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Three UK Football Players Earn Preseason All-SEC Honors
Three Kentucky football players — center Coleton Price, defensive back Ty Bryant and defensive lineman Tavion Gadson — earned preseason honors from Pro Football Network, with Price making the second-team All-America squad.
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Traffic lights, surveillance cameras, and blood donations dominate r/Lexington today
Lexington residents debate unsynchronized traffic lights as a design problem, discuss Flock camera expansion amid national surveillance concerns, and address an urgent blood donation shortage at the Kentucky Blood Center.
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2 new immigration-detention habeas petitions filed in E.D. Kentucky
Two immigration-detention habeas corpus petitions were filed this week in federal court in Kentucky. So far in 2026, 180 such petitions have been docketed in the district.
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Commentary: Will the Real USDA Reorganization Plan Please Stand Up?
Last year, 2025, was the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) affordable rural housing programs. If a spring 2025 plan to reorganize the entire Department is implemented, those and many other USDA programs would be sharply reduced or eliminated. But is that plan – USDA’s Agency Reduction in Force and Reorganization…
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‘This Is the Model’: A $40 Million Program for Workforce Training in Virginia
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markers, a twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural America. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox. For many rural learners, they need a few essential things to…
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Historian explores legacy of Hopkinsville’s Hotel Latham
Historian Alissa Keller shared the history of Hotel Latham, a century-old Hopkinsville landmark, during a recent program at The Crusty Pig restaurant, which now occupies the site where the grand hotel once stood.
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Three Wildcats Heading to U.S. Amateur at Merion and Philadelphia Country Club
Kentucky men’s golfers Gabriel Hull, Jacob Lang and Cole Stockard qualified for the 126th U.S. Amateur, being held Aug. 10-16 at Merion Golf Club and Philadelphia Country Club in Pennsylvania.
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Chocolate Cake Donuts, Late-Night Dining, and Finding Friends in Lexington
Residents discussed donut shops, late-night dining spots, and social challenges in Lexington today. A health department closure at Dunkin’ sparked debate, while commenters shared favorite eateries open after 11 p.m. and advice for making friends in a town perceived as less transient than others.
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Commentary: The sentence Dan Wu never finished
The vice mayor’s re-election website deleted the word “activist,” the Civil Rights plank, and the Environment plank, demoted housing from a promise to a noun — and replaced them with a pledge to avoid drama. The record says the website is the honest one.
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Lexington residents debate voter registration practices, drag racing crackdown
Lexington residents debate Turning Point USA’s voter registration practices and show support for a proposed drag racing ordinance, while celebrating a community member’s job search success.