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LEXINGTON, Ky. — A 23-year-old Lexington man on probation for prior drug trafficking convictions is facing a new federal charge after police say they found him with a loaded handgun, drugs and paraphernalia during a late-night patrol downtown last weekend. According to a criminal complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court, Marvon Bond was…

Lexington, Ky. — The Miami home of a Florida man sentenced in Lexington federal court for selling counterfeit Xanax on the dark web is now the focus of a legal battle over whether the government can seize it to help pay his multimillion-dollar judgment. Omar Thomas Wala, sentenced in November 2024 to 90 months…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Beattyville man has pleaded guilty in a plea agreement filed Tuesday to federal charges that he sold fentanyl and methamphetamine on multiple occasions, kept 26 firearms around his home to protect his drug business, and used drug money to post a $10,000 cash bond for an associate. According to court…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A California man once celebrated as a young trading prodigy has been indicted in Kentucky on charges that he and a business associate ran a multimillion-dollar investment scam that federal prosecutors say bilked clients out of millions and operated like a Ponzi scheme. A federal grand jury returned the indictment last…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Lexington Police and Fire Retirement Fund Board voted Wednesday to modestly shift its $1 billion portfolio toward safer holdings, approving an investment strategy with more U.S. bonds and a tilt toward domestic stocks. On a motion that passed with one dissent, the board adopted “Mix 2 with U.S. bias,” one…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Council on Tuesday pressed housing officials about a landlord-recruitment effort that has lagged, then voted to advance a no-cost extension of the program while also adding a fully grant-funded triage worker inside 911 to steer some mental-health calls away from first responders. New money for a downtown streetscape…

Lexington is preparing to test a new kind of public art — murals painted directly on streets — that city planners say can slow traffic and strengthen community identity. During Tuesday’s Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee meeting, Hannah Crepps, principal planner for outreach and strategic planning, briefed council members on a pilot project…

Lexington’s Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee received an update Tuesday on the city’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) program, which manages stormwater to protect local waterways from pollution. MS4 stands for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System, a network that collects and conveys stormwater separate from sanitary sewers. “Where our sanitary sewer goes…