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UK Men’s Soccer Adds 13 to 2026 Fall Roster
Kentucky men’s soccer announced 13 new additions to its 2026 roster, including eight freshmen and four transfers, led by head coach Johan Cedergren as the program prepares for the fall season following a successful 2025 Sun Belt Conference championship campaign.
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UK tight ends poised for larger role under new coach Stein
UK tight ends are expected to play a central role in the 2026 offense under new head coach Will Stein, with junior Willie Rodriguez positioned as a feature player in the pass-heavy system.
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Motivated Cats Eye National Title After Runner-up Finish
Senior Lizzie Carr and the Kentucky Wildcats are motivated to win a national championship after falling in last year’s title game to Texas A&M, with the returning roster studying past mistakes and bringing more competitive energy into practice.
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GOP legislators argue for stronger Medicaid guardrails
Four Republican state representatives argue that expanding Kentucky Medicaid access must include strong oversight and guardrails to prevent fraud and protect taxpayer dollars, citing a recent $16.2 million settlement by an addiction treatment provider over billing fraud allegations.
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LexTran announces detours for UK student move-in week
LexTran is implementing temporary bus route detours during UK’s fall 2026 student move-in event from August 16-19, affecting Routes 3, 14 White, 14 Blue, and 16.
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Power outages, severe storms, and Charles Young Park shooting dominate r/Lexington
Lexington residents are debating power grid reliability amid severe storms that have caused repeated outages; discussing whether this summer’s weather is unusually severe; and reacting to the arrest of an 18-year-old in connection with the Charles Young Park shooting that killed a 16-year-old and injured four others.
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8 new immigration-detention habeas petitions filed in E.D. Kentucky
Eight new habeas corpus petitions challenging immigration detention were docketed in E.D. Kentucky between July 23 and August 13, 2026. Year to date, 188 such petitions have been filed in the district.
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Park shooting, Flock cameras, and Woodland Art Fair’s 50th anniversary trending today
Residents discuss a mass shooting at Charles Young Park that killed one and injured four, debate Flock camera surveillance expansion, celebrate the Woodland Art Fair’s 50th anniversary, and highlight popular local dining spots.
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Stein: Wildcats Have Work Before Youngstown State Opener
Kentucky football coach Will Stein called his team’s first fall scrimmage ‘sloppy’ but expressed confidence that the Wildcats have three weeks to improve before their September 5 season opener against Youngstown State.
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More than 400 Cardinal Valley apartments go to auction in the shadow of a $50 million fraud case
The four Cardinal Valley apartment complexes described in January’s federal fraud indictment of Cincinnati syndicator Vision & Beyond — more than 400 units bought for $20.8 million in 2021 and allegedly refinanced for $24.6 million in 2023 without paying off the prior loans — go to a no-reserve online auction August 24-26, with $18.1…