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Sam Dick visited a Winchester Couple who took a hobby and built it into a thriving art business.
The Commonwealth
Lexington/Richmond News
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Several Kentucky school districts won’t be holding classes April 8th. For some, it’s due to the solar eclipse, the totality of which will pass through parts of western Kentucky mid-afternoon eastern time. For others, like Fayette County Public Schools, it’s a coincidence, according to spokesperson Dia Davidson-Smith.
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Construction will begin soon on a $60 million dollar facility that University of Kentucky officials say is their first new agriculture teaching building in 35 years.
Off the Beaten Path with Sam Dick
Sam Dick
Sam Dick traveled to Lexington to the special home of award-winning landscape designer Jon Carloftis
Sam Dick visits a Fayette County farmer who is the great-grandson of enslaved Kentuckians
Eastern Standard
Moonshinin’ was not just an Eastern Kentucky thing. Our latest Ten Minute Radio Play is the true story of a Depression-era moonshine still bust in Fayette County.
Kentucky Arts & Culture
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Art Therapist Janet Osborn uses Art Therapy to help kids and adults. She says you don't have to be good at art to participate.
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Legendary KY folk artist Minnie Adkins clocks 90 with big celebration in Morehead
Today's Interview
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Our monthly conversation with EKU President David McFaddin
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Democrats are celebrating after flipping a Republican state House seat in northern Alabama. Marilyn Lands rode to victory on abortion rights and access to IVF.
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N-I-L is an abbreviation that college athletes, fans and administrators are becoming increasingly familiar with – even as the rules are in a state of evolution.
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Lexington city leaders are reminding nonprofits and other groups that the deadline to apply for gun violence prevention grants is next Friday, April 5th.
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The agree-to two-year operating state budget is expected to head to the governor’s desk soon. Details of the conference committee report came during the last conference committee meeting on Tuesday.
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The Kentucky Senate debated COVID vaccinations on the floor Tuesday. It came in connection with legislation pertaining to schools, businesses, and health care facilities.
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