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UK HealthCare is the hospitals and clinics of the University of Kentucky. But it is so much more. It is more than 10,000 dedicated health care professionals committed to providing advanced subspecialty care for the most critically injured and ill patients from the Commonwealth and beyond. It also is the home of the state’s…

UK HealthCare is the hospitals and clinics of the University of Kentucky. But it is so much more. It is more than 10,000 dedicated health care professionals committed to providing advanced subspecialty care for the most critically injured and ill patients from the Commonwealth and beyond. It also is the home of the state’s…

LEXINGTON, Ky. – An Irvine man has pleaded guilty to cutting and removing timber from the Daniel Boone National Forest and was ordered to pay $4,990.13 in restitution, according to federal court records. Autumn F. Reed admitted to harvesting trees at two sites along Little Ross Creek Road in Estill and Lee counties; a…

Lawmakers receive housing trust fund update September 23, 2025 Rep. Steve Bratcher, R-Elizabethtown, speaks during Monday’s meeting of the Kentucky Housing Task Force 2025. A high-resolution photo can be found here. FRANKFORT — Legislators on the Kentucky Housing Task Force 2025 on Monday received an update from advocates of modernizing the Affordable Housing Trust…

The Lexington Police Department is partnering with Grace Baptist Church and GreenHouse 17 to participate in the National Faith and Blue Weekend by hosting an event on October 12, 2025. Come out to Grace Baptist Church (811 Bryan Avenue) on October 12, 2025, from noon to 2:00 p.m. for the department’s third annual Faith and Blue…

A tip received by Bluegrass Crime Stoppers led to the arrest of a wanted individual.  On August 20, 2025, around 4:50 pm, officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2000 block of Altamont Court for a burglary. The suspect reportedly broke into the residence with a firearm. During the investigation, detectives identified Ra’mone…

The North Limestone overnight closure between Rosemary Avenue and New Circle Road is extended to Sept. 30. That section of the road will be closed from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., Monday – Thursday to facilitate sanitary sewer construction.  Drivers coming from New Circle can use North Broadway and Withers Avenue to detour around…

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Two Lexington residents admitted in federal court Monday to stealing more than 150 cellphones from the mail and reselling them in a scheme that cost a shipping company more than $50,000. According to court records, John Travis Howard and his wife, Trina R. Howard, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen…