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Thursday, September 18, 2025

• FCPS school board votes to move forward with external budget audit
• Groups spent nearly $10M lobbying Kentucky lawmakers after 2025 session
• WEKU wins four Excellence in Broadcasting Awards
• Ex-CIA officer Joel Willett announces Democratic bid for McConnell Senate seat
• UK to host 3rd annual Be Healthy Bash Saturday
• Grace period available for Kentucky storm victims to apply for SBA loans
• Historic Lexington church to become 22-apartment affordable housing facility
• Today's Interview - Margaret Price
• Blue Grass Army Depot’s chemical weapons disposal plant finishes destroying secondary waste
• Dry weather in Kentucky leads to burn bans, farmer worries
• Kentucky State University hosts 5th International Pawpaw Conference
• Fayette County Public Schools budget director files lawsuit following suspension
• Therapy dogs help patients and staff at Baptist Health Lexington
• These coal plants lose money. Other states have walked away, but not West Virginia
• Former London, Ky., mayor appeals his removal from office
• Family of Laurel County wrong-address police shooting victim files lawsuit
• Fayette County Public Schools considering third-party investigation of budget
• Lexington Urban County Council discusses proposal on how to manage city growth
• Exploring Maysville with a trip through time on a Trolley Tour
• With possible SNAP cuts on the way, a central Kentucky food bank is expanding
• EKU President on KCTCS Partnership, Rural hospital challenges, changes to out-of-state tuition fees, and AI
• Lexington public health official says he hopes Kentucky doesn't follow Florida's lead on childhood vaccines
• Critics say Louisville, Lexington and LG&E abandon net-zero climate goals in new plan
• London Mayor Randall Weddle removed from office by city council
• University of Kentucky aims to help students in need with new food lockers
• Fish & Wildlife teams clean up Georgetown’s Elkhorn Creek following low-head dam removal
• New court motion argues prosecutorial misconduct in former Letcher County sheriff’s murder trial
• A University of Kentucky study looks at what is in the commonwealth's drinking water
• Non-profit concerned about Congress potentially rescinding Kentucky education funds
• Blue Grass Army Depot’s chemical weapons plant nearly finished destroying secondary waste