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Parking Fees, AI Flyers, and Campus Classes Spark Debate
Residents debate parking enforcement at Manchester Music Hall, reject AI restaurant imagery as false advertising, question tree removal at new Kroger development, and discuss course offerings and mental health access.
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1,240 homes on the Germond farm: the biggest plan yet filed in Lexington’s growth-boundary expansion heads to a packed Sept. 24 hearing
The Lexington Times read every LFUCG Planning filing on the Accela portal from Aug. 22-31: Anderson Communities’ 1,240-unit Andover Commons plan for the 136-acre Germond farm on Todds Road — postponed Aug. 27, with five waiver requests filed the next day — plus 96 apartments behind the Avid Hotel on Bryant Road, a Summit…
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1 new immigration-detention habeas petition filed in E.D. Kentucky
One immigration-detention habeas petition has been newly filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. So far in 2026, the district has received 193 such petitions.
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Henry Clay Wins Girls Soccer Opener at Rocky Top
Henry Clay opened the girls’ soccer season with a 3-1 win over Station Camp at Rocky Top. Frederick Douglass tied Shelbyville Central 1-1 at home.
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Zoning panel to consider student housing, downtown growth projects
Lexington’s Planning Commission Zoning Committee will consider three zoning map amendments and updates to downtown and industrial regulations on Sept. 3, including proposals for student housing near downtown and industrial redevelopment on West Main Street.
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UK Men’s Golf Opens Fall Season at Visit Knox Collegiate
The University of Kentucky men’s golf team opens its fall season Monday at the Visit Knox Collegiate in Knoxville, Tennessee, led by standout sophomore Cole Stockard and featuring reinforcements including transfer Gabriel Hull.
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Recent shootings spark safety concerns as political campaigns shift
Lexington residents are discussing recent shooting incidents that have left the community shaken, debating whether GOP Senate candidate Andy Barr is distancing himself from Trump, questioning mayoral candidates’ positions on water privatization, and sharing grocery budgets as inflation persists.
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Defending State Champion Lexington Christian Falls to Pulaski County
Defending state champion Lexington Christian suffered a 0-7 loss to Pulaski County in football. Henry Clay won in girls soccer; Tates Creek won a volleyball match at home.
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Skinner Reaches 500 Wins as Kentucky Volleyball Coach
Kentucky volleyball coach Craig Skinner earned his 500th career victory Saturday with a sweep of South Florida, adding another milestone to a 22-year tenure that has transformed the Wildcats into a national powerhouse.
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Skinner wins 500th match as No. 3 Kentucky sweeps South Florida
Kentucky volleyball coach Craig Skinner won his 500th career match Saturday in a 3-0 sweep over South Florida, becoming the second SEC coach to reach the milestone and the winningest coach in program history.