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Oscar Tshiebwe helping new teammate find his way. Kentucky is going to benefit.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The announcement that Ugonna Onyenso — a highly touted center from Nigeria — would be joining the University of Kentucky basketball team for the 2022-23 season came on Aug. 1, just a few days before his future teammates were headed to the Bahamas for a series of…

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Country music ‘will definitely not be the same’: Officials, musicians mourn Loretta Lynn’s death

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Loretta Lynn, a country music icon who was once known as the Queen of Country Music, has died at 90.

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Loretta Lynn, country music icon known as the ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ dies at 90

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Loretta Lynn, an iconic singer who at one time was known as the Queen of Country Music, has died, according to a statement her family provided to The Associated Press. She was 90.

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Judge rules against Kentucky deputy who sued over criticism for attending Trump rally

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy who claimed that the county’s public defenders defamed him and violated his First Amendment rights when they criticized him for attending a Trump rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Overtime Elite league makes big changes. Will they entice young basketball recruits?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The second season of the upstart Overtime Elite (OTE) professional basketball league is set to boast several mouthwatering matchups between some of the best high school basketball players in the country.

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John Clay: Mark Stoops vs. Lane Kiffin: Successful sons of the family business go head-to-head

LEXINGTON, Ky. — One is about defense, the other about offense, but when seventh-ranked Kentucky plays 14th-ranked Ole Miss on Saturday at Oxford, the two head coaches have much in common.

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Lexington health department hosting bivalent COVID booster clinic

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Lexington finance commissioner reports on current and projected economy

Citizens in communities across the country are wondering how their local economies will fare over the coming year. That’s likely the case in the Commonwealth’s second largest city.

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Big game from Will Levis leads Kentucky to 31-23 win over Northern Illinois

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The appetizers are finished. It’s time for the main course of Kentucky football’s 2022 season.

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Lexington Fire Department wins $4.2 million grant to hire 21 new firefighters

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Final plans unveiled for privately funded downtown park in Lexington

The final design is out for Town Branch Park in downtown Lexington. The privately funded project will be constructed adjacent to the Central Bank Center.

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UK football players file lawsuits against the Lexington Police Department

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Mark Story: What comparing Rich Scangarello’s Kentucky offense to Liam Coen’s tells us. And what it doesn’t.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — For the Kentucky football offense, it is go time.

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Proposed abortion-related constitutional amendment is now a part of the Lexington mayoral race

The race for the top government job in Lexington now includes attention given to the issue of abortion.

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Lexington workforce development program registers a thousand job placements in its five years

The city of Lexington’s workforce development program has helped place more than a thousand people in jobs over the past five years. That comes through economic development grants totaling just over a million dollars to partner agencies.

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‘Every kid in New York’s dream.’ Kentucky among blue bloods pursuing top players from Big Apple.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — John Calipari sent the message out to his more than 1.5 million Twitter followers late on Sunday night, complete with the logistical information to specifically place the Kentucky men’s basketball head coach and one of his assistants, Orlando Antigua.

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No decision reached for Kentucky school shooter seeking parole. He’ll face another hearing

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A parole decision for 39-year-old Michael Carneal, who shot and killed three girls and injured five others in a 1997 school shooting at Heath High School, has been postponed until Monday.

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Victims testify as Kentucky school shooter tries to get parole after 25 years in prison

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Victims who survived a school shooting 25 years ago spoke to members of the Kentucky Parole Board on Monday as the board weighed the possibility of granting release to a man who killed three people and injured five others when he opened fire in a high school…

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Lexington continues to progress on local storm water projects

The deputy director of water quality in Lexington says the city is in a ‘good place’ as it relates to stormwater control. Greg Lubeck updated a Lexington City Council committee last week.

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Kentucky records first shutout since 2009 in blowout of Youngstown State

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky overcame a slow offensive start for a 31-0 win over Youngstown State for its first shutout since the 2009 season opener. The win moved UK to 3-0 on the season.

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Lexington Council members react to spike in gun violence

Several council members expressed concern about a spike in gun deaths.Gun violence within the city of Lexington is prompting widespread concern. it was evidenced at this week’s City Council work session.

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John Clay: Saturday, Kentucky can show it won’t surrender its progress without a fight

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As Merriam-Webster defines it, a zero-sum game is a “situation in which one person or group can win something only by causing another person or group to lose it.”

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Mark Story: Kentucky in a College Football Playoff? At 12 teams, the Cats can at least dream.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — On Saturday night, Mark Stoops earned his 60th career win as Kentucky’s football coach with No. 20 UK’s uneven 37-13 victory over Miami (Ohio).

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Newcomers lead Kentucky to 37-13 win over Miami (Ohio) to open 2022 season

LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was not always pretty, but Kentucky opened its most hyped season in decades with a 37-13 win over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.

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Kentucky basketball hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since 2019. Do recruits care?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The recent postseason struggles for the Kentucky men’s basketball program are well documented.

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