GE Appliances and Toyota Announce Major Kentucky Manufacturing Investments
GE Awards $40M to Kentucky Suppliers for Laundry Production. GE Appliances is investing $40 million in four Kentucky plastics suppliers to strengthen its laundry manufacturing operations. The suppliers include:. EPC in Lebanon. Jones Plastic in Williamsburg. Plastic Products Co. Inc. in Lebanon and Greenville. A...
Lexington Hyatt to get $58.5 million face lift. Here’s a sneak peek of new...
In our Inside Look stories, Herald-Leader journalists take you inside places around Lexington and Kentucky that you maybe haven't seen before. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. The downtown Hyatt is undergoing a nearly $60 million facelift and renovation. Nick Giacobbi of Procaccianti Companies...
Highlands High School team takes second place in state’s ’25 Junior Chef Championship
The LaRue County High School Junior Chef team topped all competition to come out the winner in this year’s Farm to School Junior Chef program during the championship cookoff last week at Sullivan University’s Lexington campus.
Kentucky Family Devastated After Neighbor Shoots Their Beloved Cat Over Something Absurd
When Kristen Brandenburg and her partner settled into their countryside home in Georgetown, Kentucky, they imagined a peaceful life surrounded by friendly neighbors. They were looking forward to the calm and simplicity that only country living can bring. But just a few months after moving in, that sense of peace...
One Dead After Shooting On Battlefield Road
No arrests have yet been made in this weekend’s shooting. One woman, identified as Edwina Gail Sutton, 71, of Battlefield Road, Perryville, was killed in the shooting which happened Saturday, Nov. 22, according to a Facebook post from the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office. Sutton’s identification was confirmed by...
Proposed zone change frustrates people in Jessamine Co.
JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Many community members in Jessamine County showed up for a zone change meeting this evening. The proposed development would take portions of horse farming land and turn the area into several single-family homes. Neighbors say it would also add to an already existing traffic problem...
Lexington restaurant owner defends employee after customer’s personal attack in online review
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Lexington restaurant owner is defending his employee after a customer left a negative online review that included personal attacks on the server’s appearance. Last week, a customer at Blue Door Smokehouse left a mixed review saying the food was good but criticized the service,...
Wawa Expands to a Second Location in Lexington
Wawa is set to open its second location on the north side of Lexington, Kentucky, following its first store’s successful launch in Nicholasville. This new store aims to offer Wawa’s popular hoagies, soups, and breakfast sandwiches, enhancing food options for northern Lexington residents. As part of its strategy to...
Police investigating after man attacked with box cutter
Officers responded to an assault around 11 p.m. at the 900 block of Winchester Road Wednesday night.
Lexington Wanted a Miracle. It Got a Markup Instead.
If you listened closely at last week’s press conference—the one where Vice Mayor Dan Wu announced $12.6 million in medical debt had vanished from Fayette County—there was a faint sound underneath all that civic cheer. A tiny ka-ching. Because by the time the Herald-Leader’s Adrian Paul Bryant...
