Lexington KY

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky’s minimum wage will remain at $7.25 an hour when new laws take effect Jan. 1, but one lawmaker says he plans to change that during the upcoming legislative session. State Representative George Brown, who has represented a portion of Lexington since 2015, said he...

Lexington is getting a second Peddler’s Mall location. The new West Lexington Peddler’s Mall is scheduled to open Jan. 1 in the Garden Springs shopping center at 820 Lane Allen Road, in the spot previously occupied by Big Lots. An event page on Facebook says the store is about 75% full for its soft opening, with a...

A Facebook Marketplace transaction turned into a carjacking Saturday afternoon, according to the Richmond Police Department.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Two young doodles now have a warm place to sleep, but until a couple of days ago, the streets of Manchester were their home. Paws 4 the Cause rescued doodles Pepper and Ryder earlier this week, but they need financial help to bring them back to health.

A bicyclist in Lexington was hospitalized on Sunday evening after reportedly being hit by a car.

Paris, Ky. — A new Little Red Blessing Food Box was officially unveiled this week in front of The Voyage Movement multipurpose center at 440 W. 7th Street, bringing round-the-clock access to food and resources to residents in the area. The brightly painted box is part of a growing...

A grand jury is scheduled to hear evidence in the case of Laken Snelling, the former small-town beauty queen and University of Kentucky cheerleader accused in the death of her newborn, and will decide whether to issue an indictment. Snelling, 22, is accused of giving birth in the bedroom of her off-campus home in...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - One person was hurt in a single-vehicle crash on New Circle Road the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 30. The Lexington Police Department said the driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after crashing into a ditch. Although the crash caused a bit of a...

Jacksonville police have identified the pedestrian killed in a crash Monday night on U.S. 17 near Evergreen Drive as Edgar Ivan Solis, of Lexington, Kentucky. Officers with the Jacksonville Police Department responded to the scene around 9:40 p.m. on Dec. 29 and found Solis lying in the roadway. He was pronounced...

After more than half a century of serving students, third-shifters, professors and everyone in between, Tolly Ho is closing its doors for good.