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Attendees walk through the various booths during the Crafted Social Winter Market on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at Greyline Station in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Lexington community shops, skates at Winter Market

Cassady Brockman, Reporter December 8, 2024

Crafted Social hosted their third Winter Market, featuring local artists and craftsmen, food trucks, and an indoor ice-skating rink.  On Dec 6. and Dec. 7, vendors sold their work alongside at the...

Locals Tim Lawson, and Timothy Fleeman converse outside of Bald Knob Little Market in Frankfort, Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Photo by Bryce Towle.

Big family at the Little Market

Bryce Towle, Photographer February 7, 2023

Through the twists, turns, ups and downs of Bald Knob road, you'll find yourself "a pitstop" — this country oasis some call home. They call them locals. The everyday men, women, and children that...

A Bellaire Blooms employee gathers flowers on Saturday, April 10, 2021, at the Lexington Farmers Market at Fifth Third Pavilion in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Among flowers, friendships grow

Brooklyn Kelley April 14, 2021

Under shelter at Tandy Centennial Park, even the farmers get to enjoy the food, flowers and friends of the Lexington Farmers’ Market. The few employees at the downtown market give farmers who are working...

Greyline Station is located at the corner of W Loudon Avenue and North Limestone Street in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Old space, new purpose for Lexington market

Callie Justice February 22, 2021

A historical building on the north side of Lexington recently received a face lift, becoming a neighborhood treasure. Greyline Station left its transportation routes in the past transforming into a marketplace...

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Increasing grocery-shopping mindfulness during COVID-19

Kelly Walker April 13, 2020

As is true for many students, this pandemic has thrown my future for a loop. This season has involved canceled trips, reduced income and, for us graduating seniors, a sense that there are fewer opportunities...

Andre Reed's Yeezy collection is valued over $1000.

The billion-dollar shoe secret

Bryce Stiff March 20, 2019

The usual things people expect to see walking into a college dorm room are probably textbooks, notes and other supplies. Rarely do you walk into a dorm that could double as a shoe box. But things are now...

Environmental Fridays

Planned Obsolescence: Why your iPhone doesn’t work as well as it used to

Brianna Stanley November 30, 2018

The “Centennial Bulb” is a lightbulb in California that has been burning for 117 years. People are often shocked at the bulb’s longevity, and it's popular enough that it even has its own webcam feed!...

Phillip’s Market owner Gordon Bentley stands between the kitchen and front counter of Phillip’s Market on Monday, Sept. 7, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Phillip’s Market brings ‘bare bones’ style to students near campus

September 26, 2018

Cook Out is the go-to place for hungry college kids on a budget. But UK students may want to put another restaurant on their radar that’s closer to campus and just as cheap, if not cheaper.Phillip’s...

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