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Kentucky moves closer to allowing medical marijuana as bill clears House. How will it fare in Senate?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A bill that would legalize many forms of medical marijuana in Kentucky is creeping its way through the General Assembly, with ostensibly stronger support from the GOP majorities that dominate both legislative chambers.

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2022

Kentucky bill banning transgender girls from girls sports moves forward

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A controversial Republican Senate bill prohibiting transgender girls from competing in girls sports at the post-secondary, middle and high school levels was approved by the Kentucky House of Representatives Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2022

Mark Bradley: Freddie Freeman’s a Dodger. I understand it, but I hate it.

I stopped rooting for the Reds – Maysville, Ky., is just up the mighty Ohio from Cincinnati – because they made one of the great trades in baseball history. I didn’t care that they landed Joe Morgan, who would win consecutive MVPs. All that mattered to me was that they…

Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2022

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John Clay: The SEC's new standard for basketball coaches: Keep up or be gone

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The firings have come by the day.

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2022

'He loves basketball and he loves God.' Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe preaches at Lexington church.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — About a month ago, a Lexington church began planning to hold what has become known as an African Worship Service each Sunday. This was intended as a way to more fully embrace its 20 or so members from Africa now living in the Lexington area.

Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2022

Congress nears passing antilynching bill after more than a century of failed attempts

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is co-sponsoring a Senate version of the antilynching bill after holding up a previous proposal.

Axios · Mar 5, 2022

Kentucky Horse Racing Commission denies Bob Baffert’s request for stay of suspension

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In a full board meeting on Friday, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission denied trainer Bob Baffert’s request for a stay of his 90-day suspension.

Tribune News Service · Mar 5, 2022

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Kentucky Republicans advance bill that would further restrict abortion access

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As the future of abortion access hangs in the balance nationally, a far-reaching omnibus bill that seeks to further restrict abortion in Kentucky won approval from a House legislative committee Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022

Mainstays come through as Kentucky outlasts Ole Miss

LEXINGTON, Ky. — During a Zoom teleconference previewing Tuesday night’s game against Mississippi, assistant coach Ron “Chin” Coleman saluted Kentucky’s depth.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022

Report: Former NFL OC Rich Scangarello replacing Liam Coen at Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Rich Scangarello, an assistant in the NFL the last five seasons, will reportedly be the University of Kentucky’s next offensive coordinator.

Tribune News Service · Feb 25, 2022

Five things you need to know from Kentucky’s 71-66 win over LSU

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Five things you need to know from the No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats’ 71-66 win over the LSU Tigers in an SEC men’s basketball game at Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center in downtown Lexington:

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022

John Clay: Offensive coordinator Liam Coen is leaving Kentucky. What does that mean for coach Mark Stoops and the team?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Be honest, before he was hired as Kentucky football's offensive coordinator, you had never heard of Liam Coen.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022

Short-handed Kentucky rallies past Alabama for 90-81 victory

LEXINGTON, Ky. — With March Madness looming, Kentucky coach John Calipari had a forward-thinking objective for the windup of the regular season.

Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2022

Kentucky Derby-winning trainer suspended for alleged possession of needle, syringe

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In 2009, Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby as a 50-1 shot for trainer Bennie L. “Chip” Woolley Jr.

Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2022

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Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022

Mark Story: For Kentucky basketball fans, the big worry for March Madness is now clear

LEXINGTON, Ky. — You have to go back to Dec. 12 to find the last time Kentucky lost a men’s basketball game with the top seven players on its roster available for the entire contest.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 18, 2022

Mike Jensen: Call Dawn Staley a villain if you want. She’ll just keep winning.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As Dawn Staley stood on the court in front of her bench, nobody inside Memorial Coliseum seemed to care that this woman had coached a United States Olympic team to glory, had herself once carried the American flag into the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympics. They…

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2022

Judge denies Democrats’ motion to block ‘gerrymandered’ redistricting maps, hearing set

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A motion by the Kentucky Democratic Party and Democratic voters in Franklin County to block new, Republican-drawn redistricting maps from taking effect was denied by Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate on Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2022

A revised Kentucky bill aimed at critical race theory moves forward. What’s in it?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — With the sponsor saying he has been unfairly accused of being “a racist” and “a fascist,” a revised Kentucky bill aimed at critical race theory gained approval from a Republican-led Senate committee Thursday.

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Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2022

Amid protest, KY Senate passes proposed ban on transgender girls playing girls sports

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As protesters chanted “Let kids play” in the Capitol rotunda, the Kentucky Senate on Wednesday approved a proposed ban on transgender girls competing in girls sports at the middle and high school levels.

Tribune News Service · Feb 13, 2022

Tshiebwe stars, Washington injured as Kentucky's win against Florida follows familiar patterns

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky coach John Calipari interpreted Florida riding a four-game winning streak into Lexington as meaning an opponent “expecting to win.”

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022

Ky. Dems say new district maps would ‘kill’ their chances. AG argues it’s too late

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky Democrats’ legal challenge to Republican-drawn House and U.S. Congressional District faced opposition for the first time at a hearing in Franklin Circuit Court on Thursday, with state attorneys arguing their effort was too little, too late.

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022

Mark Story: Are we near the end of Kentucky and Florida as basketball rivals?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Those Kentucky Wildcats backers hoping the UK men’s basketball team would turn 2021-22 into a “Rivalry Retribution Tour” are, mostly, getting what they wanted.

Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2022

Ky. bill banning transgender girls from competing in girls sports advances

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Despite pleas from young transgender Kentucky students, a bill banning K-12 students who are biologically male from competing in girls sports was approved by a Senate legislative committee Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2022

Kentucky defeats Vanderbilt again, but it was anything but routine

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Wednesday saw Kentucky defeat Vanderbilt for the 12th straight time; it was the 14th in a row in Rupp Arena.

Tribune News Service · Jan 29, 2022

Duke pulls away late, picks up 74-65 road win over Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Paolo Banchero’s off-night shooting limited his scoring for No. 9 Duke on Saturday, and teammate Mark Williams played through foul trouble.

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