On Today's Morning Edition - AG Pam Bondi's contentious hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, 6 House Republicans vote against Trump's Canadian tariffs, and Ky GOP bill would limit license plate reader data sharing and storage. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 or weku.org.

On Today's Morning Edition - Immigration officials testify before House, Britain's prime minister faces calls to resign over ex-ambassador's Epstein tire, a spending bill passed last week includes funding for 3 highway projects in Ky. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org.

On Today's Morning Edition - The search for Nancy Guthrie enters its second week, Ghislaine Maxwell to testify before Congress Monday, and an Appalshop filmmaker documents frustration over Kentucky Power rates. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org

On Today's Morning Edition - Hundreds of federal agents are leaving Minnesota, the last major arms control treaty between Russia and the U.S. expires, and Tom Martin talks with Lex. Mayor Linda Gorton about ice and snow removal. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org.

On Today's Morning Edition - The partial shutdown enters its fourth day, Iran and U.S. negotiate over Iran's nuclear program, and officials are waiting on word from investigators at the site of the Dessie Scott School fire in Wolfe county. Plus local wx and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org.

On Today's Morning Edition - Debate over DHS funding continues amid partial government shutdown, judge allows immigration enforcement surge to continue in MN, and EKY towns ask residents to conserve water amid freezing temperatures. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org.

On Today's Morning Edition - Democrats are demanding changes to DHS funding as partial shutdown looms, the Fed votes to hold interest rates steady, and Ky House GOP releases ‘bare bones’ budget bill. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org.

On Today's Morning Edition - Pres. Trump says the economy is "booming" in Iowa message, the NTSB releases findings in DCA midair crash, and UPS is retiring the plane model involved in a fatal Louisville crash. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org.

On Today's Morning Edition - Trump will "consider" reducing number of ICE agents in Minnesota, social media apps on trial over effects on children, and power restoration ongoing in southern Kentucky after storm outages. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org.

Emergency and road crews in Lexington have been working to clear roads after yesterday’s winter storm. Kentucky's second-largest city got much less snow than forecasted but was hit with a mix of freezing rain and sleet overnight, with some ice accumulation.

Snow has transitioned primarily to sleet and freezing rain across much of Kentucky. Ice accumulations are causing hazardous road conditions, and power outages are now being reported throughout the southcentral and southeastern parts of the state.

Update 10:10a 1/25/2026 88.9 WEKU now operating at full power. Update 9:57a 1/25/2026 88.5 WEKC Corbin is off the air due to significant ice accumulation on antenna. 102.5 Middlesboro is also off the air.

On Today's Morning Edition - Pres. Trump will speak at the World Economic Forum, Concerns about conditions at Texas detention center grow after 3 deaths, and Ky Power notifies PSC of Mitchell cooling tower project. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org.

On Today's Morning Edition - The FBI searched a Washington Post reporter's home Wednesday, Trump administration reverses mental health cuts, and KY Republicans push for Kentucky constitutional amendment to limit homestead tax. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org.

On Today's Morning Edition - Fed prosecutors in Minnesota resign over ICE shooting probe, the Fed will make a decision about interest rates, and KY Power is asking the Ky PSC to approve a settlement that would raise customer rates. Plus local weather and traffic. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org.

On Today's Morning Edition - Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy will meet with President Trump Friday in Washington, Tate brothers return to the U.S. from Romania, and Kentucky childcare advocates warn federal rule changes could strain providers and parents. Join us 5-9 on 88.9 and weku.org

Kentucky Power has reached a settlement agreement with the state’s industrial customers over a power plant in West Virginia. Not everyone is on board, though.

Horse trainer and Democrat Dale Romans has announced his candidacy for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat. He’s facing a crowded race ahead of the May primary.

Gov. Andy Beshear says that two water infrastructure projects have been completed in eastern Kentucky. Beshear said a $1.7 million project in Breathitt County replaced more than a mile of water line serving 950 households. The area was damaged in the 2022 floods.

EKU Colonels are back at Baptist Health Arena at Alumni Coliseum after officials cut the ribbon on the facility following major renovations

Kentucky GOP lawmakers appeared to disagree Monday on whether the state should further cut the income tax next year after failing to meet the budget trigger.

They were once political rivals from opposite parties. One beat the other for re-election. On Monday, though, former Govs. Ernie Fletcher and Steve Beshear made a friendly appearance at the Kentucky Chamber’s legislative preview in Lexington.

The CLIMB 2.0 initiative is a collaboration between the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, in partnership with the Cabinet for Health and Family Service and its Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities.

Local experts and advocates say the disparity is alarming, but not surprising. The 16-year-old boy pleaded with the judge through scratchy handwriting on a crinkled piece of notebook paper.

Eastern Kentucky University is ending its free textbook program due to federal regulations.

Louisville Metro Police collect data through license plate readers and share it with thousands of law enforcement agencies.

Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, died on Saturday. She was 88.

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials confirmed the case of CWD this week. Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources say that Chronic Wasting Disease has been confirmed in a wild deer harvested by a hunter earlier this hunting season in Pulaski County.

The Small Business Administration says some disaster victims can still apply for relief loans as they wind down operations in Kentucky.

The bill would prevent sex offenders convicted of crimes against children from handing out candy to young trick-or-treaters or attending Halloween costume parties where children are present.

According to court documents, Charles Ingram V and his father, Charles Ingram IV, got into a fight with one of the team’s assistant coaches.

Norfolk Southern hauled more coal for domestic consumption in the third quarter than coal for export, reflecting a trend in where coal moves by railroad.

With a state Senate special election rapidly approaching, here’s what you need to know ahead of Election Day.

The ongoing government shutdown could see more than 600,000 Kentuckians lose access to food stamps. That could also put a strain on local food banks.

Loud rhythmic music with rapping vocals pulsates inside the walls of CycleYou Fitness and Sauna in Lexington on this Thursday night. Hip hop dancers are warming up in the dimly lit studio.