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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington Emergency Management has issued a traffic alert for a roadway downtown. Both directions are closed on North Limestone between Glenn Place and Wittland Lane. According to officials, this is due to a semi truck hitting power lines. A power outage in the area is reportedly...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - FoodChain has been a summer food service program sponsor since 2019. It’s now called the SUN program. The organization’s mission is to forge links between the community and fresh food with education and access. Volunteers at FoodChain prep and serve meals to make sure...

A drug overdose alert has been issued in Fayette County after an "unusually high number of suspected nonfatal drug overdose encounters" in the last week.

Fayette County Public Schools officials on Wednesday acknowledged they had paid rent and furnishings for a Lexington church after questions about the payments were raised during a budget briefing May 21. During the question and answer session about the district’s proposed preliminary $711 million general fund budget, q

A prominent Lexington sports bar announced on Wednesday morning that financial constraints had led to a change in structure.

KSBar and Grille in Lexington announced it is closing as a full-time sports bar, citing rising food costs and broader economic challenges that have made daily operations unsustainable.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - WORK-Lexington is partnering with the Kentucky Career Center to help Fayette County Public Schools employees affected by the recent layoffs. A virtual job fair is to be hosted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 17. Susan Straub, communications director in the Lexington Mayor’s office, says employers fr

Lexington, Ky.— Sybil Gotsch has spent her career climbing trees in some of the world’s most remote rainforests — from Costa Rica to Brazil to Mexico. Now, one of the hardest questions in her career is rooted in Eastern Kentucky. It’s been coined “the white oak problem”...

Home prices have been a major talking point since the pandemic, when they climbed at a record pace in response to a frenzy of demand. This increase led to a sharp decline in affordability that weighed on buyers and sellers and slowed the housing market to a crawl. Now, the...