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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A group of faculty at the University of Kentucky wrote a letter to President Eli Capilouto on Thursday in which they asked for him to take steps that would make "an immediate impact on racial equity." Among their requests was that Rupp Arena be renamed. The letter from the faculty in the African-American and Africana Studies (AAAS), a department they called a "campus leader in the recruitment and retention of Black faculty," said the actions they propose "focus on deeper, structural change" beyond what the university has already pledged. Among UK's recent announcements was the removal...

Candidates driving home a few differences EACH HOPES RETOOLED IMAGE WILL SWAY VOTERS By Ryan Alessi HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU When voters in Kentucky's 6th Congressional District go to the polls in less than 10 days, among other things, they'll be judging competing makeovers. Democrat Ben Chandler, stung by a 10-point loss in last fall's governor's race, has been reinventing his image ever since. Republican Alice Forgy Kerr, a low-profile state lawmaker from Lexington, has been equally busy trying to craft an image for strangers scattered across 16 Central Kentucky counties. And both are having their problems--- complicated in no small...

<p>LEXINGTON, Ky. — In his day job as a federal appellate judge, Eugene Siler Jr. often guards the separation of church and state and even ruled against vouchers for church schools, a decision later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.</p>