University of Kentucky’s Integrate Blue plan faces union pushback
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky is reorganizing hundreds of jobs across its IT, marketing and communications departments, and a campus union is pushing back. UK calls it Integrate Blue, a plan to merge nearly 20administrative departments across an organization of more than 30,000 workers. But union members...
Weekend Roundup: Central Kentucky Home Show, Colonel Fest, and Bert Kreischer comedy show
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Central Kentucky Home Show returns to Central Bank Center this weekend. With over 250 home and garden exhibitors and industry experts, attendees can find answers about home improvement, gardening or design. Home show features DIY chair flip challenge. There will be hands-on demonstrations, including a...
Mo Dioubate may be leaving one Kentucky coach for another in the transfer portal
Former Kentucky forward Mo Dioubate is reportedly visiting St. John's, where he could pair up with Rick Pitino to form a new core.
Soulfeast Week enters sixth year with statewide expansion, new venues
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Soulfeast Week, the 10-day celebration of culinary and agriculture placing the Juneteenth holiday at its center, is entering its sixth year with new venues, a historical marker dedication and an expansion beyond Central Kentucky. The event, which in the past highlighted Central Kentucky Black-owned restaurants, is...
Kentucky’s Prettiest Outdoor Coffee Shop Deserves A Spot On Your List
Sometimes, the universe hands you exactly what you need, and in Lexington, Kentucky, that gift comes in the form of Kenwick Table, a coffee shop so charming it should probably be illegal. This isn’t your average caffeine dispensary where you shuffle in half-awake, grunt your order, and shuffle back out...
12 Kentucky Food Festivals That Turn Small Towns Into Flavor Hotspots
Kentucky is packed with small towns that know how to throw a seriously good food festival. From smoky barbecue pits to bubbling burgoo stew, the Bluegrass State has a food culture that’s as rich as its history. Every year, thousands of visitors flood into these communities to eat, drink,...
WKYT photographer retires after more than 44 years
After more than four decades behind the lens at WKYT, our longtime photographer Ray Brown is retiring.
Scott and Fayette county traffic advisory issued by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Maintenance on I-64 will result in lane closures in Scott and Fayette counties. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has scheduled road work from April 14-17 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. This will result in left lane closures eastbound from mile point 67-71.5 in Fayette County, and westbound from mile point 71-69 on the Scott and Fayette...
The University of Kentucky needs to take a hard look at itself | Opinion
To the students, faculty, staff, and administrators at the University of Kentucky: you deserve honesty about why the pressure now building in Frankfort around higher education is not accidental, and why so much of it begins here at the commonwealth’s flagship university. My work on free speech, due process, ending DEI mandates, challenging performance funding for race-based metrics, fighting for unweighted metrics in...
Ex-University of Kentucky Cheerleader Laken Snelling Accused of Killing Newborn Pleads Not Guilty
Laken Snelling, the former University of Kentucky stunt team member accused of killing her newborn, arrived in court this morning to enter her plea in the case. Snelling’s attorney pleaded not guilty on her behalf on Friday, April 10. The judge then scheduled Snelling’s pre-trial hearing for May 14 followed by a status hearing on […]
