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Miss Kentucky is UK student who was once in foster care. Now she advocates for kids

Miss Kentucky is UK student who was once in foster care. Now she advocates for kids

(TNS) Ariana Rodriguez entered her first pageant because she dreamed of a college education. “I really wanted to go to college, and I didn’t know how I was going to pay for it,” she said. Rodriguez, 20, spent her childhood moving among family...

Mark Pope recalls wild Rick Pitino story from 1996 Kentucky basketball season

Mark Pope recalls wild Rick Pitino story from 1996 Kentucky basketball season

The post Mark Pope recalls wild Rick Pitino story from 1996 Kentucky basketball season appeared first on ClutchPoints. Mark Pope is now the head coach of the Kentucky basketball team, but he used to be a player for the Wildcats back in the day....

Top recruit Jordan Smith schedules official visit to Kentucky

Top recruit Jordan Smith schedules official visit to Kentucky

Mark Pope and his staff are looking to land their first signature recruit in the class of 2026. With a wide net cast across plenty of players in the top 25, it appears they are positioned well with several players inside the top five of the class....

Officials provide update on Giardia Outbreak in Western Kentucky

Officials provide update on Giardia Outbreak in Western Kentucky

KENTUCKY (WEVV) — Public health officials are investigating an outbreak of Giardia, primarily occurring in Hopkins County, Kentucky. As of July 21, 2025, a total of 66 laboratory-confirmed cases of Giardia have been reported in Hopkins, Muhlenberg...

Cessna plane from Twin Lakes Airport makes emergency landing in Kentucky

Cessna plane from Twin Lakes Airport makes emergency landing in Kentucky

A SMALL PLANE THAT TOOK OFF FROM A LOCAL PIEDMONT AIRPORT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY THE SINGLE ENGINE PLANE TOOK OFF FROM TWIN LAKES AIRPORT IN ADVANCE JUST BEFORE 7 A.M. A FEW HOURS LATER, THE CESSNA SUPER...

Federal help approved for counties hit by May and April storms

Federal help approved for counties hit by May and April storms

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KFVS) - Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced that federal pubic assistance has been approved for several counties impacted by severe storms, flooding and tornadoes in April and May. Storms, high winds, tornadoes, flooding and...

Pope Ensures Kentucky Wildcats Meet Basketball Standards Ahead of Season

Pope Ensures Kentucky Wildcats Meet Basketball Standards Ahead of Season

Mark Pope, Kentucky's men's basketball coach, is focused on instilling a culture of high expectations within the team, reminiscent of his own experience as a player under Rick Pitino. Pope acknowledges that at UK, only a national championship...

CONCERN: Does Kentucky Basketball Have Anything to Be Worried About?

CONCERN: Does Kentucky Basketball Have Anything to Be Worried About?

Do the Kentucky Wildcats have anything they need to be worried about after losing out on Jason Crowe Jr? What about the scrimmage against La Familia? Author: wtsp.com Published: 9:56 PM EDT July 21, 2025 Updated: 9:56 PM EDT July 21, 2025

Shopping platform Temu responds to Kentucky lawsuit

Shopping platform Temu responds to Kentucky lawsuit

By WBKO/West Kentucky Star staff/The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2025 | 08:30 PM | BOWLING GREEN Chinese internet shopping platform Temu has responded to the lawsuit filed by Kentucky’s attorney general. On July 17, Attorney General Russell Coleman...

Mark Pope addresses high expectations for Kentucky each year: ‘I love every bit of it’

Mark Pope addresses high expectations for Kentucky each year: ‘I love every bit of it’

Kentucky‘s practice court was once surrounded by banners of its plentiful NBA talent. Now, it holds only nine — eight show the years which the Wildcats won it all. The ninth, which sits to the right of ’12, reads: #9 The Assignment. That number...

One Thing We Learned About Every Kentucky Opponent at SEC Media Days

One Thing We Learned About Every Kentucky Opponent at SEC Media Days

Kentucky Sports Radio spent a week hearing from all 16 coaches around the league. SEC Media Days doesn’t produce the grabby headlines that it once did, but it does create an opportunity for us to learn a little more about the teams the Wildcats...

Is It Illegal to Feed Kentucky Wildlife on Public Property?

Is It Illegal to Feed Kentucky Wildlife on Public Property?

I've been told my entire life that it's a bad idea to feed bears. Since I've never had an encounter with one, it's been easy to heed that advice. The logical explanation, of course, is that they might still be hungry when the food is gone. Then...

Inmate who escaped in Northern Kentucky is back in custody

Inmate who escaped in Northern Kentucky is back in custody

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) - Law enforcement officers caught up with a Campbell County Jail inmate who was on the run. Jesse Fuller escaped Monday morning from the Campbell County Courthouse. There was a large police presence on and around the...

UK set to dedicate huge amount of revenue-sharing money to Kentucky Basketball

UK set to dedicate huge amount of revenue-sharing money to Kentucky Basketball

Kentucky men’s basketball is the standard when it comes to college hoops, so it’s no surprise to see the program will get preferential treatment with revenue sharing. According to CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander, UK is believed to be dedicating 45% of...

5-Star Guard Jordan Smith Jr. Sets Kentucky Official Visit

5-Star Guard Jordan Smith Jr. Sets Kentucky Official Visit

Jordan Smith Jr., the No. 4-ranked player in the 2026 class, has set an official visit to Kentucky. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound shooting guard from Paul VI Catholic (Fairfax, VA) will take an official viist to Kentucky from October 12-14 for Big Blue...

Wawa's first Kentucky location to open this week near Okolona in Louisville

Wawa's first Kentucky location to open this week near Okolona in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville's first Wawa, which is also the state of Kentucky's first Wawa, will open its doors this week. The Preston Crossing Boulevard location of the gas station and convenience store is scheduled to open this...

Crews rescue hiker who fell off 50-foot cliff at Kentucky's Red River Gorge

Crews rescue hiker who fell off 50-foot cliff at Kentucky's Red River Gorge

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Rescuers pulled a man to safety after he fell off a 50-foot cliff in the Red River Gorge area in southeastern Kentucky. A man left his home Thursday evening, July 17 and went into the woods, according to Wolfe County...

Ex-Kentucky officer sentenced to nearly 3 years for role in Breonna Taylor raid

Ex-Kentucky officer sentenced to nearly 3 years for role in Breonna Taylor raid

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced an ex-Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid, declining a Justice Department recommendation that he be...

No. 3 ranked Christian Collins schedules official visit to Kentucky

No. 3 ranked Christian Collins schedules official visit to Kentucky

Christian Collins, who is ranked No. 3 overall in the 2026 class (via Rivals), will make an official visit to Kentucky on October 12th, according to KSR. That’s interesting timing, considering Big Blue Madness is right around that time with the...

Austin Pope leaves Kentucky for NBA role with the Lakers

Austin Pope leaves Kentucky for NBA role with the Lakers

After just one season in Lexington, Austin Pope is heading to the NBA. The former Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball graduate assistant has accepted a role as the new Video Coordinator for the South Bay Lakers, the G League affiliate of the Los...

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