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  • Lexington Trivia

    Lexington Trivia

    Trivia time, Lexington! Here’s a tough one for our local beer enthusiasts. Which brewery in the Lexington area has a flagship beer called Cougar Bait? Drop your guesses in the chat and we’ll reveal the answer in ten minutes. Listen live: The Lexington Times runs a 24/7 local news livestream — watch on YouTube…

  • Rural Land Management Board authorizes farm appraisals, debates solar on farmland

    Rural Land Management Board authorizes farm appraisals, debates solar on farmland

    LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Rural Land Management Board approved funding for appraisals of six farms and new small farm easement closings during its April 22 meeting, while also hearing concerns about a proposed solar energy zoning ordinance that would allow large-scale installations on agricultural land. The board, which oversees Lexington’s Purchase of Development Rights…

  • Pennsylvania Investor Patel Gives Another $100K to Beshear Super PAC

    Pennsylvania Investor Patel Gives Another $100K to Beshear Super PAC

    LEXINGTON, Ky. — Pennsylvania investor Ashish Patel has contributed another $100,000 to Gov. Andy Beshear’s super PAC In This Together, bringing his total donations to the political committee to $550,000 over nine months, according to the Kentucky Lantern. Patel’s March donation tied for the largest contribution made to In This Together during the first…

  • Louisville-based Churchill Downs acquires Preakness Stakes rights for $85M

    Louisville-based Churchill Downs acquires Preakness Stakes rights for $85M

    LEXINGTON, Ky. — Churchill Downs Inc. announced Tuesday that it has purchased the intellectual property rights to the Preakness Stakes and Black-Eyed Susan Stakes from 1/ST Maryland LLC for $85 million, consolidating ownership of the first two legs of American horse racing’s Triple Crown under the Louisville-based company. The deal, expected to close after…

  • Lexington Trivia

    Lexington Trivia

    Trivia time, Lexington! Here’s a travel question for you. What’s the three-letter airport code for our own Blue Grass Airport? Every airport has one of these short identifiers used by airlines and travelers. Drop your guesses in the chat and we’ll reveal the answer in ten minutes! Listen live: The Lexington Times runs a…

  • Trivia Answer

    Trivia Answer

    Trivia time, Lexington! Here’s a travel question for you. What’s the three-letter airport code for our own Blue Grass Airport? Every airport has one of these short identifiers used by airlines and travelers. Drop your guesses in the chat and we’ll reveal the answer in ten minutes! And here’s the answer. Trivia answer time!…

  • Lexington Trivia

    Lexington Trivia

    Trivia time, Lexington! Here’s an easy one to get your day started. What feathered friend represents our great state of Kentucky as the official state bird? Drop your guesses in the chat and we’ll reveal the answer in ten minutes! Listen live: The Lexington Times runs a 24/7 local news livestream — watch on…

  • Trivia Answer

    Trivia Answer

    Trivia time, Lexington! Here’s an easy one to get your day started. What feathered friend represents our great state of Kentucky as the official state bird? Drop your guesses in the chat and we’ll reveal the answer in ten minutes! And here’s the answer. Trivia answer time! The question was about Kentucky’s state bird,…

  • Cherrybark Drive closes Monday for sewer construction project

    Cherrybark Drive closes Monday for sewer construction project

    LEXINGTON, Ky. — Cherrybark Drive will be closed beginning Monday, April 27, between Southland Drive and Rosemont Garden for a sanitary sewer construction project that is expected to last until late summer. The closure will be in effect 24 hours a day, though local traffic and access to businesses on Cherrybark Drive will be…

  • Overnight Lexington

    Overnight Lexington

    There’s a morning in April when you wake up and the world outside your window has changed overnight. Not dramatically, not with fanfare, but with the quiet insistence of spring returning to the Bluegrass. The grass that yesterday looked tired and brown now holds the faintest suggestion of green, like someone has breathed color…

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