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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 9, 2025) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear provided updates on economic development, Pre-K for All, housing in Eastern Kentucky, the Kentucky Parole Board, and a new Kentucky State Parks app. The Governor named the Georgetown-Scott County Parks and Recreation Department this week’s Team Kentucky All-Stars. Economic DevelopmentThe Governor announced that he,…

Team Kentucky delegation to meet with existing and prospective companies in United Kingdom, France and Ireland   FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 9, 2025) – Gov. Andy Beshear, First Lady Britainy Beshear and other members of Team Kentucky will travel next week to the United Kingdom, France and Ireland to meet with business leaders and trade…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 9, 2025) — A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging now have a better understanding of how the brain’s support cells communicate with blood vessels — a process that goes awry in Alzheimer’s disease. The study was recently featured on the cover of The Journal…

Lexington Parks & Recreation, Mayor Linda Gorton, councilmembers, and families cut the ribbon today to officially open Cardinal Run Park North. “Cardinal Run Park North is the first large, regional park our community has opened in more than 25 years,” Mayor Linda Gorton said. “Regional parks play a vital role in Lexington – serving…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 8, 2025) — A new report by Blueprint Kentucky provides data on Kentucky’s rural economy. Blueprint Kentucky (formerly CEDIK) is an integrated research and outreach unit within the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. The unit’s report found that in 2023, 85 of Kentucky’s 120 counties are considered…

At the University of Kentucky, students are at the center of all that we do. From the moment you become a Wildcat through graduation and beyond, the Office for Student Success is committed to supporting you. Comprised of five areas and 25 units, together, they have one vision — to help students live a life of…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A former Federal Medical Center Lexington employee pleaded guilty Monday to a federal bribery charge, admitting she accepted $18,602 to smuggle tobacco and synthetic marijuana into the prison in 2023 and 2024, according to a plea agreement filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. A. Jade…

A 17-year-old has been charged in connection with the shooting that occurred Monday on Ascot Park. On October 6, 2025, around 6:35 pm, officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Ascot Park for a shooting with a victim. When they arrived, they located a male victim who had been shot. The victim was…

The City of Lexington is offering Fayette County residents a free trash disposal day for non-hazardous household waste this Saturday, Oct. 11, from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bluegrass Regional Transfer Station, 1505 Old Frankfort Pike.  Fayette County residents can dispose of up to one pickup truck load of non-hazardous household waste…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Two separate federal drug prosecutions in the Eastern District of Kentucky moved toward guilty pleas this week, and newly filed plea papers spell out how agents say each case unfolded — from a 28-kilogram cocaine load steered to a Lexington garage to a Georgetown house where police reported finding more than…