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A Lexington man is set to plead guilty in federal court after authorities say they found nearly 100 grams of a potent fentanyl analogue hidden under the hood of his car following a traffic stop tied to a drug investigation. Anderson L. George Jr. is scheduled to be rearraigned Jan. 20 in Frankfort, where…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A newly filed House bill would sharply limit the ability of local governments across Kentucky to regulate duplex housing, requiring that two-unit homes be allowed by right in all residential zones and treated no differently than single-family houses. House Bill 204, introduced in the Kentucky House of Representatives by Rep. Nima…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky General Assembly wrapped up brief Friday floor sessions in both chambers with a flurry of bill introductions — including proposals touching nuclear energy development, water fluoridation, diaper access programs and election-related changes — before lawmakers recessed ahead of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. In the Kentucky Senate, most…

LEXINGTON — A proposal to carve 57 single-family lots out of vacant land near an existing mobile home park along Price Road was postponed Thursday after neighbors raised traffic, safety and environmental concerns during a lengthy and at times tense meeting of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission’s Subdivision Committee. The committee unanimously voted…

LEXINGTON – The Lexington Public Art Commission voted Tuesday to advance plans for a permanent sculpture outside the Lyric Theatre while delaying action on a proposed street-painting pilot near Shropshire Avenue, signaling both enthusiasm for cultural placemaking and caution about traffic design and funding details. Commissioners unanimously supported moving forward with approval of the…

LEXINGTON – The Lexington–Fayette Urban County Government’s Water Quality Fees Board elected new leadership and received an extensive briefing on the city’s stormwater incentive grant program during its meeting Thursday morning. Board members unanimously elected David Lowe as chair and confirmed a vice chair to begin the 2026 calendar year, following the expiration of…

LEXINGTON — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Planning Commission’s Zoning Committee took little substantive action Thursday, postponing nearly all zoning cases on its January agenda and hearing only a brief update from one residential developer. The committee met Jan. 8 at the Phoenix Building and adjourned after about 10 minutes, with planning staff confirming…

Three men arrested after federal agents say they bought 18 firearms at a central Kentucky festival and hauled them away in the bed of a pickup truck are now moving toward guilty pleas, court records show. Damian Edel Hernandez-Cruz, Gregorio Rios-Cruz and Eduardo Rios-Cruz were indicted in November on federal firearms and immigration charges…

Frankfort, Ky. — A central Kentucky man has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to firearms and explosives charges stemming from a traffic stop that uncovered homemade explosive devices, silencer parts and multiple guns, according to a plea agreement filed this week in U.S. District Court. One of the devices was labeled “FED…

A Lexington woman has agreed to plead guilty in federal court after authorities say she was caught transporting nearly 10 kilograms of methamphetamine from Chicago back to Central Kentucky. Blake E. Rossi entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors this month, agreeing to plead guilty to one count of possession with intent to…