University of Kentucky News

Workers in Kentucky who are paid a minimum wage will see an increase in their paychecks on Wednesday, July 1st.

LEXINGTON, Ky. University of Kentucky Libraries has been awarded three Best of Show awards and an Honorable Mention award by the Library Leadership and Management Association , a division of the American Library Association .

Heights' Perry Ellis has received another basketball scholarship offer - this one from the University of Kentucky, his mother said Tuesday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Xavier Henry, an incoming college freshman committed to play basketball at Kansas, still is considering playing for the University of Kentucky, his father told a Kansas City radio station today.

One individual was flown to the University of Kentucky and another transported to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital after a two-vehicle accident occurred yesterday afternoon in northern Pulaski County.

An East Bernstadt man was killed and two others were seriously injured in a two-car crash at the intersection of KY 3434 and KY 3094 in East Bernstadt Friday afternoon.

New research from Agricultural Research Service scientists and their university colleagues is shedding light on the relationship between chemical compounds and fescue toxicosis-a disease that affects grazing animals and costs the U.S. cattle industry an estimated $600 million annually.

Lexington, KY I should begin by stating that I do not have a mustache. Indeed, I do not have facial hair of any kind.

All public libraries will be closed July 4 for Independence Day. Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon, local author M. Sue Alexander will lead a writing workshop 'Guidelines to Writing a Novel.' Alexander is the author of the Resurrection Dawn 2014 fiction series.

A 2-year-old girl died in a hot car on North Upper Street in Lexington on Saturday evening.

Not many chefs can walk outside their door and select from a wide and grand array of fresh herbs.

State officials have issued a quarantine for 20 Kentucky counties regulating the transportation outside those counties of articles that could harbor the emerald ash borer.

United States Congressman Ben Chandler received the American Horse Council's 2009 Rolapp Award on June 16 for his outstanding support of the horse industry.

After more than a week in special session, legislative leaders tentatively agreed Tuesday to a plan that would resolve a projected $1 billion budget shortfall in the coming year.

Rolapp Award goes to Congressman Ben Chandler Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - from the American Horse Council Washington, DC --- The American Horse Council's 2009 Rolapp Award was presented to Congressman Ben Chandler of Kentucky for his outstanding support of the horse industry.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer Drunk driving was the linking factor in two separate cases from this month's Laurel County grand jury, which charged Miranda Knowles with murder and Johnny McKinney with bribery of a public servant.

Michael and Lana Glasgow of Columbia are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Kendra Leigh Glasgow, to Michael Joseph Esenbock, son of Mike and Joan Esenbock of Lexington, Kentucky.

A Lincoln County woman is still in the hospital two weeks after being injured in a three-vehicle accident along U.S. 127 on June 6, reports the Danville Advocate Messenger in its Sunday edition.

Attorneys for the University of Kentucky and its former basketball coach, Billy Clyde Gillispie, have jointly asked a federal court in Dallas for more time to allow UK to respond to Gillispie's lawsuit.

Most people outside of Jackson County haven't heard of Jerrell Lee. But that may be changing.