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Southeast Kentucky CTC Hosts Spring 2026 Commencement & Presidential Investiture
HARLAN, Ky. – Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College (SKCTC) will celebrate student achievement and institutional leadership during its Spring 2026 Commencement and Presidential Investiture on Thursday, May 7, at 6 p.m. at Harlan County High School. Dr. Ryan Quarles, president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), will deliver the commencement address and preside over the presidential investiture of Dr. A. Lee Harrison, who became SKCTC’s
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Lexington Native Jerone Morton Joins UK
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Jerone Morton, a 6-foot-4 rising senior who hails originally from Lexington, Kentucky, has penned an agreement to join Kentucky men’s basketball, it was officially announced on Friday. Jerone Morton (UK Athletics Photo) Morton played the 2025-26 season at Washington State where he started 29 of 32 games and averaged 7.8 points and 2.6 assists per game. Morton posted shooting splits of 43.8 percent from the field, 38.7 percent from 3-point range and 82.0 perc
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WORDS FROM FATHER YOHANES: Time, Space & Jesus
By Father Yohanes Akoit There is a saying: “We humans live our existence in space and time.” It means that as long as we live on this earth, we are always dealing with place and timing. Moving in space means we are always somewhere. Right now, we are here in this specific place, but later we will be somewhere else. We go from home to work, from home to church, and so on. Our bodies keep changing location; they are never fixed in one place. Regarding this, someone might be ske
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Justin McBride Signs with Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Justin McBride, a 6-foot-7 forward, has signed with the Kentucky men’s basketball program, it was announced on Thursday. McBride averaged 15.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game at James Madison a season ago. Kentucky signee Justin McBride (21) has played at Oklahoma State, Nevada and James Madison. (JMU Athletics Photo) The Plano, Texas, native was a third team pick for the All-Sun Belt team after appearing in all 31 games and making 30 starts for the Dukes
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UK Honors Athletes at CATSPY Awards
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 24th annual CATSPY Awards were held Monday inside Historic Memorial Coliseum to recognize athletic and academic performances during the 2025-26 year in the University of Kentucky Athletics Department. With multiple winners in some categories, 31 individuals and three teams were recognized. The 2026 CATSPY Awards cover accomplishments earned from April 2025 through April 2026. Headlining the awards was the Team of the Year – volleyball, the national runner
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OUTDOOR TRUTHS: Patience
By Gary Miller That morning I had located what turned out to be four toms and some hens. They were still on the roost. And even though they had not been pressured, I made sure to do minimal and only light calling. A soft yelp on my slate call was enough for all the ears within 100 yards to hear me. So, I laid down the call, got my gun ready, and began scanning the top of the hill in front of me. I knew pretty much what any older tom would do. He would not come directly in lin
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WAYNE KNUCKLES: Ninety Miles and a World Away
The Kentucky Derby is next Saturday, May 2. Ninety miles up the road from where I'm sitting. Churchill Downs. The twin spires. The hats. The mint juleps served in a commemorative glass that costs 12 dollars and holds four dollars worth of bourbon. I have watched this race my entire life. I have never once felt like it belonged to Kentucky. Don't misunderstand me. The Derby is ours in the way that a famous relative is yours. You claim them at Christmas. You mention them when i
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Apr 233 min read
Kentucky Signs Alex Wilkins
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky men’s basketball program added Alex Wilkins to the 2026-27 roster on Thursday. Wilkins averaged 17.8 points and 4.7 assists per game for Furman, which advanced to the NCAA Tournament this past season. Alex Wilkins (UK Athletics Photo) Wilkins led Furman in scoring and assists as a freshman en route to earning second-team All-Southern Conference accolades and National Association of Basketball Coaches All-South Atlantic District First Team honors.
