Source: Bluegrass Community & Technical College

Bluegrass Community and Technical College announced a historic $2 million gift from the James A. and Martha R. Brown Charitable Foundation, the largest philanthropic gift in the college’s history.

Gov. Beshear celebrated the completion of the Wolfe County segment of the Mountain Parkway Expansion, delivering 32 miles of continuous four-lane highway in Eastern Kentucky and advancing a decades-long infrastructure project.

Lexington has no retainer with seven of its eight backup snow contractors — nothing obligates them to plow city streets before commercial lots — and the acting public works commissioner says the budget likely can’t fix it before this winter. The admission came during an Aug. 27 progress report on the city’s from-scratch snow…

Kentucky Department of Education has trained 333 educators over four years in the Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool, a specialized assessment for measuring early childhood teachers’ implementation of social-emotional development practices.

Keeneland is recruiting seasonal workers for its October events, including the Fall Meet (October 2-24) and the Breeders’ Cup World Championships (October 30-31), with positions available through online applications and in-person hiring sessions in September.

Kentucky true freshman wide receiver Kenny Darby has been selected to the 247Sports Preseason True Freshman All-America Team, earning national recognition ahead of his debut in head coach Will Stein’s first season.

Residents debate parking enforcement at Manchester Music Hall, reject AI restaurant imagery as false advertising, question tree removal at new Kroger development, and discuss course offerings and mental health access.

The Lexington Times read every LFUCG Planning filing on the Accela portal from Aug. 22-31: Anderson Communities’ 1,240-unit Andover Commons plan for the 136-acre Germond farm on Todds Road — postponed Aug. 27, with five waiver requests filed the next day — plus 96 apartments behind the Avid Hotel on Bryant Road, a Summit…

Henry Clay opened the girls’ soccer season with a 3-1 win over Station Camp at Rocky Top. Frederick Douglass tied Shelbyville Central 1-1 at home.