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Jessamine County auto shop co-owner to plead guilty in $835K payroll tax case, court records say
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kevin Hall, a co-owner of HRS Autocare in Jessamine County, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge alleging he withheld payroll taxes from employees for years but didn’t turn the money over to the IRS, according to a plea agreement filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Lexington. The…
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Liggins’ $152K in Expenses: Meals, Miles, and Mounting Scrutiny at FCPS
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Superintendent Demetrus Liggins of Fayette County Public Schools has charged nearly $152,000 in expenses to taxpayers over a 28-month period, according to an analysis by the Lexington Herald-Leader. The spending includes $28,000 on food, $44,000 on hotels, $8,000 on airfare, nearly 30 trips to destinations across the U.S. — from California…
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Short-term rentals, tight setbacks on deck as Board of Adjustment meets Monday
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Board of Adjustment on Monday will weigh a slate of short-term rental permits — including two flagged for denial over past violations — and two setback variances that could reshape corners of Picadome and Smithtown. Several un-hosted short-term rentals are up for conditional use permits, a recurring flashpoint as Lexington…
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Feds charge six in Lexington witness’s killing, alleged murder-for-hire plot to silence testimony
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal grand jury has indicted six men in the 2023 shooting death of Kristopher “Kris” Lewis, alleging they carried out a murder-for-hire scheme to stop him from testifying in a pending federal case, according to court records unsealed last week. The indictment, returned Oct. 2 and unsealed Oct. 8 in…
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Ex–FMC Lexington employee pleads guilty to taking $18.6K to smuggle drugs, tobacco into prison
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A former Federal Medical Center Lexington employee pleaded guilty Monday to a federal bribery charge, admitting she accepted $18,602 to smuggle tobacco and synthetic marijuana into the prison in 2023 and 2024, according to a plea agreement filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. A. Jade…
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Gatton Park’s First Big Flop: A $400 Meet-and-Greet With Reality
So it finally happened: a concert at Lexington’s shiny new Gatton Park got canceled — not because of rain or politics, but because not enough people cared to buy a ticket. Kansas, Jefferson Starship, and Molly Hatchet — a lineup that reads like the playlist at a 1983 Camaro meetup — were supposed to…
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Two Lexington federal drug cases lay out stark details: 28 kilos in a trap car; $251,000 and “M30” fentanyl pills in stash house
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Two separate federal drug prosecutions in the Eastern District of Kentucky moved toward guilty pleas this week, and newly filed plea papers spell out how agents say each case unfolded — from a 28-kilogram cocaine load steered to a Lexington garage to a Georgetown house where police reported finding more than…
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Lexington detective wins dismissal in suit over 2022 murder arrest
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A federal judge has thrown out a Lexington man’s civil-rights lawsuit against a city homicide detective, ruling police had enough evidence to arrest him in a 2021 shooting even though a grand jury later declined to indict. In a memorandum opinion signed Sept. 29, 2025, U.S. District Judge Gregory F. VanTatenhove…
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Judge upholds Fed’s debit-card fee rule, rejects Frankfort pizzeria’s challenge
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal judge has upheld the Federal Reserve’s cap on debit-card “interchange” fees, rejecting a Frankfort restaurant’s bid to strike down the rule and potentially lower costs for merchants. In an opinion dated Sept. 12 and filed Sept. 15, U.S. District Judge Gregory F. VanTatenhove granted summary judgment to the Fed’s…
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Irvine man admits to cutting white oak on Daniel Boone National Forest; ordered to pay nearly $5K
LEXINGTON, Ky. – An Irvine man has pleaded guilty to cutting and removing timber from the Daniel Boone National Forest and was ordered to pay $4,990.13 in restitution, according to federal court records. Autumn F. Reed admitted to harvesting trees at two sites along Little Ross Creek Road in Estill and Lee counties; a…