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Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman speaks during the Lewis Honors College Leadership Conference on Saturday Feb. 22, 2025 at University of Kentucky Lewis Honors College in Lexington Kentucky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff

Kentucky lieutenant governor speaks at Leadership Conference hosted by Singletary Scholars

Lilly Keith, News Editor February 24, 2025

Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman spoke to University of Kentucky students at the Lewis Honors College as the keynote speaker for the 2025 Lewis Honors College Leadership Conference, hosted by freshmen...

Students watch as Donzella Lee gives a speech during the Kentucky Fairness Rally on Feb. 15, 2023, at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

‘It’s literally going to kill someone.’ Seeking safe spaces at UK in light of Kentucky’s SB 150

Casey Sebastiano, Reporter March 15, 2023

As Kentucky legislators debate a bill determining the fate of LGBTQ individuals in schools across the commonwealth, groups at the University of Kentucky are working to make campus more inclusive. Senate...

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A story known All Too Well: The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster saga

Gracie Moore, Reporter February 14, 2023

Ticketmaster and the Senate saw the wrath of many Taylor Swift fans after chaos ensued while thousands of them hoped to get tickets to Swift’s first tour in four years.  The first round of tickets...

A Lextran UK bus drives down Woodland Avenue on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Lextran awarded federal grant to purchase climate-friendly vehicles

Alexis Baker, Staff Reporter February 13, 2023

The federal government awarded Lextran, a public transportation system that serves Lexington, a $3 million grant to purchase 10 environment-friendly vehicles for its fleet. In a press release on Tuesday,...

A man remembers the fallen victims of 9/11. UK Army and Air Force ROTC placed nearly 3,000 flags this morning in front of the administration building and had speakers read out the names of fallen victims of the terrorism attacks of September 11th, 2001 on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

How the memory of the 9/11 tragedy lives on

Editorial Board September 9, 2021

It is the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy.For many Americans, this means the 20-year anniversary of losing a loved one. Some grieve despite not having lost anyone, due to the strife that this day...

College students in the United States face high poverty rates, including 36% of students being housing insecure and 36% of students being food insecure. Graphic made by Natalie Parks with Infogram.

College student stimulus payments: a Band-Aid, not a cure

Mihir Kale March 19, 2021

 While the incoming stimulus payments may be temporarily helping broke college students survive, a one-time check will never be enough to fix an unbalanced system. The “broke college student,” is...

A snow-clearing machine works its way down the sidewalk outside of William T. Young library on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Campus closed for second day as ice storm batters region

Natalie Parks February 11, 2021

Afternoon updateAs of 7 p.m., the University of Kentucky planned to resume normal operations for in-person classes, the Kroger Field vaccine clinic and COVID-19 testing sites on Friday, Feb. 12."If weather...

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to Amy McGrath supporters during the rally on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, at Bath County High School in Owingsville, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

From the ‘Great Reset’ to dead voters: Debunking the latest conspiracy theories

Elijah Hendricks November 30, 2020

Lizard men control the government, Stanley Kubrick faked the moon landing, the Earth is flat—we’ve all heard these conspiracy theories before, often from that one uncle on Thanksgiving or our “out...

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Quarantine Depression Diaries: Government needs to prioritize education

Ryder Noah From July 21, 2020

In the wake of the it’s-never-gonna-go-away coronavirus, universities are struggling to decide what to do. Whether creating a hybrid model like UK, going fully online or shutting down completely, there...

Photo: UK College of Public Health Directory

UK professor appointed to fill vacant Lexington council seat

Jacob Eads March 30, 2020

Mayor Linda Gorton has tapped UK Professor Mark Swanson to fill the city’s third district seat on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council.The seat, which encompasses the UK campus and parts of downtown,...

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UK asking students to notify university of Spring Break travel

Rick Childress March 9, 2020

UK officials are asking students to notify the university of their Spring Break travel plans by filling out a voluntary form "so we can support returning travelers and safeguard our community as much as...

Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and Commissioner of Health Dr. Kraig Humbaugh address the public after the first case of coronavirus in Kentucky was announced on Friday, March 6, 2020. Governor Andy Beshear made the announcement about the case in Lexington earlier in the day on Friday and also declared Kentucky in a state of emergency.

Coronavirus patient in isolation at UK Hospital. Mayor Gorton declares state of emergency.

Kentucky's first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Lexington, according to Gov. Andy Beshear.A UK release stated the patient is being treated in isolation at UK Chandler Hospital. In a campus-wide...

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