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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 12, 2026) — On some winter mornings, Daniel Wermeling, Pharm.D., nurses his coffee and occasionally revisits the improbable idea that once kept him awake for more than a decade — that a medicine older than many of his students could be reborn in an easy-to-use form. When he recounts the story, he ticks through…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 12, 2026) — The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting proposals for the 2026 Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Fellowship. Established in 2022, the CURE Fellowship offers UK undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in mentored research projects focused on critical issues impacting Kentucky’s health, well-being and future.…

At the University of Kentucky, students are at the center of all that we do. From the moment you become a Wildcat through graduation and beyond, the Office for Student Success is committed to supporting you. Comprised of five areas and 25 units, together, they have one vision — to help students live a life of…

As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves…

In Tuesday, January 13th’s Social Services & Public Safety Committee meeting, Jeff Herron, the city’s Homelessness Prevention Manager, will present an update on the city’s street outreach services and homeless encampment response. 💼 Read the packet: You can find the packet for this meeting here. Street Outreach Services Lexington’s street outreach services are mobile,…

The 2026 elections will bring big changes to the Lexington Urban County Council, with seven council incumbents not running for re-election, including many council veterans. This means Lexington voters will see lots of new faces on the ballot this year. Mayoral race Mayor Linda Gorton will face a crowded field of challengers in the…

This story was produced as part of a joint Equitable Cities Reporting Fellowship for Rural-Urban Issues between CivicLex and Next City. While serving a three-year prison sentence for meth trafficking, Matewood Gerald got the call that she’d soon be a grandmother. Gerald started abusing drugs when she was just 13, and she says everyone in the…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A newly filed House bill would sharply limit the ability of local governments across Kentucky to regulate duplex housing, requiring that two-unit homes be allowed by right in all residential zones and treated no differently than single-family houses. House Bill 204, introduced in the Kentucky House of Representatives by Rep. Nima…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky General Assembly wrapped up brief Friday floor sessions in both chambers with a flurry of bill introductions — including proposals touching nuclear energy development, water fluoridation, diaper access programs and election-related changes — before lawmakers recessed ahead of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. In the Kentucky Senate, most…