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Hundreds of people gather at the community vigil honoring the victims of the Louisville mass shooting on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at the Muhammad Ali Center plaza in Louisville, Kentucky. Kentucky Lantern photo by Abbey Cutrer

PHOTOS: Vigil for Louisville mass shooting

Abbey Cutrer, Kentucky Lantern April 13, 2023

Community members gathered at the Muhammad Ali Center plaza on the evening of Wednesday, April 12, 2023,  for a vigil honoring the victims of the Louisville mass shooting, which took place two days...

Provided by the family of James H. Wells

Obituary: James Howard Wells

April 5, 2023

June 20, 1932 - March 14, 2023 Bosque Farms, NM  James Howard Wells, died after a brief illness at his home in Bosque Farms, NM. Born in Howe, TX., the son of Howard and Vallie Wells, James graduated...

Former UK Student Media Adviser Michael "Mike" Agin passed away on Nov. 17, 2022, at the age of 70. Photo provided by Clark Legacy Center.

‘A wonderful teacher.’ Former Kentucky Kernel staffers reflect on the life of Mike Agin

Kendall Staton, Asst. News Editor December 5, 2022

Former UK Student Media Adviser Michael “Mike” Agin passed away on Nov. 17, 2022, at age 70, leaving the legacy of the Kernel in his wake. Agin worked at the university from 1987 - 2000 as a student...

The FarmHouse Fraternity house on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, the night Hazelwood died, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Kentucky Kernel

Editorial: Hazing is life and death, not a game of semantics

Kentucky Kernel Editorial Board November 17, 2022

The University of Kentucky has failed to paint the full picture of the death of Thomas “Lofton” Hazelwood. Hazelwood, a new member of the FarmHouse Fraternity, gathered with his fellow members in...

Thomas "Lofton" Hazelwood

‘He’s not gonna make it to serenades.’ The missing details of the Hazelwood investigation

Rayleigh Deaton, Editor-in-Chief November 17, 2022

They left him alone, on a couch, his blood alcohol concentration almost five times the legal limit. Just a few hours before, he had been hanging out with his pledge brothers, drinking bourbon, playing...

Excerpts from UK's Student Code of Conduct investigation reveal FarmHouse Fraternity showed a “deeply ingrained culture of alcohol and hazing behaviors.”

UK’s FarmHouse Fraternity had a culture of hazing, investigations reveal

Hannah Stanley, News Editor November 17, 2022

Members of FarmHouse Fraternity were subjected to shotgunning a beer with a homeless person, trust falling from the bed of a pickup truck and kidnapping an active member.  Following the death of...

UK senior dead in Georgetown crash

UK senior dead in Georgetown crash

Laurel Swanz, Reporter November 15, 2022

Sydney Cassady, a 22-year-old senior at UK, has been identified as the victim in a car crash that occurred Monday night in Georgetown, according to WKYT. The article said the crash happened around 5...

Rev. Ben Horn walks past photos of Anne Marie Gieske at a memorial mass for Gieske on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at the Catholic Newman Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

Anne Marie Gieske: A bright soul lost in Seoul

Abbey Cutrer, Asst. Photo Editor November 11, 2022

The Holy Spirit Parish Catholic Newman Center mourned a light in its community after the death of UK student and Newman Center member Anne Marie Gieske. Gieske, a third year nursing major at UK,...

UK student among victims of deadly South Korea crowd surge

UK student among victims of deadly South Korea crowd surge

Kendall Staton, Asst. News Editor October 30, 2022

A UK student is among over 150 dead after a crowd surged in Seoul, South Korea, late Saturday night, university president Eli Capilouto said via campus-wide email Sunday afternoon. The email said Anne...

Queen Elizabeth, center, with Prince Phillip on left, watches a race with Will and Sarah Faris on Derby Day at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, May 5, 2007. Photo by Charles Bertram | Lexington Herald Leader.

Death of Queen Elizabeth sparks range of emotions and questions about the United Kingdom’s future

Alexis Baker, Reporter September 12, 2022

On Sept. 8, Queen Elizabeth II passed away, ending her 70-year reign as queen of the United Kingdom – the longest reign in British history. Several UK students shared their thoughts after hearing...

Kentucky Kernel Photo Editor Jonathan Krueger at Rupp Arena as Kentucky hosted Vanderbilt University, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 in Lexington. Photo by Jonathan Palmer

A Kernelite immortalized: Jonathan Krueger’s memory endures at UK

Corrie McCroskey April 7, 2022

To his family and friends, Jonathan Krueger was a true light; someone who “never knew a stranger,” was obsessed with Red Bull, craved adrenaline rushes and lived every day with a full and fierce heart.On...

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