News
-
Students at Deep Springs Elementary School saw Fayette County School Board members sworn into office Friday and got a civics lesson in the process.
-
A hay auction for Kentucky farmers will be 9 a.m. Saturday at the Madison County Fairgrounds in Richmond.
-
St. Joseph Health System will restart three construction projects it put on hold in November, the company announced Thursday.
-
PARIS — The garage where police found 6-year-old Wesley Mullins' body in August 2007 has been destroyed, and a plan was hatched last summer to turn a site with bad memories into a memorial that might help prevent such tragedies.
-
PARIS — The criminal trial for a Paris man accused of killing a 6-year-old boy in 2007 was rescheduled to begin Aug. 5.
-
Jerry Healy, who was known for his community involvement and business enthusiasm, died late Wednesday night at University of Kentucky Hospital after a short illness. He was 72.
-
The Urban County Council unanimously gave final approval Thursday to a request that Bernard Lovely immediately step down as chairman of the Blue Grass Airport board and remove himself from airport activity until the completion of a review of airport expenses by state Auditor Crit Luallen.
-
A new grant program aimed at enlisting the help of neighborhoods in cleaning up Lexington's environment was launched Thursday.
-
Yes, we know, it didn't turn out so well at The Office.
-
Where's CentrePointe? Developer Dudley Webb said late last fall that construction would begin in December on the $250 million tower in the middle of downtown Lexington. It's now January, and the site is a big gravel pit waiting for something to happen.
-
Clark County officials approved a development agreement Wednesday that paves the way for Winchester to vie for a $300 million sports-and-entertainment complex.
-
In a tersely worded opinion, a Fayette judge refused Wednesday to throw out a record $60 million in punitive damages against Shane Ragland in the sniper-style shooting death of a University of Kentucky football player in 1994.
-
Persistent snow and rain in Lexington contributed to more than 35 traffic accidents Wednesday evening.
-
Blue Grass Airport Board Chairman Bernard Lovely is ignoring the Urban County Council's unanimous request that he immediately step down as chairman and remove himself from airport activity.
A Jackson County teenager died when the car he was driving made a left turn into the path of a tractor-trailer and was hit, Kentucky State Police said.
SHARPSBURG, Md. — Cutting through a cornfield where soldiers were literally blown to bits on the bloodiest day of the Civil War, a hiker spied something near a groundhog hole: fragments of bone and a metal button, clotted with red clay.
There are so many parents in this free-spirited, unconventional small town who won't get their kids vaccinated that federal researchers are paying money just to hear their side of things. On Saturday, 80 locals will get $50 apiece to talk about their worries over the risks of childhood shots.
Kentuckyconnect.com, the Lexington Herald-Leader's initial Internet news provider, first went online on December 15, 1995. The URL Kentucky.com was added to the network on May 5, 2000 to reflect its statewide reach and national recognition. Kentucky.com, Kentucky Connect and the Lexington Herald-Leader provide Kentucky with the best in online news, sports, entertainment, business and editorial coverage.
