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This is the season when high schools and colleges hold their graduation ceremonies, when seniors eagerly plot the grand educational or professional moves they hope will eventually sweep them to fame and happiness or, barring that, to filthy lucre.

After listening to this week's podcast with managing editor Troy Reeves and oral historian extraordinaire Doug Boyd, you might think the Oral History Review has fallen prey to corporate sponsorship.

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Michael, Stephen, Julie and Ray Parsons at the Parsons' home in Lexington, Ky., Monday, May 20, 2013.

Joseph Boggs' vision is so impaired that it is as if he is looking through two straws.

The Crocker Art Museum presents Rob Barnard: Pottery as Pure Art which will be on view July 21 through Oct.

A Bourbon County chemistry teacher can remain in the classroom even though he violated state law by not disclosing previous misconduct investigations against him at the University of Kentucky, a state board has ruled.

We all know that picking up hitchhikers is not generally a good idea, and there is one little stowaway that can really make life miserable for motorists.

Women learned defense strategies, awareness and risk prevention during a four-session Rape Aggression Defense class provided by the Independence... Campbell County High School's Class of 2013 has set a high standard of achievement including the netting of four of the University of Kentucky's top Otis... Florence is making plans for its municipal ... (more)

A new study suggests that disturbed sleep in adolescents is associated with more symptoms of depression and greater uncertainly about future success.

ALLTECH NAMES AUSTRALIAN, BRAZILIAN STUDENTS ITS YOUNG SCIENTIST WINNERS May 23, 2013 Source: Alltech news release Two students have received the distinction of Alltech Young Scientist for research demonstrating an exceptional awareness of science and its role in shaping the future of agriculture.

Detectives were still interviewing him and not filed charges about four hours after officers were called to an apartment building on Ryan Circle on a report of a man with a gunshot wound, Lt.

Joe Reedy took over as The Enquirer's Bengals beat writer in 2009 after covering the University of Kentucky and doing an NFL picks column.

Powell County Sheriff's Deputy Rob Matthews told the Lexington Herald-Leader the boy's great-aunt and legal guardian, Frankie Hall, said she was playing with Landon Pressnell in the yard but had to go inside due to a medical condition.

In last night's NBA Draft Lottery, the Cleveland Cavaliers technically were the big winners, snagging the No.

Although "it seems clear" that foliar fungicides such as Headline reduce levels of foliar disease in alfalfa, that doesn't consistently translate to higher yields or quality, say two University of Kentucky Extension specialists.

Mike and Carrie McDonald of Benton announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Kelly Lynn McDonald to Jason Christopher Hart, son of Mike and Judy Hart of Calvert City.

A Texas company that recently opened a Lexington office thinks it has hit upon a winning mouthwash combination.

School, corporate and community leaders have been energized by Manchester Bidwell Corp.'s accomplishments, but work toward bringing something similar to Lexington has not been publicly noticeable.

Federal prosecutors say former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer's "unwarranted sense of entitlement" goes beyond what he's been charged with.