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The athletic director’s job description is much different on the day Mitch Barnhart leaves office than the one he stepped into back in 2002. I’m not referring to the obvious either; J Batt will also hold the title “CEO of Champions Blue.” Before the college athletics model was completely upended, Barnhart had already t

A couple of names are already sticking out to Pope in practice.

JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A road is closed Tuesday for bridge repairs in Jessamine County, emergency management officials say. Short Shun Road between Highway 27 and Jessamine Station is temporarily closed starting at 9:15 a.m. for bridge repair after Saturday’s flooding. Emergency management asks for drivers to u

Mark Pope and Louisville are preparing for a massive rivalry recruiting battle with Louisville for a five-star center.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. A Prestonsburg man who was arrested in Georgetown on a warrant accusing him of trying to sneak drugs to Floyd County inmates, found more trouble for himself when guards allegedly found him sneaking more drugs into the jail. Joseph Ryan Hammonds, 41, is accused of trying to deliver...

Mark Pope and Kentucky are trending in the wrong direction in a recruiting duel with Mick Cronin and UCLA.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A barn fire on Tuesday afternoon in Lexington is considered a ‘total loss’, according to the Lexington Fire Department. Crews were dispatched to the 5000 block of Paris Pike for a fire in a large barn, driven by strong winds. The fire department is...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A man labeled in April as Bluegrass Crime Stoppers wanted person of the week has been arrested. Police say they arrested 30-year-old William Riley on Monday. Riley is facing a list of charges:. Assault (second degree, domestic violence) Terroristic threatening (third degree) Strangulation (first

Southern Baptists from North Carolina came to the aid of a Kentucky church that was washed away by flood waters last Saturday. The remnants of Million Church, a small independent Baptist church in rural Madison County, were demolished and removed this week, but the spirit of the congregation remained strong as Pastor J

A video went viral last week showing children at a vacation Bible school in Lexington watching men in military uniforms stage a shooting inside a church sanctuary. As gun-fire sound effects played, a man writhed on the chancel steps while the pastor led adults and children in a chant: “Take him out! Blow him up!” I am