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FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Louisville clinical social worker has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme that prosecutors say billed for mental health services never provided — and then used the proceeds to buy luxury cars, including a Mercedes-Benz AMG G63. Jason C. Ocean, owner of Ocean Behavioral Healthcare, admitted in a…

COVINGTON, Ky. – A Michigan man, Malcolm Culmer, 36, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning to wire fraud and money laundering arising out of a scheme to unlawfully obtain various COVID-19 pandemic relief benefits. In 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2025) — Nine University of Kentucky students were awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to support their education abroad goals. The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is a grant program that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, gaining skills critical to the United States’ national security…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2025) — Alexandra F. Paterson’s research paves the way for more reliable and innovative technologies that could benefit health care, manufacturing and everyday life. For her work, she has earned two prestigious national awards for early-career faculty: the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Council on Thursday approved a slate of spending measures and heard Mayor Linda Gorton outline a multi-pronged push to increase downtown safety following a recent assault. Gorton said the incident — in which a woman was attacked and the suspect arrested — underscored the need for more visible…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Council on Thursday confirmed real estate developer Ross Boggess to the city’s Board of Adjustment, filling a vacancy that had become a point of friction between Mayor Linda Gorton’s office and council after a prior nominee was rejected in June. Boggess, who co-hosts a development-focused podcast and has…

Mayor Linda Gorton took immediate steps today to increase security downtown after an incident Wednesday in which a woman was assaulted. The suspect who was arrested yesterday in the case, has had numerous interactions with the criminal justice community, and with those who assist the unhoused.“This is a compassionate city. We prove that every…

On August 12th, Council took their first vote to set the ad valorem property tax rates for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26). Council followed the Mayor’s Administration’s recommendations to set tax rates at a level that raises revenue by 4% from FY25 in both the General Fund and the Urban Services Fund. You can read…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A 23-year-old Lexington man on probation for prior drug trafficking convictions is facing a new federal charge after police say they found him with a loaded handgun, drugs and paraphernalia during a late-night patrol downtown last weekend. According to a criminal complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court, Marvon Bond was…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 14, 2025) — Antibiotics have long served as a foundation of modern veterinary medicine, especially in livestock animals. Yet a growing public health threat looms as bacteria evolve to evade these vital drugs. A new study from the University of Kentucky’s Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment titled “Multidrug Resistance and…