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A status hearing in the manslaughter case involving former University of Kentucky competitive cheerleader Laken Snelling has been delayed.  The hearing, scheduled for Friday, June 12, has been pushed to August due to “evidentiary issues.” The delay was agreed to in a filing by both parties, according to Lexington’s Fox

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Two people were arrested in Lexington for stealing more than $15,000 total in inventory from several Dick’s Sporting Goods stores according to police. Police say 54-year-old Gregory Pettigrew, arrested June 14, and 52-year-old Latravia McLean, arrested June 13, stole thousands of dollars worth o

They may not grade papers or hand out report cards, but fathers and father figures often teach some of life's most important lessons.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Lexington woman is asking for help from the community as she searches for a stem cell donor. Kimberley White has been living with myelofibrosis, a rare form of bone marrow cancer, since 2020. In April her cancer progressed and she now needs a stem cell transplant.

Westbound lanes of I-64 were blocked on Monday morning following a crash in the area.

Between the summer of 1869 and the fall of 1870 — barely fifteen months — mobs in Madison County, Kentucky killed at least seven Black people. The county had a courthouse at Richmond, a college at Berea founded on the principle of racial equality, and, for that stretch, a Klan that rode more or less as it pleased.

A program that serves Kentucky children who have been placed in the care of relatives will be forced to close at the end of June because of lack of funding. Samantha Sheets, program director for Lexington-based Kindred Roots , said the program, which is operated by The Bair Foundation, a Christian nonprofit, was notifi

In our Inside Look stories, Herald-Leader journalists take you inside places around Lexington and Kentucky that you maybe haven't seen before. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. A new-to-Kentucky restaurant is ready to fire up its grill. Firebirds Wood Fired Grill will open a Lexington location June

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Lexington furniture store is closing its doors after operating for over six decades. Burke Furniture, located off Richmond Road at Mount Harbor Road, told customers the business was sold and that the company would hold a final sale before closing, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

The 97th Kentucky FFA State Convention, held June 9-11, 2026 at the Central Bank Center in Lexington, marked a milestone moment for local agricultural education in Glasgow and Barren County. Together, the convention highlighted two different but connected stories for local FFA programs with one chapter celebrating its