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Newtown Pike traffic shift underway for I-75 widening project
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews shifted traffic on Newtown Pike on July 28 as part of the I-75 widening project, preparing to begin construction on the Legacy Trail underpass that will allow safe passage under the expanded roadway.
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KYTC schedules pothole repairs on New Circle Road this week
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has scheduled pothole repairs on New Circle Road for Wednesday and Thursday, with one lane closed each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Massie to push bill limiting federal funds for FLOCK cameras
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie plans to introduce legislation that would strip federal funding from police departments and municipalities using FLOCK cameras and other automatic license plate readers, as privacy concerns about the technology mount nationally.
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Lyft data showed he never picked up his accuser. Lexington charged him anyway, a federal lawsuit says
An Afghan refugee who drove for Lyft spent seven days in jail and ten months under felony indictment — including a kidnapping count carrying up to 20 years — for an assault that Lyft’s own records showed he could not have committed, according to a federal civil-rights lawsuit filed July 20 against Lexington police…
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KMA’s “Small STEPS, Big Impact” campaign receives national award
Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) and its charitable arm, the Kentucky Foundation for Medical Care (KFMC), have received the 2026 American Association of Medical Society Executives Profiles of Excellence Award for…
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Kentucky to hold listening sessions on principal leadership
The Kentucky Department of Education is hosting regional listening sessions in September to gather input from educators on a new principal leadership development program mandated by Senate Bill 4, which aims to improve school leadership across the state.
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Health column: Texting thumb is real, but there are ways to find relief
Our lives are practically inseparable from smartphones nowadays. We communicate, learn, share, play, entertain and record with them. Unfortunately, our phones do not seem to have been designed with ergonomics in mind. Because of this, you…
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Kentucky announces fifth cohort of Innovative Teacher Fellows
Kentucky has selected educators for the fifth cohort of the Innovative Teacher Fellowship program, recognizing teachers working to transform education by implementing innovative practices and fostering collaboration across the state.
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Doctors ‘cringe’ at possibility of documenting which Medicaid enrollees are too sick to work
Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to “cringe” anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying for Social Security…
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Wilson Downing Road closure extended through early August
Lexington extended the closure of Wilson Downing Road through August 7 for final paving of a new mini roundabout at Belleau Wood and Walden Drives, the city’s first roundabout in a residential neighborhood.