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Apr 232 min read
BOOKSHELF: Exciting Books for Spring Reading
Compiled by Jamie H. Vaught KySportsStyle.com Magazine Updated May 1, 2026 --Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton by Martha Ackmann (St. Martin's Press, $30) is a remarkable biography of an American icon, tracing from her impoverished childhood in the Smoky Mountains to international stardom as a singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Dolly has exceeded everyone's expectations except her own. During a time when the Beatles set the
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Apr 239 min read
Mason Williams Signs with UK
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Mason Williams, a four-star point guard out of Tennessee Collegiate Academy, has signed on to join the Kentucky men’s basketball team for the 2027 season. Mason Williams (UK Athletics Photo) As a high school prospect, Williams is ranked No. 109 overall in the class of 2026 by 247Sports and No. 124 by Rivals. He stands at 6-foot-2, 205 pounds. During his senior campaign, Williams averaged 15.1 points, 5.3 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 steals. He shot 60 percen
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Apr 221 min read
Zoom Diallo Signs with Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Zoom Diallo, who has played two seasons at Washington, has signed with the Kentucky men’s basketball program. Diallo started 29 of the 33 games in which he appeared as a sophomore with the Huskies. He averaged 15.7 points and 4.5 assists per game, while shooting 48.9% from the field. The Tacoma, Washington, native scored double figures in 23 games, including a career-high 26 points against Southern California. Zoom Diallo (No. 5) comes to Kentucky from Univer
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Apr 212 min read
OUTDOOR TRUTHS: Adapt
By Gary Miller The toms are gobbling all around. Their call is one of the most recognizable in all of nature. Whether one is a turkey hunter or not, everyone knows this familiar sound. And even though a tom turkey will gobble the entire year, he is especially vocal during the spring mating season. The turkey is an amazing bird. Just a few decades ago there were so few that most hunters turned into fishermen during the spring. Now, the turkey is in every state except Alaska. A
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Apr 213 min read
WORDS FROM FATHER YOHANES: Alpha and Omega at Emmaus
By Father Yohanes Akoit The journey of the two disciples of Jesus to Emmaus ends with the breaking of the bread in their home (Luke 24:13-35). This moment prompts them to remember the spiritual events they experienced with Jesus during the Last Supper. In the Last Supper, especially in the breaking of the bread, Jesus gave them His real body and blood (Matthew 26:26-28) to strengthen their journey of faith. And now, in the story of the journey to Emmaus, Jesus reveals that me
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Apr 213 min read
Jackson State Head Coach Mo Williams Named Assistant Coach at UK
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope has named Mo Williams, a 13-year NBA veteran with extensive coaching experience to his staff it was announced on Monday. Williams has served as the head coach of Jackson State for the past four seasons. “Mo brings a level of toughness, experience and authenticity that our players will immediately connect with,” Pope said. “He’s been where they want to go, and he understands what it takes to get there. Beyond that
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Apr 143 min read
Record-Breaking Four UK Women’s Basketball Players Selected in 2026 WNBA Draft
NEW YORK CITY – Four University of Kentucky women’s basketball players heard their name called in the 2026 WNBA Draft and will embark on a lifelong dream of playing professional basketball. Kentucky's Teonni Key, shown here during the 2026 NCAA Tournament in West Virginia, has been selected as the 22nd overall pick in the WNBA Draft. (Photo by Jamie H. Vaught) Teonni Key, a 6-foot-5 forward from Cary, North Carolina, was chosen in the second round as the 22nd overall pick to
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Apr 141 min read
OUTDOOR TRUTHS: The Tug
By Gary Miller There’s nothing like barreling down the lake in the spring or summer at 5:00 in the morning. The cool mist will wake up anyone. But it’s not really the air that is alarming, it’s the possibility of a big bass that is ready for breakfast – buzz bait style. To see the calm water come to life with a massive explosion is fishing at its finest. There is, however, a technique for this type of fishing. Most people set the hook when they see the bass strike. That is
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Apr 142 min read
WORDS FROM FATHER YOHANES: Quantified Lives & the Peace We Cannot Buy
By Father Yohanes Akoit We are witnessing the rise of a new phenomenon concerning human identity. The world and its environment are shaping our life into a mechanistic view of the human person. In other words, every aspect of our life becomes calculable. We begin to treat ourselves as a series of numbers or a bundle of symptoms that can be measured and predicted by the human mind. Often, the probability of our calculations and predictions proves accurate. What we plan frequen
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Apr 143 min read
WAYNE KNUCKLES: Don't take away a Kentucky fan's longest-running heartache
Kentucky basketball fans don't have a lot. We haven't been to a Final Four in a while. The portal has scrambled everything. And our football team — God bless 'em — keeps us humble. But we had one thing. One miserable, gut-punch, can't-look-away moment that belonged to us forever. March 28, 1992. The Spectrum in Philadelphia. Grant Hill throws a pass three-quarters the length of the floor. Christian Laettner catches it at the free-throw line, fakes right, dribbles once, turns,
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Apr 73 min read
Pat Etcheberry, UK Athletics Hall of Famer, Has Passed Away
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Pat Etcheberry, a Southeastern Conference javelin champion at the University of Kentucky, Olympics participant, UK coach, UK Athletics Hall of Famer and a pioneer/legend in the field of athletic strength and conditioning, has died at the age of 82 in Longwood, Fla. A native of Chile, Etcheberry’s 26-year affiliation at the University of Kentucky began from 1963-67 as an athlete for the track and field team. His term as a Wildcat athlete was highlighted by thr
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Apr 62 min read
OUTDOOR TRUTHS: The Pull
I’m pretty bummed right now. Turkey season remains closed in my home area for another week. That’s two weeks later than it used to be just a few years ago. For some reason, I thought it had only been pushed back one week, and I was already looking forward to a pre-Easter turkey meal. Now it feels like I’ll be rushed just to enjoy what’s left of the season. If I had known, I would’ve headed south and gotten started earlier. I’ll remember that next year. Or maybe I’ll just take
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Apr 63 min read