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Who should pay for Lexington’s growth? Committee to consider new developer ‘privilege fees’
As Lexington’s Urban Service Area expands, how should it pay for new roads, sewers and other expensive infrastructure? A new “privilege fee” paid by the developers who benefit could help answer that question.
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How Kentucky’s rainy day fund showered nearly $2 billion on towns and counties
Kentucky lawmakers directed more than $1.7 billion from the state’s “rainy day fund,” to one-time spending projects across the state.
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SOAR’s Eastern Kentucky Talent Network Gets $200K Boost
The Eastern Kentucky Talent Network, operated by Shaping Our Appalachian Region, received a $200,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to expand workforce development services and strengthen job connections for Eastern Kentucky residents.
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KYTC schedules pothole repairs on New Circle Road, I-75
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will close lanes on New Circle Road and I-75 in Fayette County from June 23-25 for routine pothole repairs on bridge decks, with daytime closures on New Circle Road and overnight work on I-75.
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KYTC Plans Pothole Repairs on Bluegrass Parkway Thursday
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans rolling roadblock operations on the Bluegrass Parkway in Woodford County on June 25 for pothole repairs.
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Seven UK STUNT athletes honored as All-Americans
Seven University of Kentucky STUNT athletes earned All-American honors from the College STUNT Coaches Association, with six earning first-team selections as the Wildcats finished as the Division I national runner-up for the fourth consecutive year.
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State GOP Dinner rallies party behind key candidates before November election
The message from the Kentucky GOP in the upcoming election cycle will focus around three tenets – faith, family and freedom. That’s the message nearly 1,000 GOP faithful heard at the Republican Party of Kentucky’s Statewide Lincoln Dinner Saturday night at the Central Bank Center. Party leaders, office holders, donors and members gathered to…
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Two killed in small plane crash in Jessamine County
Two people were killed in a small plane crash in Jessamine County on Saturday morning, the Jessamine County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
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Family planning organizations sue Trump administration over Title X funding announcement
The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and a family planning organization in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Health and Human Services agency on Thursday alleging that it is politicizing the Title X grant funding program and violating the intent of the law. Attorneys from the Pennsylvania chapter of the American…
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Budget Crisis, Sobriety Support, and a Bear in the Bluegrass
Today on r/Lexington, residents grappled with the serious financial crisis hitting Fayette County Schools—with verified reporting showing decades of accounting errors and a $110 million emergency loan need—while also celebrating sober socializing options, recent bear sightings in the Bluegrass, and other neighborhood happenings.