Lexington KY

Lexington fire crews are responding to a scene at an apartment building in the 1800 block of Augusta Drive on Friday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Police are searching for a driver after a pedestrian was hit by a car. Officers were dispatched around 10:15 p.m. to Clyde Street and Old Main Street for a reported injury collision, according to the Lexington Police Department. Police said the pedestrian was taken to the...

The Fayette County Board of Education voted on Thursday to approve the sale of the former Southside Technical Center on Harrodsburg Road for for $5.5 million.

With Paulius Murauskas likely heading to Arizona State, Kentucky shifts focus to a stealth visit from 6-foot-11 Colorado transfer Sebastian Rancik.

Lexington has had some longtime memorable local television news anchors on its stations over the years. Popular TV personalities like WKYT’s Barbara Bailey and Bill Bryant, or WLEX-18’s Sue Wylie and Nancy Cox, shaped local news for decades while becoming viewer favorites. Among the icons is longtime anchor Marvin Bartlett, who announced this week that after 31 years at FOX-56 , his...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Fayette County Public Schools may soon raise meal prices after the district says its food service program fell into the red. The Kentucky Department of Education is requiring adjustments in districts with a negative nonprofit school food service account, or Fund 51. FCPS Spokesperson Miranda Scully said the district must use the Paid Lunch Equity requirements due to a negative balance...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — All the Kentucky Derby prep races are complete, and the field is coming into focus, with three main horses expected to be the favorites. RENEGADE had an impressive finishing stretch to win the Arkansas Derby. The colt is trained by two-time Derby winner Todd Pletcher and co-owned by Mike Repole, who has spent millions to try and win the Derby...

Tyran Stokes was heavily linked to Kansas, but a reported dislike for Adidas shoes might be the exact advantage Mark Pope needs to land the top recruit.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington police say a power pole was damaged by a garbage truck. It left hundreds without power Thursday morning. Police say a call came in around 11:35 a.m. Thursday on Trent Boulevard. Officers say a garbage truck hit a power line while emptying a dumpster, causing damage to the power pole.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Multiple motorcycle crashes across Central Kentucky have left riders seriously hurt and two men dead within just the past 24 hours. In Lexington alone, emergency crews responded to two separate crashes — one Wednesday on Georgetown Road and another Thursday morning on Winchester Road — both leaving motorcyclists with life-threatening injuries. A third crash in Rowan County left a 23-year-old...