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LEXINGTON – The Lexington Public Art Commission voted Tuesday to advance plans for a permanent sculpture outside the Lyric Theatre while delaying action on a proposed street-painting pilot near Shropshire Avenue, signaling both enthusiasm for cultural placemaking and caution about traffic design and funding details. Commissioners unanimously supported moving forward with approval of the…

LEXINGTON – The Lexington–Fayette Urban County Government’s Water Quality Fees Board elected new leadership and received an extensive briefing on the city’s stormwater incentive grant program during its meeting Thursday morning. Board members unanimously elected David Lowe as chair and confirmed a vice chair to begin the 2026 calendar year, following the expiration of…

LEXINGTON — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Planning Commission’s Zoning Committee took little substantive action Thursday, postponing nearly all zoning cases on its January agenda and hearing only a brief update from one residential developer. The committee met Jan. 8 at the Phoenix Building and adjourned after about 10 minutes, with planning staff confirming…

Three men arrested after federal agents say they bought 18 firearms at a central Kentucky festival and hauled them away in the bed of a pickup truck are now moving toward guilty pleas, court records show. Damian Edel Hernandez-Cruz, Gregorio Rios-Cruz and Eduardo Rios-Cruz were indicted in November on federal firearms and immigration charges…

Frankfort, Ky. — A central Kentucky man has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to firearms and explosives charges stemming from a traffic stop that uncovered homemade explosive devices, silencer parts and multiple guns, according to a plea agreement filed this week in U.S. District Court. One of the devices was labeled “FED…

A Lexington woman has agreed to plead guilty in federal court after authorities say she was caught transporting nearly 10 kilograms of methamphetamine from Chicago back to Central Kentucky. Blake E. Rossi entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors this month, agreeing to plead guilty to one count of possession with intent to…

A Lexington man accused of selling cocaine and illegal machine guns to undercover federal agents has agreed to plead guilty, ending a case that federal prosecutors say involved multiple drug deals and the trafficking of fully automatic firearms in Fayette County. Chayanne Nolasco-Garcia, also known as “Spazz,” entered into a plea agreement with federal…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington recorded its fourth straight year of declining gun violence in 2025, with the fewest total homicides in a decade and the lowest number of gunshot victims since 2010, according to new city data highlighting sustained reductions since 2021. The city reported 20 homicides last year, including 19 by gun, compared…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Democratic socialist and labor organizer has entered the race for an at-large seat on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, framing his campaign around rising housing costs, utility bills and what he calls a City Hall too friendly to powerful interests. Herbert Lynn, an HVAC dispatcher who identifies as a member…