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Today on r/Lexington, residents discuss unverified allegations about a local church, dark humor about a repeat incident at a Starbucks, nursing pay transparency, a new writing group, and an incoming traffic light aimed at improving safety at a notoriously dangerous intersection.

Howard Finster, the Southern Baptist preacher and repairman who became known as “the grandfather of Southern folk art,” was 59 years old when God told him to create 5,000 pieces of sacred art.  Finster — through the power of instant coffee mixed with Coca-Cola — created over 46,000 pieces.  “You don’t have to be…

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, a Republican from Arkansas, held a markup hearing on his version of the Farm Bill on Thursday, August 6. It didn’t go very well. In the long-delayed milestone meeting – which could ultimately reshape Rural Americans connections to the Internet – Republicans were unable to move their bill…

The Urban County Planning Commission will consider a major 594-unit residential development at White Farm on Richmond Road and an amended plan for Two Keys bar at 503 S. Upper Street in a meeting scheduled for August 13.

Kentucky men’s soccer midfielder Agustin Lopez has been named to the Hermann Trophy Watchlist, college soccer’s most prestigious individual award. The Argentine sophomore earned First Team All-Sun Belt honors after scoring four goals last season.

University of Kentucky volleyball is ranked No. 3 in the AVCA preseason poll with four first-place votes as the team prepares for a challenging schedule featuring 11 ranked opponents.

Kentucky’s offensive line has impressed early in fall camp under coach Cutter Leftwich, showing physicality and sharp mental execution in pads while maintaining strong team chemistry led by transfer center Coleton Price.

Woodland Art Fair, celebrating its 50th anniversary, brings nearly 200 artists and more than 70,000 visitors to Lexington’s Woodland Park this weekend with free admission, live music, food and locally crafted art.

A proposed 500-acre hyperscale data center next to Shaker Village, a tiny city asked to annex its way around county zoning, a $1 million state incentive for a downtown Lexington bourbon bar — and a developer’s message to a critic, ‘Should I post this on Lexington foodies?’, sent above her mugshot. The whole Mercer…

UK volleyball tickets for the 2026 Allstate SEC Volleyball Tournament go on sale August 12, with the competition set for November 20-24 in Savannah, Georgia. The tournament returns to the same city where Kentucky won the SEC championship last year with a dramatic comeback victory over Texas.