Month: June 2026

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UK Sports

Wildcats advance to finals in Eugene

The Kentucky Wildcats completed day two of the 2026 NCAA Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. today, totaling four national final qualifiers. Emmi Scales kicked off the opening day of the women’s events of the championships for the Wildcats in the 100m hurdles semifinal, running the second-fastest qualifying time of 12.72 to advance to Saturday’s final. Scales, in the culmination of an incredible junior season, will enter the final […]

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UK Sports

Maddyn Greenway Named 2025-26 MaxPreps Female National Athlete of the Year

Maddyn Greenway has been named the 2025-26 MaxPreps Female National Athlete of the Year. A Kentucky basketball signee, the 5-foot-10 Greenway squeezed everything she could from her high school sports career. She leaves Providence Academy as a 13-time state champion while owning the state scoring mark in both basketball and soccer. She also broke state marks in her final days as a prep athlete in the 300-meter hurdles and as […]

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UK Sports

UK student athlete Nic Smith remembered

Our community has suffered a tragic loss with the death of one of our students, Nic Smith. Nic was a sophomore in the Community Leadership and Development program in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and one of our student athletes on the UK Football team. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and teammates. We ask that you respect their privacy during this difficult time. […]

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Around The State

Man arrested after shooting at Texas Roadhouse in Louisville

A man has been taken into custody after a shooting at a Texas Roadhouse Thursday evening in Louisville. Ronald Winter, 24, was charged with assault (second degree) and booked into the Bullitt County Jail, according to LMPD. At about 6:15 p.m., Louisville Metro Police Department officers responded to a shooting at Texas Roadhouse, located at 3322 Old Outer Loop. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound. He was taken […]

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Man dies in Wednesday drowning incident in Trigg County

A 74-year-old man has died in a Wednesday drowning incident in the Sugar Bay area of Land Between the Lakes, the Trigg County Coroner's Office announced Thursday. According to Coroner John Mark Vinson, the office was dispatched June 10 to the area at LBL in Cadiz to investigate a death "associated with a drowning accident." The deceased was identified as Durrett Michael Bennet, 74, who was pronounced deceased at the […]

todayJune 12, 2026

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Old golf course in Paris to become new park

Paris is getting a new park, by way of re-purposing an old golf course. The city commission voted unanimously to fund the project on Tuesday. The land was zoned as light industrial, which was of concern to the founder of the Stoner Creek Park Project, Claire Hilbrecht. She says the creek supplies the city's water. "The risk was that something hazardous to our water would be built here and there's […]

todayJune 12, 2026

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Lexington police investigating overnight shooting

Lexington police are investigating an overnight shooting near that reportedly occurred on Ohio Street Friday. Police were called to the 500 block of Ohio Street at about 2 a.m. Friday on a shooting. When officers arrived, the department reported that they found the victim, who had been taken to a local hospital by the fire department. The victim's injuries were reportedly non-life-threatening. No suspect information has been released at this […]

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KSP searching for inmate who escaped from the Madison County Detention Center

Kentucky State Police are searching for an inmate who reportedly escaped from the Madison County Detention Center just before midnight on Thursday. 23-year-old Calain Myers of Lexington, is described by KSP as standing at 6 feet tall, weighing 165 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. Myers was last seen wearing a white shirt and orange pants. Myers was serving a sentence for third-degree wanton endangerment, driving under the influence, […]

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