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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…

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…

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Two Lexington residents admitted in federal court Monday to stealing more than 150 cellphones from the mail and reselling them in a scheme that cost a shipping company more than $50,000. According to court records, John Travis Howard and his wife, Trina R. Howard, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen…

Frankfort, Kentucky (September 22, 2025) – Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) exists for one purpose: to educate children. According to Representative Matt Lockett, whose district includes part of Fayette County, under the failed leadership of FCPS Board Chair Tyler Murphy and Superintendent Demetrus Liggins, that purpose has been abandoned. On Monday, September 22, Lockett called on…

Lexington, Ky. – The Fayette County Conservation District says it delivered a bigger slice of its resources to city residents last year while keeping long-standing support for farmers — a shift that could shape how the district spends tax dollars and tobacco settlement funds going forward. The district’s new annual report cites a $1.2…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Federal inspectors intercepted a suspicious package at the Lexington mail processing center last week and discovered nearly 14 pounds of illegal THC vape cartridges, according to court records. A U.S. Postal Inspector obtained a search warrant on Thursday to open the Priority Mail box, which had been flagged days earlier at…

Frankfort, Kentucky (September 18, 2025) – As lawmakers prepare for the 2026 Regular Session, State Representative Jason Nemes of Louisville is working to help law enforcement agencies across the state address an increase in the use of small handgun conversion devices that are already illegal at the federal level. Nemes presented his proposal at…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington police officer resigned last month after a department review board recommended he be fired over a series of incidents in which supervisors say he was disoriented and impaired on and off duty after consuming the herbal substance kratom, according to internal records. Officer John Gibbons II submitted his resignation…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Danville businessman has been indicted on 20 federal counts accusing him of failing to pay over more than $400,000 in payroll taxes withheld from employees of his company, according to court records unsealed Thursday. A grand jury charged Stuart Gregory Wells, owner of Allcall Business Development Center in Boyle County,…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington man has agreed to serve 15 years in federal prison after admitting he sold large quantities of fentanyl while stockpiling firearms at his home, according to court records filed this week. Donald Ray Adams Jr., 44, entered a binding plea agreement Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Lexington, acknowledging…