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Budget and Finance and Economic Development Committee on 2025-08-19 1:00 PM – Aug 19, 2025
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The agenda for Budget and Finance and Economic Development Committee on 2025-08-19 1:00 PM dated Tuesday, 19 August 2025 has been archived. Access it here: https://lfucg.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=6520
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Unsealed warrant reveals IRS claims of millions in unreported sales at Central Kentucky restaurants
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Federal court records unsealed this week lay out in sharp detail how IRS agents say they caught two Central Kentucky restaurants taking in far more money than they told the government — including multiple years when credit card deposits alone topped the businesses’ entire reported gross revenue. The Aug. 12 unsealing…
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Louisville behavioral health owner admits $9M Medicaid fraud, luxury car purchase
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Louisville clinical social worker has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme that prosecutors say billed for mental health services never provided — and then used the proceeds to buy luxury cars, including a Mercedes-Benz AMG G63. Jason C. Ocean, owner of Ocean Behavioral Healthcare, admitted in a…
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Budget and Finance and Economic Development Committee on 2025-08-19 1:00 PM – Aug 19, 2025
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The agenda for Budget and Finance and Economic Development Committee on 2025-08-19 1:00 PM dated Tuesday, 19 August 2025 has been published. Access it here: https://lfucg.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&event_id=4688
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Lexington council boosts downtown security, honors public health leaders; police sergeant demoted
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Council on Thursday approved a slate of spending measures and heard Mayor Linda Gorton outline a multi-pronged push to increase downtown safety following a recent assault. Gorton said the incident — in which a woman was attacked and the suspect arrested — underscored the need for more visible…
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Boggess confirmed to Board of Adjustment after probing questions on short-term rentals, neighborhood impacts
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Council on Thursday confirmed real estate developer Ross Boggess to the city’s Board of Adjustment, filling a vacancy that had become a point of friction between Mayor Linda Gorton’s office and council after a prior nominee was rejected in June. Boggess, who co-hosts a development-focused podcast and has…
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Council to review Phoenix Park sign cost, Winburn Drive extension land swap at Tuesday’s work session
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Lexington, Ky. — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council will consider a string of contracts, leases and agreements Tuesday, including a $74,885 addition to the Phoenix Park renovation and a land exchange with Fayette County Public Schools to extend Winburn Drive to Citation Boulevard. The work session begins at 3 p.m. in the Council Chamber…
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Tax rates, job changes, infrastructure funding headline Lexington council meeting
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Property tax rates, new job classifications, and millions in public infrastructure spending will dominate the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council’s meeting Thursday evening. Council members will take up first readings of three ad valorem tax ordinances for fiscal year 2026 — including the city’s general services rate, a levy for the Soil…
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Planning Commission Subdivision Items – Aug 14, 2025
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The agenda for Planning Commission Subdivision Items dated Thursday, 14 August 2025 has been archived. Access it here: https://lfucg.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=6516
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Lexington documentary traces lasting impacts of redlining, celebrates community resilience
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — A new locally produced documentary will explore Lexington’s history of housing segregation and its lasting effects, drawing from research that began during the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, according to the Herald-Leader. The film, Lexington: Resilience in the Redline, is the first major project of Black Yarn, a nonprofit…