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...
How wealthy donors like Jim Gray legally gave even more to Democratic Party during Beshear’s campaign
Former Lexington mayor gave $100,000 by Tom Loftus, Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — Ahead of last month’s governor’s race, London Mayor Randall Weddle and other Kentuckians gave big to a type...
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...
Kentucky Council of Churches chief not upset over removal of Bible from VA POW/MIA display
WEKU | By John McGary The executive director of the Kentucky Council of Churches said she’s not upset over the removal of a Bible from a display at Lexington’s VA...
A few streams are freed from low head dams but many more remain in Kentucky
by Jacalyn Carfagno, Kentucky Lantern Lexington Times editor’s note: There is currently a project underway to remove a low head dam in Lexington. The dam in West Hickman Creek,...
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...
11 Kentucky nonprofits get grants to work on substance-use-disorder awareness and prevention in underserved communities
By Melissa Patrick, Kentucky Health News Eleven nonprofit organizations have been selected to receive as much as $50,000 each from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s Funding for Recovery Equity...