Lexington KY

The roof of a vehicle was ripped away during a crash on Thursday morning in Jessamine County.

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - One person was hurt in a crash involving a tractor trailer and a car in Nicholasville. It happened Friday morning on US 27 near Elizabeth Street. Police didn’t have any specific details about the crash. They say it closed both northbound lanes on US 27. The Nicholasville Police Department...

Efforts are underway to eventually raise Kentucky's minimum wage to $15 an hour

A jury returned a lesser charge Thursday for a man on trial for murder in a 2023 shooting in downtown Lexington, finding him guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the case. Scott Lawless, 34, was arrested May 28, 2023, after the shooting that left 35-year-old Kevin Van Huddleston Reel , of Owensboro, dead following...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Southside Technical Center Building has been placed on the market. The Fayette County Public School Board voted Monday to contract with a commercial real estate agent to help sell the building on Harrodsburg Road. Property Assessor records show it’s valued at $8.9M. The 40,518 square...

After nearly three decades of unanswered questions, the 1998 homicide of Linda Rutledge has finally been solved, bringing long-awaited closure to her family, thanks to advances in DNA testing and a tip from a caller.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — The United States Secretary of Education Linda McMahon made a stop in Kentucky on Thursday where she visited students at a middle school in Georgetown as part of her nationwide tour, History Rocks!. As America celebrates its 250th anniversary education secretary, Linda McMahon is visiting schools...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Eight months after replacing a popular hamburger restaurant, the Speakeasy Dispensary said it is helping Kentuckians. Kentucky’s newest medical marijuana dispensary — the state’s second — is now open. A new routine for thousands is taking root in central Kentucky as the...

A Lexington man has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges after investigators say he sold large quantities of methamphetamine and multiple guns to confidential informants during a months-long undercover operation in Fayette County. Osama Omar Qasem entered into a plea agreement filed this week...

A Lexington man is accused of selling large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl — along with loaded firearms — out of his apartment during a series of controlled buys late last year and earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court.