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Tourism bureau now requesting 60 business days to produce credit card records, pushing disclosure past public hearings on proposed hotel assessment LEXINGTON, Ky. — VisitLex, the publicly funded tourism bureau for the Bluegrass region, is asking for 60 business days to hand over two years of credit card statements and expense reports — a…

Records show state office referred complaint to local government, which outsourced review to the agency’s own auditors and attorneys LEXINGTON, Ky. — When a citizen filed a complaint with the Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts alleging that the Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau paid $284,000 in potentially unconstitutional bonuses using public tax revenue, the…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington police officer resigned in January after the chief of police recommended he be fired over three separate disciplinary complaints that documented a hit-and-run collision in his cruiser, chronic tardiness to court and a string of on-duty missteps that included mishandling a possible sexual assault call, according to internal records.…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington police officer resigned at the end of January after the department’s Disciplinary Review Board recommended he be fired for secretly recording a meeting with supervisors and then lying about it, according to internal records obtained by this outlet. Officer Jacob A. Sharp, a member of the Bureau of Patrol…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council postponed action on a proposed ground lease for a large-scale solar project on the city-owned Haley Pike Landfill for a second consecutive week Tuesday, with several council members pressing the developer for a richer community benefits agreement and insisting that an elected official have a seat…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Fayette Mental Health Court saved the community an estimated $3.17 million in 2025 on a local investment of $270,000 — a return of more than 1,000 percent — while graduating a record 25 participants and reaching its highest-ever caseload, program leaders told a Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council committee Tuesday. The…

Appeals to Kentucky Attorney General challenge tourism bureau’s handling of records on credit card spending, lobbying operations, and executive compensation LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington blogger has filed three formal appeals with the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, accusing VisitLex — the publicly funded tourism bureau that promotes the Bluegrass region — of systematically obstructing…

Evergreen Capital promises 10% returns backed by residential real estate loans, but the venture arrives amid rising concerns about investor-driven housing costs in Central Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. — The founders of one of Central Kentucky’s most prolific home-buying operations are making a play for Wall Street-style capital — this time asking accredited investors to…

A candidate for Lexington’s 9th District Urban County Council seat was arrested Friday on a charge of second-degree assault, a Class C felony, according to Fayette County jail records. Matt Eugene Miniard, 69, was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center on Friday evening after Lexington Metro Police officers arrested him in the 100…

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council on Thursday approved three employee discipline cases — two from the police department and one from the fire department — including a one-day suspension for a police officer cited for repeated failures to communicate professionally with the public. Officer Caleb Crony received the most severe punishment of the three,…