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250Lex is kicking off September, its month-long celebration of all things sports, with a discount on University of Kentucky football and volleyball tickets. “UK Athletics is a great community partner, and we thank them for helping us celebrate Sports Month,” Gorton said. “This is a great opportunity to cheer on our hometown teams, and…

Lexington, Ky. — The Miami home of a Florida man sentenced in Lexington federal court for selling counterfeit Xanax on the dark web is now the focus of a legal battle over whether the government can seize it to help pay his multimillion-dollar judgment. Omar Thomas Wala, sentenced in November 2024 to 90 months…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Beattyville man has pleaded guilty in a plea agreement filed Tuesday to federal charges that he sold fentanyl and methamphetamine on multiple occasions, kept 26 firearms around his home to protect his drug business, and used drug money to post a $10,000 cash bond for an associate. According to court…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A California man once celebrated as a young trading prodigy has been indicted in Kentucky on charges that he and a business associate ran a multimillion-dollar investment scam that federal prosecutors say bilked clients out of millions and operated like a Ponzi scheme. A federal grand jury returned the indictment last…

Our outreach and HANDS team can’t wait to meet you at “Shop for a Cause” on Kroger Richmond Road, August 16 from 8 am-12pm. We are collecting items for a Community Baby Shower such as: bottles, diapers, blankets, wipes and anything else that can help out our families during times of pregnancy. We hope…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Lexington Police and Fire Retirement Fund Board voted Wednesday to modestly shift its $1 billion portfolio toward safer holdings, approving an investment strategy with more U.S. bonds and a tilt toward domestic stocks. On a motion that passed with one dissent, the board adopted “Mix 2 with U.S. bias,” one…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 13, 2025) — The University of Kentucky is one of nine institutions across the United States to have students selected to receive the NextGen Service Fellowship from the Institute of International Education (IIE). Eight UK students have been selected to receive funding from the program to complete service projects around the globe. IIE,…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 13, 2025) — Each summer, students in the University of Kentucky’s fully online Ed.D. and Ph.D. in educational leadership programs gather on campus for Doc Week.  From cookouts with faculty to focused research discussions, Doc Week gives doctoral students a chance to strengthen the professional and personal bonds they’ve built online throughout the year. “I…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Council on Tuesday pressed housing officials about a landlord-recruitment effort that has lagged, then voted to advance a no-cost extension of the program while also adding a fully grant-funded triage worker inside 911 to steer some mental-health calls away from first responders. New money for a downtown streetscape…

One person has been arrested in connection with an assault that occurred today on Short Street.  On August 13, 2025, around 12:40 pm, officers were dispatched to the area of Short Street and N Upper for an assault. When officers arrived, they located a female victim who had been physically assaulted. The victim was…