Source: WUKY 91.3 FM

Fayette County Schools Board Chair Tyler Murphy and the Kentucky Education Association have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that bars some district employees from serving on school boards in Kentucky’s two largest districts.

Bryan Station High School’s production of “Sweeney Todd – School Edition” won a Behind the Scenes Excellence Award at the Kentucky Performing Arts Bradley Awards, competing against three dozen schools from Kentucky and Indiana.

Fayette County Public Schools’ award-winning EPIC Esports program completed a successful season with Boone Contracting, culminating in live design challenges where students transformed historic Lexington buildings in Minecraft Education.

Kentucky’s Department of Education and school districts are launching the federally funded Summer Universal Nutrition Programs to provide free meals to thousands of students during the school break, addressing food insecurity concerns.

Ten agricultural technology startups have been selected for Launch Blue and Bluegrass AgTech Development Corp’s Summer 2026 I-Corps program, a six-week virtual training effort funded by the National Science Foundation to help innovators validate market demand and commercialize their technologies.

A Kazakhstan delegation visited Lexington in May through a State Department exchange program to learn about local government partnerships and critical minerals development, touring mining operations and meeting with Global Lex officials.

As a data-center gold rush sweeps Kentucky through NDA-shrouded deals and packed town halls, Lexington-Fayette is drafting one of the state’s most restrictive rules — a countywide ban on the largest data centers and a 1,000-foot buffer to keep the rest away from horse farms.

Council advanced the citizen-led group’s recommendations during a June 2nd Work Session. Pending a final vote by Council this month, they could be headed to the ballot for voters this fall.