Mayor expects New Circle Road rebuild will be safer and help businesses
Originally published by WEKU. Mayor Linda Gorton says safety measures will be the primary benefit from the $22 million major upgrade to a portion of New Circle Road in...
Baptist Health is headed out of network with UnitedHealthcare and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans, after losing Humana
Kentucky Health News If negotiations this month don’t find agreement that has been elusive so far, Louisville-based Baptist Health will no longer be in the Medicare Advantage networks of UnitedHealthcare and WellCare. It has...
Updates given on FCPS construction projects
Lexington, KY – Two significant construction projects are currently underway at Fayette County Public Schools: Mary E. Britton Middle School and the construction of The Hub for Innovative Learning...
Lexington Council committee overwhelming backs expansion of Sunday alcohol sales
WEKU | By Stu Johnson A move to expand alcohol sales on Sunday in Lexington is now before the full Urban County Council. The modification in current law got almost...
When Past and Present Collide: The Story Behind DogTown Lexington’s Abrupt Closure
This article has been updated to include additional perspectives from DogTown staff who contacted The Lexington Times after publication. Lexington, Ky.–When DogTown Lexington, a prominent local pet care facility,...
Plans unveiled for pro soccer stadium near I-75 for Lexington’s men’s and women’s teams
WEKU | By John McGary If all goes as planned, beginning next August, two Lexington professional soccer teams will play in a 55-hundred seat stadium near I-75 off Athens Boonesboro...
Lexington Board of Adjustment approves three controversial short-term rentals, denies one
This report is based on notes taken by Max Puchalsky for the Lexington Times Observer Program Lexington, KY — The Lexington Board of Adjustment convened on Monday for a...
In a rural Kentucky community, the roar of a suspected crypto ‘mine’ never ends
by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern WOLFE COUNTY — She couldn’t see it through the trees on a recent late September morning, but she’s felt its presence for weeks on...
Beshear wants money for clean water, internet access in Kentucky’s next budget, will face voters before then
by McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern Gov. Andy Beshear is calling on the General Assembly to set aside millions in the next state budget for clean water, high-speed internet access...
Lexington Council eyeing an expansion of Sunday alcohol sales
WEKU | by Stu Johnson The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council is considering extending alcoholic beverage sales hours on the weekend. It’s expected to be discussed in November. The issue...