Portion of Manchester Street in downtown Lexington closed for work on Town Branch Park
WEKU | By John McGary Construction on Lexington’s Town Branch Park has closed a portion of Manchester Street near the Central Bank Center through next spring. Nancy Albright is the...
CivicLex presents: This week in City Hall
by Jillian Riseman, CivicLex Weekly 🥇 Big Topics we’re following 🚰 EPA Consent Decree: UpdateLast week, the Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee heard an update on Lexington’s Consent...
Lexington’s Environmental Commission seeks some by-law changes
WEKU | By Stu Johnson For the first time since 1989 a revision in the Lexington Environmental Commission’s by-laws is in the works. The community-based Commission’s chair Grace Leppert Downey...
Lexington’s federal deadline to fix sewer issues expected to be extended to 2030
WEKU | By Stu Johnson The City of Lexington is seeking a four-year extension to complete a massive sewer system overhaul. The need for additional time comes following a significant...
Lexington’s Palestinian community renews its call for a City Council resolution supporting a ceasefire overseas
WEKU | By Stu Johnson Representatives of Lexington’s Palestinian-affiliated community made another plea before the Lexington City Council. Prior to public comment at the end of Tuesday’s Council meeting, Council...
Which Lexington councilmember has the most campaign cash on hand?
by Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times LEXINGTON, Ky.–Tuesday marked a deadline for annual campaign finance reports in Kentucky, with five Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council candidates having submitted disclosures. A...
School board reconsiders privatizing school nurses. For now.
by Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times LEXINGTON, KY — Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS), in a crucial pivot, is now negotiating to extend its longstanding contract with the Lexington-Fayette...
Lexington task force discusses ways to reduce gun violence, put abandoned properties back into communities
WEKU | By Shepherd Snyder Members of Lexington’s Community Pillars Gun Violence Task Force discussed Thursday evening on how to reduce incidents by renovating abandoned properties or vacant lots across...
A Lexington councilmember missed 27 meetings this year. They’re running for re-election.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council member who missed 27 meetings during her first year in office is running for re-election. “I am running for re-election,” an...
Comrades of Capital: Lexington’s gonzo leap into ‘socialism’ for the wealthy
LEXINGTON, KY — In a bold display of fiscal acrobatics that would make Lenin himself blush, Lexington’s local government, under the stalwart Republican leadership of Mayor Linda Gorton and...
