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It was a bright October morning downtown, the kind that makes even concrete look proud of itself. A small crowd gathered near the courthouse as city officials—beaming, confident, armed with adjectives—snipped the ribbon on Lexington’s newest public artwork: “A Common Thread,” better known by its emerging Internet street names. The $900,000 sculpture—an arrangement of…

So it finally happened: a concert at Lexington’s shiny new Gatton Park got canceled — not because of rain or politics, but because not enough people cared to buy a ticket. Kansas, Jefferson Starship, and Molly Hatchet — a lineup that reads like the playlist at a 1983 Camaro meetup — were supposed to…

The recent decision by the Fayette County School Board to move forward with an external audit might look like progress—but it is not the more in-depth forensic audit the community demanded. What it really confirms is that something is wrong, and those responsible seem more interested in covering it up than in letting the…

The concept of “erasing history” has been a popular talking point over the last several years. It was first weaponized by Republicans to attack attempts by activists to remove Confederate monuments. Now, in a spectacular bit of irony, the same people who said that removing statues was tantamount to pretending that something did not…

For years, the Lexington Times has raised alarms about Fayette County Public Schools Superintendent Demetrus Liggins — and for years, our reporting was dismissed, mocked, or ignored. In 2022, we obtained a report detailing troubling behavior tied to Liggins and his husband during their time in Texas, a matter serious enough to prompt an…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A new locally produced documentary will explore Lexington’s history of housing segregation and its lasting effects, drawing from research that began during the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, according to the Herald-Leader. The film, Lexington: Resilience in the Redline, is the first major project of Black Yarn, a nonprofit…

Truck‑nuts jokes aside, the $900,000 bonded‑for artwork is set to anchor Courthouse Plaza for Lexington’s 250th. LEXINGTON, Ky. — The city’s next “largest‑ever” piece of public art isn’t fully installed yet, but the punchlines have arrived early. On Reddit, locals have called it everything from “truck nuts for downtown” to “a giant tetherball set,”…

When former President Donald Trump campaigned on aggressive immigration enforcement, few imagined the depth of the economic ripples these policies would cause—impacting not only undocumented immigrants but also the economic fabric of communities, large and small, across the nation. These hidden costs of Trump-era deportation fears have quietly chipped away at the financial stability…

As a father who will eventually see three children graduate from Fayette County Public Schools, I’m not opposed to an increase in funding to bolster our schools. Let’s be clear: education is an investment, and Fayette County deserves to be on par with the funding levels of large districts like Jefferson County. If we…