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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council’s Social Services and Public Safety Committee will take up a proposed ordinance Tuesday that would tighten local oversight of recovery residences, also known as sober living homes. The ordinance, drafted by the Department of Law, would require operators to obtain a city-issued license, provide proof of state certification, and…

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (Aug. 22, 2025) — Lillyah Snipes and Jillian Lujan, both students at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE), were chosen to be part of the 2025 Undergraduate Development and Internship Research Experience (U-DAIRE) cohort. The nine-week paid internship is designed for students from all over the Southeastern…

If you are a Lexington-Fayette County 501(c)(3) agency, make sure to join us on Aug. 28, 2025, at 3 p.m. for a webinar discussing the new cycle of the City’s Nonprofit Capital Grant Program. You must register in advance for the webinar. Webinar registration NOTE: Agencies that received funding from the Nonprofit Capital Grant…

Mayor Linda Gorton, councilmembers, Lexington Parks & Recreation staff, and neighborhood families on Thursday cut a ribbon to officially open a new pool and pool house at Douglass Aquatic Center. The new pool includes features unique to public pools in Lexington, including the first “wet bubble” in Kentucky. “We are so excited to welcome…

Mayor Linda Gorton today named Lisa Higgins-Hord, a University of Kentucky administrator with broad experience working with groups throughout the community, the new Councilmember for the 6th District. It is the second time Gorton has named Higgins-Hord to the Council. “Lisa is a proven leader. She did a great job as a councilmember in…

Beginning Monday, Aug. 25, Vista Street between Rosemont Garden and Picadome Park will be closed to all thru traffic. This is in addition to the recent closure of Picadome Park between Lafayette Parkway and Vista Drive.  These closures are due to sanitary sewer construction. They are expected to last for approximately one month. Residents…

COVINGTON, Ky. – A Cincinnati, Ohio, man, Deshawn Parker, 30, was sentenced on Thursday, by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning to 24­­­­ months in prison, for possession of a machinegun.  According to court documents, on September 21, 2024, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop of Parker’s vehicle in Covington and detected the odor of…

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Harrodsburg, Ky., man, Larry Coffman, 42, was sentenced on Thursday, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell to 40 years in prison, for two counts of sex trafficking of children and committing a felony involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender. Coffman was convicted of the charges…

COVINGTON, Ky. – A Florence, Ky., man, Osvaldo Pardo, 33, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning to 144 months in prison, for possession with intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. According to his plea agreement, in February 2025, law enforcement…