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LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 2, 2026) — Applications are now open for membership in Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. Eligible applicants include sophomores, juniors and seniors (based on credit hours) enrolled in a degree‑granting program, as well as graduate and professional students. Omicron Delta Kappa recognizes and encourages superior leadership and exemplary character across…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 2, 2026) — For Jonny Ochoa-Suarez, his love of vintage pieces began with his first pair of LeBron sneakers, which his mom bought for him when he was in the third grade. Now a freshman studying Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Ochoa-Suarez has cultivated that love into an upcycling…

In Tuesday, March 3rd’s Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee meeting, Council will hear from Charles Martin, Director of the Division of Water Quality, and Rick Bowman, the city’s Odor Control Manager, about odor mitigation processes for 2026.  In 2023, there was a rise in complaints about sewer odor in areas near the Town Branch…

In 2011, the city created a task force to fight a rash of shootings. In 2017, a mayor proposed something different — a program that would wrap its arms around the neighborhoods doing the shooting. By 2025, gun violence had dropped to its lowest level in a decade. On October 13, 2011, Mayor Jim…

In 2018, the city created one coordinator to fight an epidemic that was killing 200 people a year. By 2024, fatal overdoses had dropped 43 percent. The $7 million in settlement money still hasn’t been spent. On April 12, 2018, Dr. Svetla Slavova walked to the podium at a Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council meeting…

LONDON, Ky. – A Corbin, Ky., man, Jerry Dunn, 60, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier to 60 years in prison, following his previous conviction of five counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. According to testimony at trial, in September 2022, Dunn engaged in the…

This Week at the State Capitol (2-27-26) February 27, 2026 Lawmakers spent the eighth week of the 2026 legislative session moving bills on Medicaid reform, educational tax credits and a new two-year spending plan for the state executive branch. A high-res version is available here. FRANKFORT — Major bills on Medicaid reform, educational tax…

House passes Medicaid reform bill February 27, 2026 Rep. Ken Fleming, R-Louisville, speaks on the Kentucky Medicaid Reform Act found in House Bill 2 on the House floor on Friday. A high-res version is available here. FRANKFORT — A major overhaul to Kentucky’s Medicaid program is on the move in the Kentucky General Assembly.…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 27, 2026) – Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Feb. 28, in honor of trailblazing civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Feb. 17 at the age of 84. Previously, the Governor had ordered…

An investigation into nearly 20 years of city meeting transcripts reveals a pattern of study, debate, and deferral — while the affordable housing gap grew from 6,000 units to 30,000. On a Tuesday afternoon in February 2014, a consultant named Charles Buki stood before the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council and laid out the math.…