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Emma Pike and Audrey Clemmens at their table during the Artisan Market on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Loudoun House in Lexington, Lexington. Photo by Sydney Novack | Staff

Pain to productivity: How 2 women made a difference in Kentucky

Sammy Wynn, Reporter March 31, 2025

Art is powerful. However, for two lonely artists, art felt “hopeless.” They spent their days and nights making art, but they wanted to be making a difference. They wanted to fight back against...

John Winn Miller poses for a headshot.

John Winn Miller: Award-winning journalist to award-winning author

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter March 27, 2025

In 1975, the Kentucky Kernel printed 20-40 page newspapers five days a week with a large staff of advertisers, reporters and editors. John Winn Miller, then student and Kernel reporter, worked there...

Members form a circle for a group warmup during the Skitty Cats Improv Club meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2025, at the Fine Arts Building. Photo by Dayssia Jones | Staff

Skitty Cats Improv Club uplifts through inclusivity and creativity

Olivia White, Reporter March 9, 2025

As the members of the Skitty Cats Improv Club filed into the Lucille C. Little Black Box Theatre at the University of Kentucky, the room looked lackluster at best. The space was dull with black walls...

Randall Vaughn, the vice president of architecture at Gray Construction, talks to students during an event hosted by the University of Kentucky's chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at the Gray Design Building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Hannah Piedad | Staff

A foundation of inclusivity, architect draws a foundation for life

Sylvia Freire, Reporter February 24, 2025

A foundation of a building, brick by brick, holds together the framework creating structural integrity. Every design has its reasoning behind why it is created in the way it is: security, stability...

Steve Baron, owner and manager of CD Central poses for a portrait on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, at CD Central in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Local superstar: How CD Central connects to Lexington’s music scene

Sammy Wynn, Reporter February 21, 2025

In 1995, Steve Baron sat at his desk job in the University of Kentucky’s media relations department, but his mind was elsewhere. He was dreaming of something more, something hands on, something entrepreneurial.  He...

ROCK huddles to finish the roller derby practice on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, at The Yard in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Yonker | Staff

The community behind the Roller Derby of Central Kentucky program

Melanie Schouppe, Reporter February 13, 2025

As the chilly air swirls outside on a Sunday afternoon, warm greetings fill the air inside the practice building while the members of the Roller Derby of Central Kentucky (ROCK) catch up before they...

Tim and Ellie Harman, owners of High on Art and Coffee, pose together for a portrait on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at their coffee shop in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Local coffee shop sets a new standard for love in Lexington

Nick Tenhundfeld, Reporter February 13, 2025

Outside of downtown Lexington sits a small coffee shop, serving love and kindness one cup at a time. High on Art and Coffee owners Tim and Ellie Harman create everyday impacts for their customers through...

Mark Cornelison steps out from the tent with a tin sheet used for a photo on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, at Greyline Station in Lexington, Kentucky. His daughter, Elsie, sits and waits for Cornelison to finish working. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Going back in time through photos: How a former photojournalist appreciates the past

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter February 11, 2025

The act of taking a photo today is simple. Whether it be through a camera or a phone, one press of a button and a picture is taken. It’s a process that has been refined over the years since the...

Photos of Alexandria Landgraf and Wesley Omerso are posed on a table on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2025, at Blazer Dinning, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff

A string connects them: Couple proves that love defies distance

Sylvia Freire, Reporter February 10, 2025

A string, stretched at its greatest lengths, holding two ends together. Regardless of its length, the strength of this string holds them together.  The string holding them together was their connection....

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli

The art and soul of theater: A backstage look

Kiana Alpaca, Reporter February 10, 2025

A stack of shoes sits near the entrance, dark walls, bright lights, a ballet barre and mirrors cover the wall.  Voices sing the same song in chorus, dance numbers are practiced and actors memorize...

Maddie Wiser and Ava Akers pose with their letters during the Letters of Love event on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at the Don and Cathy Jacobs Building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by CallieThompson | Staff

Spreading love through the art of handwritten letters

Laura Silva, Reporter February 10, 2025

Love comes in different shapes, colors and formats – and letters.  With colorful crayons and papers spread on the tables, students drew an orange heart, a heart bouquet, pink coquette bows, colorful...

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli.

The University of Kentucky is becoming too expensive

Sammy Wynn, Reporter February 6, 2025

College is a massive milestone in a young adult’s development. It's the first taste of freedom our parents give us, and nothing controls us anymore except one thing—money. The constant billing never...

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