Source: LFUCG General News

Lexington officials and Breeders’ Cup organizers announced a week-long festival of events celebrating the return of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships to Keeneland on October 30-31, marking the fourth time the historic track has hosted the prestigious racing event.

Jason Coulter, 48, the youth pastor at Green River Pentecostal Church near Hustonville who called Kentucky State Police on Aug. 14 to confess to a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old in his youth group, was charged Thursday in federal court in Lexington with online enticement of a minor. The charge carries a mandatory minimum…

Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered state flags to be lowered to half-staff on Overdose Awareness Day, August 31, while the Governor’s Mansion will be lit purple. The announcement comes as Kentucky continues to see declining overdose deaths for a fourth consecutive year.

United Airlines is adding a fourth daily nonstop flight between Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport and Newark starting Sept. 8, offering travelers enhanced connectivity to New York City and international destinations.

UofL Health opens a $25 million Brown Cancer Center in Bullitt County on Sept. 14, expanding access to specialized cancer treatment and research for rural patients across South, Central and Western Kentucky.

Wellington Park Apartments, a 45-unit affordable housing development for seniors, opened in Lexington with funding from the city’s Affordable Housing Fund and Kentucky Housing Corporation. The project marks the city’s first affordable housing initiative in the Ninth Council District.

Lexington officials opened Wellington Park Apartments, a 45-unit affordable housing development for seniors near Wellington Dog Park. The project, developed by AU Associates Inc., is the city’s first affordable housing initiative in the Ninth Council District and its first fully ADA-accessible affordable housing project.

Kentucky basketball’s 2026-27 schedule is finalized, featuring three exhibition games and a challenging slate of opponents highlighted by contests against Kansas in the Champions Classic and North Carolina at Madison Square Garden.

Boulware Mission in Owensboro is expanding recovery housing and treatment services with renovations and additional transitional living capacity, supported by a $50,000 contribution from PMI U.S.

Transylvania University welcomed its largest incoming class in recent years, with 290 new students averaging a 3.96 high school GPA.