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Gov. Beshear Orders Flags Lowered to Half-Staff in Honor of West Virginia National Guard Member
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) – In accordance with a proclamation from the White House, Gov. Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff until sunset today, Thursday, Dec. 4, in honor of West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom. Gov. Beshear encourages individuals, businesses and organizations…
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CORRECTED NEWS RELEASE Temporary Lane Closures Scheduled on Leestown Road Sunday, Oct. 26
CORRECTED NEWS RELEASE Temporary Lane Closures Scheduled on Leestown Road Sunday, Oct. 26 Expect delays around Lees town Road (US 421) beginning Sunday, Oct. 26 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 24, 2025) – Construction for the New Circle Road (KY 4) Widening project in Lexington will require temporary right lane closures on Leestown Road (US 421) in…
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Rest area in Clark County now open
Rest area in Clark County now open Interstate 64 eastbound between milepoints 99 and 98 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that the rest area in Clark County is now open. The rest area was temporarily closed for the lift station to be repaired. Wednesday, Dec. 4 – currently…
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Closure scheduled for rest area in Clark County
Closure scheduled for rest area in Clark County Interstate 64 eastbound between milepoints 99 and 98 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that the rest area in Clark County is temporarily closed. The temporary closure is necessary for the lift station to be repaired. Thursday, Dec. 4 – currently…
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UK economists point to livestock strength, row crop strain in 2026
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) — Strong cattle, poultry and horse sales dominated for much of 2025, leading economists to predict Kentucky agricultural sales will be $8.3 billion for the year despite lower grain prices burdened by supply outpacing demand. Will Snell, Ph.D., extension economist at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, said that while final 2024 agricultural cash receipts ― reported at $7.9 billion by the Economic Research Service in September ― were…
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UK economists point to livestock strength, row crop strain in 2026
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) — Strong cattle, poultry and horse sales dominated for much of 2025, leading economists to predict Kentucky agricultural sales will be $8.3 billion for the year despite lower grain prices burdened by supply outpacing demand. Will Snell, Ph.D., extension economist at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, said that while final 2024 agricultural cash receipts ― reported at $7.9 billion by the Economic Research Service in September ― were…
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‘I am a UK Innovator’: Pigman College of Engineering’s Guoqiang Yu
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) — Innovation is most powerful when discoveries move beyond the lab to improve patient care. Research Communications partnered with UK Innovate to spotlight faculty innovators with pioneering ideas at the University of Kentucky. UK Innovate works collaboratively with innovators to strategically assess, protect and license early-stage technologies and co-create new technology…
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17-year-old charged in Ward Drive shooting
A 17-year-old juvenile has been charged in connection with a shooting that occurred in October on Ward Drive. On Wednesday, October 29, 2025, around 5:46 pm, officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Ward Drive for a shooting with a victim. When officers arrived, they located a 22-year-old male victim who had been…
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Blockage in effect for Interstate 64 in Montgomery County
Blockage in effect for Interstate 64 in Montgomery County Westbound between milepoints 121 and 113 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 3, 2025) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that this information serves as a traffic advisory. A blockage is in effect for I 64 Westbound due to a traffic incident in Montgomery County. Wednesday, Dec.…
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Lakeshore Drive Assault Investigation
One person has been arrested after an assault that occurred last night on Lakeshore Drive. On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, around 7:08 pm, officers were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of Lakeshore Drive for unknown trouble. When officers arrived, they located a male victim with life-threatening injuries from an assault. The…