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The Lexington Police Department Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating an injury collision that occurred Saturday evening on Nicholasville Road.  On Saturday, August 16, 2025, around 11:00 p.m., officers received a call about a non-injury hit-and-run collision that occurred near Waller Avenue and Nicholasville Road. The suspect vehicle fled the scene and was involved in…

Committee hears update on state road fund August 18, 2025 Committee co-chair Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon, speaks on how lower motor fuel sales tax revenue leads to less funding for local road projects across the state. The discussion was part of Monday’s Interim Joint Committee on Transportation meeting. A high-resolution photo can be found…

The recommendations from the FCPS Budget Solutions Work Group will be presented to the Board of Education in tonight’s regular Board meeting. The Work Group was created early this summer to come up with solutions for how the District can address the projected $16 million deficit in the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. 💼 Read…

COVINGTON, Ky. – A Michigan man, Malcolm Culmer, 36, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning to wire fraud and money laundering arising out of a scheme to unlawfully obtain various COVID-19 pandemic relief benefits. In 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2025) — Nine University of Kentucky students were awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to support their education abroad goals. The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is a grant program that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, gaining skills critical to the United States’ national security…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2025) — Alexandra F. Paterson’s research paves the way for more reliable and innovative technologies that could benefit health care, manufacturing and everyday life. For her work, she has earned two prestigious national awards for early-career faculty: the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and…

Mayor Linda Gorton took immediate steps today to increase security downtown after an incident Wednesday in which a woman was assaulted. The suspect who was arrested yesterday in the case, has had numerous interactions with the criminal justice community, and with those who assist the unhoused.“This is a compassionate city. We prove that every…

On August 12th, Council took their first vote to set the ad valorem property tax rates for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26). Council followed the Mayor’s Administration’s recommendations to set tax rates at a level that raises revenue by 4% from FY25 in both the General Fund and the Urban Services Fund. You can read…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 14, 2025) — Antibiotics have long served as a foundation of modern veterinary medicine, especially in livestock animals. Yet a growing public health threat looms as bacteria evolve to evade these vital drugs. A new study from the University of Kentucky’s Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment titled “Multidrug Resistance and…