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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…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 7, 2025) — More than 55 veterinarians, trainees and industry experts gathered in Lexington at the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Lab (VDL) Sept. 18-20 for the 2025 Racehorse Necropsy Workshop designed to improve how racehorse fatality examinations are conducted and how findings are used to prevent future injuries. The program…

The Lexington Fire Department proudly names Sandersville Elementary fifth-grader Jillian Sensabaugh as our 2025 Junior Fire Chief!  The Junior Fire Chief Program is one of several ways the Lexington Fire Department’s Community Services Bureau helps educate and connect with our community. Together with the Citizen’s Fire Academy, hands-only CPR training, and fire extinguisher instruction,…

By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News Bryan Hubbard, CEO of Americans for Ibogaine, talked to an audience of about 200 people at Centre College recently about a psychedelic drug called ibogaine as a potential treatment for drug addiction and trauma, with a large part of the conversation centering on Kentucky’s reluctance to support it. “Promising…

By McKenna Horsley, Sarah Ladd, Jamie Lucke and Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern While some Kentucky Republicans in Congress accuse Democrats of shutting down the government to get “free health care for illegal aliens,” advocates are warning that thousands of U.S. citizens in Kentucky will no longer be able to afford health insurance next year.…