Pedestrian killed in crash identified; driver arrested
What not to post on your child’s first day of school. If you’re a parent, you might be guilty of snapping photos of your children with back-to-school signs and posting them on your social media pages. Updated: 4 hours ago. Chip Sebastian - College for Technical Education's Medical...
New cameras will detect speeding in some of Kentucky’s highway work zones
SHELBY COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - New cameras are coming to some of Kentucky’s highway work zones. The cameras will record speeders, but an actual officer will still be the one pulling them over. It’s the result of a new state law passed this year. You’ll know a camera...
Lexington eyes ‘street art’ pilot as tool for safer, more vibrant neighborhoods
Lexington is preparing to test a new kind of public art — murals painted directly on streets — that city planners say can slow traffic and strengthen community identity. During Tuesday’s Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee meeting, Hannah Crepps, principal planner for outreach and strategic planning,...
I-75 on-ramp reopened after gravel truck overturned in Lexington
The on-ramp leading onto a busy Lexington highway has been shut down until further notice after a semi-truck hauling gravel flipped over.
Jessamine County man sentenced for armed meth trafficking
A Nicholasville man was recently sentenced for meth trafficking in September.
With new recommendations in hand, attention turns to Fayette County School Board as it...
With the board having shelved an unpopular tax increase option, the top suggestions by their budget workgroup would pull most or all of the $16 million from the district's contingency fund — which it keeps at higher levels than required by the state. Inching the fund down 2%, as...
Lexington has 67 city boards. New subcommittee to look at upping diversity
The Lexington council is starting a subcommittee to look at upping diversity and transparency of the city’s 67 boards. “The goal of this subcommittee is not only to make sure the makeup of our boards and commissions truly represents the people of Fayette County, but to also make them more efficient, accessible and...
Mitch Barnhart addresses why Kentucky remained a Nike school, did not flip to Adidas
On Aug. 8, the University of Kentucky announced it had signed a 10-year contract extension with Nike. Kentucky signed its previous deal with the apparel company in 2013. On Tuesday, Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart pulled back the curtain on the school’s decision to re-sign with Nike. “There was a couple...
Community members gather for 2-day event discussing future of downtown Lexington
Lexington is growing, and after six decades, a new blueprint for downtown is in the works.
Stage Set for Gatton Park Grand Opening
In Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi,” she sings: “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” Now, thanks to years of planning and fundraising, Lexington is reversing that trend by transforming a former parking lot into a community greenspace. On August 23, city officials...
