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Every step we take Forward Together amplifies what we can do, when we unite around a shared vision for a healthier, more equitable future. In the First Food field, momentum is building in powerful ways: Policy & systems change: Advocates are driving legislation like the Access to Donor Milk Act, the PUMP Act, and the…

FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Lexington, Ky., woman, Xochitl Sonia Navarro, 45, was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove to 36 months in prison, for assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers in the performance of their official duties. According to Navarro’s plea agreement, on October 8, 2024, ICE-ERO officers began an operation…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 31, 2025) — A relatively unassuming plot of intermediate wheatgrass is turning heads at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s North Farm. Known by its trademarked grain name Kernza, the perennial cousin of wheat is the centerpiece of a three-year project aimed at preventing Kentucky’s hillsides from eroding while…

UKNow is highlighting the University of Kentucky’s 2025-26 University Research Professors. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1976, the professorship program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research at UK and is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research.   LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 31, 2025) — Rajeev Darolia, Ph.D., the Wendell…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Chinese national was detained in Panama after allegedly abducting his three young children from Lexington, Kentucky, and attempting to flee the United States in violation of custody agreements, according to federal court documents filed Tuesday. Hao Qiu faces a federal charge of international parental kidnapping, according to an FBI affidavit…

Teens Take Charge at William Wells Brown Community Center! Our community health educators sparked teen voices in two empowering workshops: * Vaping Prevention: Engaging conversations and eye-opening activities equipped teens with the facts to make informed, healthy choices. * Healthy Relationship Boundaries: Fun, interactive exercises helped teens learn respect, communication, and consent. As a…

FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Harrison County doctor, Michael Gainey, 70, was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove to 80 months in prison, after previously pleading guilty to seven counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.    According to his plea agreement, Gainey practiced as a family medicine specialist in Harrison County.…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 28, 2025) — Brent Seales, heritage science chair in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant as part of an international team seeking to unlock the secrets of the Herculaneum scrolls. The iconic and…

Lawmakers share Medicaid CHILD Waiver program concerns July 30, 2025 Committee co-chair Sen. Danny Carroll, R-Paducah, shares his concerns with how the Medicaid CHILD Waiver is being applied during Wednesday’s Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children meeting. A high-resolution photo can be found here. FRANKFORT — Some Kentucky lawmakers say they have concerns…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 29, 2025) – University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers have identified a protein that could be a promising treatment target for obesity-related breast cancer. The study, published in Breast Cancer Research, shows that a protein called Hsp47 becomes more active in fat tissue during obesity and helps cancer tumors grow by changing…