Source: LFUCG General News

The Family Care Center in Lexington opened a new nature-based playground with support from a $75,000 PNC Foundation grant designed to enhance early childhood education and outdoor learning experiences.

A coalition of local businesses has launched the Classroom Essentials Fund, raising over $500,000 to help Fayette County Public Schools teachers buy classroom supplies for the 2026–27 school year. Elementary teachers will receive $125 allocations through a secure online purchasing platform.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced that 1,020 high school seniors from 114 Kentucky counties completed the 44th Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program, bringing the total number of program graduates to more than 39,000 since the program’s founding in 1983.

Employee-owned apparel manufacturer Artisans Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its new $8.4 million facility in Lexington, creating 55 jobs as the company consolidates Wisconsin operations into its Kentucky base.

As Kentucky’s local governments weigh whether to welcome hyperscale data centers, supporters point to a tempting promise: a surge in local tax revenue from property taxes and school district utility gross receipts taxes. For cash-strapped counties and schools struggling after decades of state disinvestment, that’s a real draw. But that promised revenue may be…

As Kentucky’s local governments weigh whether to welcome hyperscale data centers, supporters point to a tempting promise: a surge in local tax revenue from property taxes and school district utility gross receipts taxes. For cash-strapped counties and schools struggling after decades of state disinvestment, that’s a real draw. But that promised revenue may be…

BJ Martin, associate principal at Henry Clay High School, has been elected vice president of the Kentucky Association of School Administrators, a position she will assume on the organization’s board of directors.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky is still not building nearly enough homes across all incomes, but especially for lower-income people, to bridge the state’s large housing supply gap that’s burdening some Kentuckians with severe housing costs, according to a state housing executive.  Kentucky would need to build more housing at a higher rate than currently just…

Mayor Linda Gorton says Kentucky American Water rejected her request for a public meeting about ongoing delays to its Fontaine Road water main replacement project, citing frustration with the utility’s decision to communicate only through doorhangers to directly affected residents.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will close the right lane of northbound U.S. 25 (Richmond Road) in Fayette County on Thursday for tree trimming operations between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting.