Lexington KY

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 20, 2026) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists of a new traffic signal installation at the intersection of KY 1974 (Tates Creek Road) and KY 1980 (Brannon Road) in Fayette County. The signal is scheduled to operate in flash mode from Monday, Feb. 23...

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has authorized the acquisition of a commercial property at 377-399 Rose Street in Lexington for $3.9 million.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — The University of Kentucky Police Department was among the agencies participating in the 2026 Lexington Polar Plunge, an annual event benefiting Special Olympics Kentucky athletes. UKPD placed first in the public safety division, raising $2,733 to support Special Olympics programs...

A Lexington nonprofit is launching a campaign tasking the city government to focus on building new housing, with the hope that 30,000 homes are built by 2030.

MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WEVV) — A 44-year-old Georgetown man has been arrested following an investigation into solicitation of a minor, according to the Madisonville Police Department. Police said the investigation began Feb. 10 when a department detective started looking into a report involving online communication with...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington’s Planning Commission got its first look Thursday at a sweeping zoning ordinance rewrite designed to ensure the development standards laid out in the city’s Urban Growth Master Plan survive the shift to ministerial review under state law, while also receiving updates on a newly signed...

Smart, a child safety activist, was kidnapped from her Utah home at age 14 and held captive for nine months.

LEXINGTON, KY — A Cincinnati man faces a decade or more in federal prison after a jury convicted him Thursday, February 12, 2026 of trafficking fentanyl and fentanyl analogues in the Lexington area. The Trial and Conviction. Following a two-day trial and only two hours of deliberation, a federal...

A woman in Lexington, Kentucky, got home and was surprised to find a car had crashed into her house. Rather than worry about the building’s condition, she chose to focus on one thing and one thing only: her houseplant. It appears that her sense of humor is greater than a pretty much destroyed wall.

Mark Pope did not publicly criticize the officiating following Kentucky‘s loss at Auburn, cautious with his words at the podium when asked about some of the costly swing calls that saw the Wildcats’ three-point lead with 18 seconds on the clock turn into a 75-74 defeat. Nothing he said was deserving of a fine from...