawsuit against the Kernel on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, at the Kentucky Supreme Court in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Details of the James Harwood investigation and records battle

Emily Girard August 26, 2021

James Harwood, at the time an associate professor of entomology at UK, resigned from his position in February 2016 after being accused of sexual harassment. The terms of his resignation agreement stated...

Ben Hughes, pastor of Emmanuel Christian Fellowship, speaks to the media after Haily Duvall's 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...

Tom Miller, the Kentucky Kernel's lawyer, presents his argument to the panel of judges at the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Oral arguments heard in Kernel v. UK appeal; decision from panel still to come

Rick Childress September 25, 2018

Attorneys representing UK, the Kernel and the Kentucky Attorney General’s office argued their positions before a panel of three judges in the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Tuesday.Since the Kernel’s...

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