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What are firework laws like in Kentucky, Fayette County?

To put it simply, the county's fireworks statute says that if they go up or blow up, they are illegal.
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Search underway for UK doctor who got off cruise ship in Alaska, didn’t return

Authorities were searching for a woman visiting Alaska's capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking, officials said Wednesday.
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Wife of former sheriff Jamey Noel sentenced to 1.5 years in prison

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Judge Larry Medlock accepted Misty Noel's plea deal Thursday morning. She pleaded guilty to five counts of theft and five counts of tax evasion in May, which included thousands of dollars taken from the Utica Township Volunteer Firefighters Association (UTVFA) for personal use. Misty spent over...
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Bear sightings happening in central Kentucky: What to know

In just the past week, bears went over the mountains to see what they could see. Whether that be climbing across a fence in Versailles or across the interstate in Berea.
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As 5-year-old girl battles cardiomyopathy, her mother is raising awareness

After her daughter was diagnosed with severe heart failure, a co-owner of a local business is raising awareness about cardiomyopathy.
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Roommate of man shot, killed at Lexington apartment complex charged

Court documents suggest that the two men shared a unit at Bridle Creek Apartments.
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In Focus: Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton addresses need for affordable housing

KENTUCKY — Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton is in the middle of serving her second four-year term as mayor of Kentucky's second largest city that is a merged Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, which became Kentucky’s first urban county government on Jan. 1, 1974. In early 2025, Gorton presented her...
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Lexington restaurant’s desserts tied to 10 cases of Salmonella

A June Salmonella outbreak has been tied to desserts served at Ramsey's Diner, the Lexington Health Department determined.
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Woman charged after escaped Madison County inmate found in attic

Barnes was reportedly found in the attic of a Vine Grove home after only finding his property there during a previous visit.
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New U.S. State Hit by Alarming Measles Outbreak

Kentucky is grappling with a growing measles outbreak, with health officials confirming that the highly contagious virus has now reached Fayette County after first appearing in Woodford County. As of now, there are five active cases in the state—four of them linked to the same outbreak cluster. The spread comes as...

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