Kentucky making needed change for gameday experience fans will be thrilled about
Gameday at Rupp Arena just got better for the Big Blue Nation, if that was even possible.
Lexington just made the Red Mile’s tax deal bigger. It’s worth half what the...
🌎 Resumen en español · traducción automática. On Thursday night, in a single unanimous roll-call vote with no debate and not one member of the public at the microphone, the Urban County Council enlarged a tax subsidy for the Red Mile that has been on the books since 2010.
Weekend Roundup: Bluegrass Fair, Honor Flight 5K, Paws for a Cause
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Bluegrass Fair, a 5K for veterans, a pet adoption block party and the Railbird Music Festival are among the events happening around central Kentucky this weekend. The gates are back open at the Bluegrass Fair. The fair is now in its 65th year of supporting...
Lexington marks 120 days without a homicide
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The city of Lexington reached 120 consecutive days without a homicide, a milestone believed to be the longest stretch in the city’s recorded history. ONE Lexington, a city-based initiative that works to reduce gun violence, searched through city archives and could not find another time when Lexi
Hotel Thoroughbred brings Bourbon County horse heritage to life in downtown Paris
Hotel Thoroughbred, located on 530 Main Street across from Secretariat Park, officially opened in April after a historic restoration of the building that dates back to 1891.
Former sheriff accused of killing judge attends status hearing
Former sheriff accused of killing judge attends status hearing.
Lexington fudge shop owner submits largest grant yet to erase student lunch debt
A Fayette County business owner is submitting his largest grant yet to help erase student lunch debt across the district.
UK’s faculty worry they’re more vulnerable to firing under proposed policy changes
The University of Kentucky’s tenured faculty are in limbo about how their performance will be evaluated starting in one month. Kentucky’s General Assembly passed House Bill 424 in March 2025, which required universities to create new guidelines on how to evaluate faculty performance. Under the law, a faculty member’s “
Malia Croley returns home to Lexington after life-saving heart transplant
Malia Croley is back home in Lexington after 355 days away — a journey that included a life-saving heart transplant and a stay at the Ronald McDonald House.
Three found guilty for animal cruelty in Lexington, records say
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington-Fayette Animal Care and Control say that three people have been found guilty in relation to an animal cruelty case from January 2026. Animal Control officers reportedly found eight puppies living in an unsanitary small room. Animal Control says they immediately seized the puppies and a
