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Police: Phone records place man at accident scene

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Cell phone records put a Lexington man, who owned a truck police think was involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed a UK freshman, at the scene of the wreck, Lexington police said.

Shannon Houser, 36, told police he was at home at 2:30 a.m. on April 13, around the time of the accident that killed Connie Blount, 18, of Park City, Utah.

WRFL rings in 20 years on downtown rooftop

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The crowd at WRFL's FreeKY Fest on Saturday was as eclectic as the music the station broadcasts every day - some were children; others had grey hair and wrinkles. Some came dressed in tie-dyed shirts; others wore Polos and khakis. Some were pierced and tattooed; others had hair as colorful as the decorations hung around the concert venue.

UK sees highest 6-year graduation rate ever

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

UK had its highest six-year graduation rate ever in 2007, university officials announced Friday.

Of the students who entered UK in 2001, 61.2 percent graduated with a bachelor's degree six years later, up 2.1 percent from the year before. The rate of black students who graduated was also up more than 5 percent, to 50.

The anatomy of a turnaround

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

When John Cohen got to UK in 2003, he inherited a recruiting class that had two players. That wasn't the program's only problem, though. It also had the Southeastern Conference's most antiquated facilities and most apathetic fans. Yet Cohen managed to overcome all of that and orchestrate a major turnaround of the UK baseball program.

Tamme first of four Cats taken in draft; Giants pick?Woodson in sixth round

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Twenty-two hours and 126 picks. That's how long it took before senior tight end Jacob Tamme heard his name called as a fourth-round selection by the Indianapolis Colts during the second day of the NFL draft. In a crop of talented draft-eligible former UK players - including quarterback Andre Woodson, wide receiver Keenan Burton and linebacker Wesley Woodyard - it was Tamme who was the first to be taken in the draft with the 127th pick.

Bulldogs spoil softball's Senior Day with 16 hits to sweep weekend series

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Sunday was supposed to be a day of celebration for the UK softball team, as its seniors played in Lexington for one last time. But Georgia wasted little time crashing the party, smashing 16 hits to the tune of a 9-4 win. Shortly after seniors Audrey Meyer, Ashley Dimkich, Samantha Allen, Megan Jolly and Lindsay Brogdon were honored, the Bulldogs struck with two runs in the top of the first.

Carroll, Dombrowski lead UK over No. 10 Vandy

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Locked in a 1-1 tie, senior right fielder Sawyer Carroll's two-out triple plated two runs, lifting the No. 17 UK baseball team to a 3-1 victory and securing a series win over No. 10 Vanderbilt in Nashville yesterday. Senior pitcher Greg Dombrowski logged 7.

KERNEL EDITORIAL: The 2007-08 Golden Forks

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As another finals week opens, it's time for the Kernel to lampoon all the things that made this year special, then take no responsibility for what we've just written.

COLUMN: Todd should rethink his support for downtown development

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

When President Lee Todd endorsed the CentrePointe development, he was looking out for future students and faculty members, or so he claimed. The project, centered around a massive luxury hotel, "will help create a downtown atmosphere that will help us attract and retain innovative and creative students, faculty, and staff - the very individuals who will help us build the kind of global economy this community needs," Todd said in a letter to Woodford Webb, one of the project's developers.

COLUMN: Dead Week - just another cruel joke UK plays at its students' expense

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Who said UK doesn't have a sense of humor? Sure, the administrators aren't big on punch lines or pranks, but every semester they manage to do more for comedy than Chris Rock. I know I always find myself just dying of laughter every year at this point in the semester.

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