Lexington KY

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect 2024 city hall proposals after the city of Lexington initially provided the Herald-Leader with older versions of the RPFs. A 2023 rendering has also been removed. The city of Lexington is in final negotiations with the Lexington Opportunity Fund for a renovation...

Juan Godoy, 21, was arrested and charged with multiple offenses after allegedly firing shots at another vehicle in a road rage incident in Lexington, KY.

Kentucky American Water customers will see their monthly bills increase by almost $7 after a rate increase was approved on Dec. 17. The Kentucky Public Service Commission, the state body responsible for regulating utilities, approved on Wednesday a more than 14% rate increase for residential Kentucky American Water...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - We have an update to a case of a Lexington woman accused of murder. During a bond hearing Thursday, the judge lowered Keaira Pennie’s bond from $150,000 to $75,000. Police say Keaira Pennie shot and killed Edwin Haddix in August on Bryan Station Road. He...

LEXINGTON — A Lexington man has been charged in federal court with wire fraud after prosecutors say he exploited a trusting relationship with an elderly woman, siphoning more than $300,000 from her accounts over several years while she was suffering from dementia. Donald Charles Beaty is charged in a...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington’s leader in youth anti-gun violence is working to keep thousands of kids warm by giving them brand-new winter coats. After braving the cold, solo protest and weeks of networking, Lexington’s Devine Carama is delivering coats directly to students on a mission that is making a difference.

LEXINGTON — A federal grand jury has indicted six people on charges alleging a wide-ranging methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking operation that stretched across multiple Central and Eastern Kentucky counties and involved repeated drug sales, firearms, and plans to forfeit cash, vehicles and real estate tied to...

Neighbors of more than four decades, Art and Marilyn, got engaged at Gatton Park on the Town Branch’s Winter Village.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Thousands of people are without power after a night with high wind and heavy rain, according to Kentucky Power. Eastern Kentucky counties, such as Letcher and Floyd counties, are still without electricity. Downtown Lexington has also been impacted, with around 600 people being without power,...

Built in 1826, Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Lexington is rich in history, with nearly every corner holding stories long kept in the shadows.