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The three winners of the third annual Grassroots Black Leadership Awards in Lexington have been announced. One of them is Latarika Young, whose volunteer work for the Fayette Education Foundation, the Black Male Working Academy and Sneakers With Everything Project was praised by the Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative, the group that made the awards.
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Lexington/Richmond News
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The three winners of the third annual Grassroots Black Leadership Awards in Lexington have been announced. One of them is Latarika Young, whose volunteer work for the Fayette Education Foundation, the Black Male Working Academy and Sneakers With Everything Project was praised by the Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative, the group that made the awards.
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For the second time in school history, the University of Kentucky baseball team is headed to the N-C-Double-A super-regionals.
Off the Beaten Path with Sam Dick
Sam Dick talked with Ron Borkowski whose wife died in 2020 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease
A Nicholas County family runs the 125-acre Wendt's Wildlife Adventure Zoo. The zoo's latest addition is a baby sloth.
Eastern Standard
The 8th episode of RISE, the Eastern Standard documentary series, focuses on a proposed US Forest Service logging project in the Jellicos, part of the Cumberland Mountains in the Daniel Boone National Forest on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. As proposed, the project would clear cut stands of old-growth trees on 10,000 acres over 40 years. Presenting voices of support and opposition, this episode highlights the issues prior to a U.S. Forest Service public comment period in late summer.
Today's Interview
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On the first day of the Kentucky annual conference of the United Methodist Church in Owensboro, more than half of them disaffiliated. A Lexington pastor whose congregation remained in the fold shares his thoughts on what led some to leave and others to stay.
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80-thousand veterans receive some or all of their medical care at Lexington’s Veterans Affairs Hospital. Many also receive retirement or disability pay. Those services and compensation could be disrupted if the federal government defaults on its debt, which could happen as soon as next week.
Kentucky Arts & Culture
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Kentucky writer Savannah Sipple is a three-time grantee with a Ky nonprofit
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Two Kentucky luthiers receive Homer Ledford Award
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One substance that members are hoping to use is called Ibogaine, that is a psychedelic that can cause hallucinations.
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This brings the recent death toll to 12 over the past month at the home of the Kentucky Derby.
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“Brownfield sites” are industrial and commercial properties that are known or suspected to contain contaminants.
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Nine names were added to the law enforcement memorial on the DOCJT campus in Richmond
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The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has received a $100-million gift.
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