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LEXINGTON — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission on Thursday approved a dense infill apartment expansion near the University of Kentucky, endorsing a plan supporters said replaces an “asphalt pond” with badly needed housing — while also advancing a suburban bank rezoning and postponing several high-profile zoning items into January. The most substantial vote…

LEXINGTON — A federal grand jury has indicted six people on charges alleging a wide-ranging methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking operation that stretched across multiple Central and Eastern Kentucky counties and involved repeated drug sales, firearms, and plans to forfeit cash, vehicles and real estate tied to the alleged crimes. The indictment, returned Dec. 18…

LEXINGTON — A Lexington man has been charged in federal court with wire fraud after prosecutors say he exploited a trusting relationship with an elderly woman, siphoning more than $300,000 from her accounts over several years while she was suffering from dementia. Donald Charles Beaty is charged in a single-count federal information filed in…

LEXINGTON Ky. – A Lexington-based shared workspace management and consulting firm, Workspace Strategies, and one of its owners, Karen Condi, agreed to pay the United States $860,779.50 to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained, and received forgiveness for, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for which it was not…

LONDON, Ky. – A Strunk, Ky., man, and former Assistant Principal of McCreary County High School, Aaron Anderson, 52, was sentenced on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier to 120 months in prison, for attempting to persuade a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity online. According to court documents, in August 2023, Anderson…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 19, 2025) — A University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study reveals how prostate cancer cells adapt their metabolism to thrive in bone tissue, offering a potential new treatment target for patients with advanced disease. The research, led by Ka Wing Fong, Ph.D., and published in Molecular Cancer Research, identifies a…

In schools across the nation, STEM teachers are in high demand. STEM Education faculty in the UK College of Education are using a $1.7 million grant to help prepare more STEM teachers. Photo by College of Education. As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do…

The current closure of Rosemont Garden from Lafayette Parkway to Cherrybark Drive has been extended to early February, 2026. This is a 24 hour/day closure for sanitary sewer construction.  Drivers should use Cherrybark Drive and Southland Drive to detour around the closure. Drive slowly and watch for workers and pedestrians.  Residents will be able…

One person has been arrested following a road rage incident that occurred earlier today.  On Thursday, December 18, 2025, around 9:00 am, officers were dispatched to the area of Appian Court and Centre Parkway for a road rage incident with shots fired. When officers arrived, they learned that the suspect was driving at a…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 18, 2025) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear provided updates on economic development; his upcoming State of the Commonwealth address; the state budget; declining highway fatalities; and Kentucky Emergency Management warming centers. The Governor named Santa Claus, along with everyone else working to make Christmas special this year, as this week’s Team…