Last updated: August 24, 2026
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August 24, 2026 — Blue Sky Small Area Plan adoption vote
What was wrong: The article said the Planning Commission took no motion or vote on the Blue Sky Small Area Plan at its June 11, 2026 meeting and that no adoption vote could be found in the record, and suggested the industrial-zone text amendment’s justification document misstated its own adoption. That was wrong. The commission’s official June 11 minutes (page 10) record that Mr. Nicol moved, Mr. Penn seconded, and the commission voted 9-0 (Owens and Worth absent) to adopt the plan as an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. The vote is on the meeting video at about 1:43:40. Our search relied on the meeting’s closed captions, which are blank for the roughly three and a half minutes in which the motion and vote occurred.
What was changed: A dated correction was appended to the article on both lexingtonky.news and feeds.lexingtonky.news the same day. The original passage was left in place above the correction. The correction also notes the Planning Division’s confirmation that the industrial-zone amendment (PLN-ZOTA-26-00009) is scheduled for commission consideration on Sept. 24, 2026.
Flagged by: Jim Duncan, Director, LFUCG Division of Planning, in response to a question from The Lexington Times.
May 12, 2026 — Secretary of State HB 4 ceremonial signing
Article: Kentucky Secretary of State to hold ceremonial signing for child grooming law (originally headlined “Kentucky Secretary of State to sign child grooming bill into law”)
What was wrong: The original headline and body framed Tuesday’s event at the Secretary of State’s office as Secretary Michael Adams signing HB 4 into law. HB 4 was already law — Gov. Andy Beshear signed it on April 10, 2026 (legislative record). The event at Secretary Adams’s office was a ceremonial signing, not the bill becoming law.
What was changed: Headline rewritten to “Kentucky Secretary of State to hold ceremonial signing for child grooming law.” Lead paragraph rewritten to note Beshear’s April 10 signing. Closing logistics paragraph corrected from “The bill signing is scheduled” to “The ceremonial signing is scheduled.” An editor’s note was appended to the article itself.
Flagged by: Nick Storm, Director of Communications, Kentucky Secretary of State.