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• QB Towles announces plan to transfer

  

  Saying he will “bleed blue until the day he dies,” Kentucky quarterback Patrick Towles bid adieu to the Cats in an announcement via Instagram on Sunday afternoon.The redshirt junior, who lost his starting job to Drew Barker the last two games of the season, has a year of eligibility left and plans to transfer, but he did not indicate where.“I would like to thank the University of Kentucky for giving me the opportunity to achieve my childhood dream of playing quarterback for the Wildcats,” said T..

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• Big Blue Links: Kentucky-Louisville football the day after

  Big Blue Links for Sunday:Louisville rallies from 21-0 deficit to beat UK, reports Jennifer Smith of the Herald-Leader. “I’m tired of the would’ve, could’ve, should’ves, just as the fans are,” Coach Mark Stoops said. “We’ve got to make those plays. And that’s when our program will grow, when we make those plays to win games.”Kentucky doesn’t have an offensive identity, writes Mark Story of the Herald-Leader. “Yet, in his three years as UK head man, Mark Stoops often has seemed frustrated when hi..

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• Boys’ basketball preview: Lexington Catholic | Lexington Herald-Leader

  Last season:24-9 (lost to Boyle County in the first round of the Sweet Sixteen)Coach:Brandon Salsman (11th year)Key contributors:1.J.J. Ogbogu: 5-11, 165 senior guard also plays wide receiver for the Knights’ football team. Salsman called him the team’s best defender, said he’s “tough as nails.”2.Donnie Morris: 5-11, 165 senior guard who will also join the basketball team after completing his duties as a wide receiver on the football field. Salsman said he’s an “excellent player that will shine ..

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• Lexington police investigating overnight break-in at laundromat

  

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)-Lexington police are trying to track down a man wanted for breaking into a laundromat Police say the man broke into the Commonwealth Coin Laundry on Russell Cave Road around 2 a.m. Police tell WKYT the man threw something through a front window to get inside, but officers aren't sure if the burglar took anything. Police say they looked at security footage but they say it's no..

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• Lexington laundromat broken into overnight

  

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) -Lexington Police are searching for the person responsible for breaking into a laundromat early Sunday morning. Police say someone broke into the Commonwealth Coin Laundry on Russell Cave Road around 2 a.m. According to police, an unidentified man was able to brake into the laundromat after throwing an object at the stores front window, causing it to shatter. Police say it's still no..

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• Early solar architect sees big changes ahead for American homes

  To appreciate how much has changed in energy-efficient construction and solar power technology over the past four decades, take a look at the house architect Richard Levine designed and built for himself near Lexington in 1975.It was one of the first solar-powered houses in America, if not the world.The house’s original systems were experimental and primitive, and Levine and his students invented and made many of them. And because the house was designed to expose as much surface as possible to t..

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• Tom Martin Q&A: Solar energy business expects a busy 2016

  

  World leaders convene in Paris on Monday to try to find agreement on addressing climate change. Solar Energy is one alternative to the fossil fuels scientists have linked to changes in the earth’s climate. Tom Martin talked with Matt Partymiller, operating manager of Solar Energy Solutions, a Lexington-based company in business since 2006 and employing 15.A: The solar industry has definitely grown leaps and bounds especially in the past year or two. In 2006 we had high hopes. We hit the recessio..

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• Dunbar podcast series wins national multimedia award

  In a podcast for her journalism class at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School last spring, student Pam Stravitz talked about how her car always seemed to need repair.“The heater … makes terrifying whirring sounds,” she said. “I have a large piece of duct tape covering the back right window. Sometimes when it comes loose, I hear it flapping as I drive on Man o’ War Boulevard.”The podcast was part of a2014-15 seriesthat this month won a national award for Dunbar students. The series included podcasts ..

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• The ABCs of diabetes care

  

  January is coming. What is your health resolution?More and more Americans are getting diagnosed with type 2 diabetes despite all the advances in health care. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, a disease where your body does not use the main source of fuel (glucose) correctly.Kentucky has one of the highest prevalence of diabetes. This is partly due to the fact that Kentucky also ranks high in some of the risk factors for diabetes, such as being overweight and/or inactive. Other..

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• Akhator gives UK women's hoops reason to give thanks

  The first thing Matthew Mitchell saw when he checked his phone Thanksgiving morning was a text from Evelyn Akhator.“I’m thankful to be here,” it said simply.It’s one illustration of the kind of person she is, Mitchell said of the forward from Nigeria that came to Kentucky via Chipola Junior College.“She’s one of the best human beings we’ve signed here since I’ve been here in nine years,” the head coach continued. “She’s incredibly caring about her teammates. She connects well with people. She ha..

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