Tributes are coming in from around the state for Robert Sexton.The longtime education advocate died Thursday in Lexington after a battle with cancer. He was 68.A Louisville native, Sexton was executive director of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, a non-partisan education advocacy group.Governor Steve Beshear said in a statement today that Sexton's passing "leaves an enormous void in our state."Sexton is survived by his wife and five adult children.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.