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By Ingrid Santamaria, D.D.S.University of Kentucky The holiday season brings with it trays of cookies, bowls of candy and endless invitations to indulge. While there’s no need to skip the dessert table entirely, being mindful about what and how you eat can help keep your smile healthy into the new year. Sugar and your…

By Nadia RamlaganPublic News Service In Kentucky, nearly one in five youths from ages 6-17 are obese, according to new county-level data on measures of child well-being in the commonwealth. The increase mirrors a nationwide trend. There has been a more than 270% increase in the number of obese children compared to the 1970s. Terry Brooks, executive…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Cave City, Ky., farmer, Larry Walden­­­, 69, was sentenced to 52 months’ incarceration by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit money laundering, by committing crop insurance fraud.  According to his plea agreement, Walden owned and rented farmland in Barren County, on which he grew burley tobacco, among other…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec.22, 2025) — When Donovan Scholar Lenora McGrath, Ed.D., walked across the stage to receive a Doctor of Education degree (Ed.D) on Friday, she proved there is no cut-off age for learning. Originally from New Jersey, McGrath, has called Kentucky home for the past 50 years. She spent 44 of those years teaching junior high and…

LEXINGTON – A newly filed federal court objection offers one of the most detailed reconstructions yet of how prosecutors say a group of Lexington gang members planned, surveilled and carried out the daytime execution of a federal witness — and how a woman close to the group allegedly helped make the killing possible. The…

Due to Christmas and New Years Day, there will be no City waste collection on Thursday, Dec. 25 or Thursday, Jan. 1. Additionally, there will be no yard waste collection the week of Christmas, Dec. 22 – 26.  Residents and businesses that normally receive curbside pickup on Thursdays will have makeup days on Friday,…

LEXINGTON — A proposal that could lead to the demolition of a long-neglected house in the Aylesford Historic District drew immediate skepticism Wednesday, with members of the Lexington-Fayette Board of Architectural Review warning that tearing down a contributing structure would face an unusually high bar. The sharpest discussion came during a conceptual review of…

LEXINGTON — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission on Thursday approved a dense infill apartment expansion near the University of Kentucky, endorsing a plan supporters said replaces an “asphalt pond” with badly needed housing — while also advancing a suburban bank rezoning and postponing several high-profile zoning items into January. The most substantial vote…

LEXINGTON — A federal grand jury has indicted six people on charges alleging a wide-ranging methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking operation that stretched across multiple Central and Eastern Kentucky counties and involved repeated drug sales, firearms, and plans to forfeit cash, vehicles and real estate tied to the alleged crimes. The indictment, returned Dec. 18…

LEXINGTON — A Lexington man has been charged in federal court with wire fraud after prosecutors say he exploited a trusting relationship with an elderly woman, siphoning more than $300,000 from her accounts over several years while she was suffering from dementia. Donald Charles Beaty is charged in a single-count federal information filed in…