Kentucky Chamber Women’s Summit Highlights Leadership, Resilience, and Public Service
The Kentucky Chamber held its 6th annual Women’s Summit, presented by Fifth Third Bank, in Lexington in June, featuring conversations with leaders making an impact on the Commonwealth. The event featured recognition of the 2026 Woman in Leadership award recipient, Renee Shaw, Public Affairs Director and Moderator at Ke
SoulFeast Week brings food, culture and Juneteenth events to Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ky. — SoulFeast Week, a celebration of Black food and community, is back for its sixth year, and it’s moving to new venues in Lexington. The festival runs 10 days, from June 18-28. The week also serves as what a news release called “the anchor” for Kentucky Black Restaurant Week, set for June 22-28. During t
UK leaders spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on overseas trips, report says
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - University of Kentucky leaders have taken numerous trips overseas on taxpayer money in the past three years, and are refusing to publish related receipts, according to a report by the Lexington Herald-Leader. The Herald-Leader says top leaders at UK have taken nearly 200 trips in three...
Developer scraps plan for student housing near Woodland Triangle
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Titan Investments, a Colorado-based developer, has opted to scrap a proposed seven-story student apartment complex at the corner of Woodland Avenue and East High Street, according to a report from the Lexington-Herald Leader. An official with the company told the Herald-Leader that “there was ju
Fayette County Superintendent Demetrus Liggins resigns
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Fayette County Public Schools will soon be looking for a new leader. According to a release from the school district, the Fayette County Board of Education received a resignation notice from Superintendent Dr. Demetrus Liggins on Tuesday. According to a communication received by WKYT, a special.
Flash Flood Warnings Active Across Central Kentucky Including Louisville Elizabethtown and Lexington With Heavy...
CENTRAL KENTUCKY — Flash Flood Warnings are active across portions of central Kentucky Tuesday morning as heavy rainfall saturates the region and radar shows intense red and orange returns concentrated near Louisville, Elizabethtown, and the surrounding central Kentucky corridor. The Weather Now Kentucky radar image va
Here are the Lexington roads currently flooded in Tuesday’s rain: Latest updates
Update: Around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, the flash flood warning for Jefferson County was reduced to a flood warning and all others were reduced to a flood watch, according to the National Weather Service . Bowling Green and its surrounding area were put under flood advisory as of 6 p.m., and part of Logan county was issued a
Two men arrested for alleged Lexington robbery
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Two men were arrested following an alleged robbery that occurred Tuesday night on North Limestone and Church Street. According to court documents, 18-year-old Wyatt Colliver and 19-year-old Jordan Lamb allegedly used force to steal a phone, injuring a victim in the process. Lamb is alleged to...
Late hours are on the menu at this reopened Kentucky fast-food restaurant
A Winchester fast-food restaurant has reopened after being closed for more than a year. Rally’s, known for its double drive-thru lanes and menu of burgers, hot dogs, french fires and shakes, is open again at 1478 W. Lexington Ave., near the intersection of Bypass Road and Interstate 64. According to a press release, th
Another Lexington pharmacy will close in July. Here’s where.
Yet another Lexington pharmacy will close this summer. The Walgreens in the Lansdowne Shoppes, at 3349 Tates Creek Road, will close permanently July 21, according to voicemail messages left on customers’ phones and the Walgreens website. In 2024, Walgreens announced it would close 1,200 stores over several years as it
