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A candidate for Lexington’s 9th District Urban County Council seat was arrested Friday on a charge of second-degree assault, a Class C felony, according to Fayette County jail records. Matt Eugene Miniard, 69, was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center on Friday evening after Lexington Metro Police officers arrested him in the 100…

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council on Thursday approved three employee discipline cases — two from the police department and one from the fire department — including a one-day suspension for a police officer cited for repeated failures to communicate professionally with the public. Officer Caleb Croney received the most severe punishment of the three,…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Lexington Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a 55-lot single-family subdivision on Price Road while directing residents of the adjacent historic St. Martins Village to take their fight over street connectivity to the Urban County Council. In a separate and more contentious vote, the commission approved a 45-unit affordable senior…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Members of the Mayor’s Task Force to End Homelessness on Wednesday heard a presentation from a Nashville organization that shelters 800 people a night on a $15 million privately funded budget, and grappled with how to design solutions that serve not just the chronically homeless but also families, the elderly and…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Police and Fire Pension Fund has surpassed $1 billion in total assets and closed 2025 with a 12.5% annual return, investment consultants told the retirement board Wednesday during its quarterly meeting. The fund’s value stood at roughly $1.099 billion as of Monday, Treasurer Chad reported, up…

This Week at the State Capitol (2-13-26) February 13, 2026 The gavel for House Speaker David W. Osborne rests on the striking block in the House chamber, where lawmakers were busy this week moving bills closer to passage in the 2026 legislative session. A high-res version can be found here. FRANKFORT — During another…

by Olivia Krauth, Queer Kentucky | Kentucky’s Only LGBTQ+ Newsroom February 13, 2026 Kentucky lawmakers are again trying to allow health care providers a way out of performing procedures or services that “violate their conscience” — potentially impacting thousands of Kentuckians, particularly those who are LGBTQ+.  Senate Bill 72 (SB 72) — sponsored by…

A Lexington city councilmember who voted to create a new senior government position later accepted that same job, interviewing for it during the same week she cast the decisive vote to advance the administration’s $152 million City Hall project. Hannah LeGris, who represented the city’s 3rd District, voted in October to create the Access…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 13, 2026) — What does it mean to design with artificial intelligence without surrendering authorship, intuition or humanity?  That question anchored a recent architecture studio led by Jesse Voigt, instructor in the University of Kentucky College of Design. The course examined how emerging technologies are reshaping architectural practice, while reinforcing the fundamental roles of narrative, research and human judgment in design.  In this joint undergraduate…

LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Cincinnati, Ohio, man was convicted on Thursday by a federal jury in Lexington of possession with intent to distribute a fentanyl analogue and fentanyl. After 2 hours of deliberation following a two-day trial, the jury convicted 32-year-old Daquan Gatling of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of a fentanyl…