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Rural Land Board Approves Farm Residences, Updates Small Farm Rules
The Lexington Rural Land Management Board approved construction of two primary residences on protected farmland and updated regulations for small farm operations at its May 27 meeting.
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Lexington hosts virtual job fair for laid-off school employees
Lexington is hosting a virtual job fair on June 17 for Fayette County Public Schools employees affected by the district’s recent layoffs of 120 support positions.
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As Kentucky chases data centers, a Lexington draft would tell hyperscalers no.
On April 30, in a Planning Commission work session most Lexingtonians never heard about, a consultant working under contract to LFUCG Long-Range Planning sketched out what would be one of the most aggressive municipal data-center policies in Kentucky: a hard 50,000-square-foot cap on data centers in Fayette County, with anything larger prohibited countywide. The…
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Two Eastern Kentucky federal cases now eligible for the death penalty as Justice Department signals expansion
A bank-robbery double homicide in Berea and a 2023 hit on a federal witness in Lexington both carry potential capital charges. The decision rests with a Justice Department that, just last week, published a roadmap for using the death penalty more often. LEXINGTON, Ky. — Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Kentucky now…
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18-year-old charged in Berea bank killings; FBI says he posted ‘I pledge allegiance to da bag’ hours after shootings
Brailen Weaver shot two inside a U.S. Bank branch, then crashed a silver BMW at 130 mph on Newtown Pike during a federal pursuit, according to an FBI affidavit. The Facebook listing for the getaway car helped identify him. LEXINGTON, Ky. — An 18-year-old man walked into a U.S. Bank branch in Berea on…
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Activist Says Lexington Ethics Commission Has Too Many Democrats, Asks Mayor to Remove Newest Member
A Lexington resident has formally asked Mayor Linda Gorton to correct what he says is an illegal partisan imbalance on the city’s Ethics Commission, where voter registration records show six of the body’s eight current members are registered Democrats — one more than the city’s own ordinance allows. In a letter sent to the…
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Follow the Money: A Donor-Network Look at Lexington’s 2026 Primary
Follow the money in Lexington’s 2026 primary Our analysis of 2,080 campaign contributions shows three donor factions, an unannounced slate, and a mayor’s race that looks less like a blowout than the headline totals suggest. By The Lexington Times · April 22, 2026 · Data analysis Raquel Carter’s campaign reports $162,744 raised — more…
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Seven Council Seats Are Open. Here’s Who’s Funding the Race to Fill Them
Published for the 2026 primary news cycle. Based on KREF 30-day pre-primary filings, data through April 19, 2026. Every couple years, Lexington holds a municipal election. Most years, the council you wake up with on November 4 looks a lot like the one you had on November 3. Not this time. Seven sitting councilmembers…
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Where was this Dan Wu three years Ago?
Commentary — the vice mayor finally showed some progressive grit at Tuesday’s opioid spending debate. The bar for what counts as grit says more about the last three years than it does about him. On April 21, 2026, at a routine council work session, something unusual happened. Vice Mayor Dan Wu picked a fight…
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Council Commits $5.2M in Opioid Settlement Funds — But Withdraws Vote on Endowment
Three years after the first settlement check arrived, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council finally started allocating the money. $5.2 million was assigned. The biggest question — how much to save, how much to spend — was withdrawn before it came to a vote. On April 21, 2026, at 3 p.m., Commissioner Kacy Allen-Bryant stood…