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During the first year after House Bill (HB) 5 (2024) took effect, an average of more than one unhoused person per day was cited or arrested for “unlawful camping” in Kentucky. New data from the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) shows the situation worsened in year two. Between July 15, 2025 and July…

Freeman Automation, an electrical control panel manufacturer, will establish a new operation in Graves County with a $1 million investment and create 20 jobs after outgrowing its current location.

Spectrum has signed a multiyear agreement with University of Kentucky Athletics and secured naming rights to a new studio for Wildcat media programming. The partnership includes NIL opportunities for select student-athletes and professional resources for content creation.

MegaFit Meals, a Kentucky-based meal preparation company, is investing $9.25 million to expand operations in Calvert City, creating 40 new jobs. The company currently employs more than 100 Kentuckians.

Kentucky tight end Willie Rodriguez, a Cuban-American junior from Taylor Mill, has been named to the Hispanic College Football Player of the Year watch list. Rodriguez recorded 23 catches for 310 yards and one touchdown last season as he enters his junior year under new head coach Will Stein.

Kentucky’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.7 percent in July 2026, unchanged from June but slightly higher than July 2025, while Fayette County saw its rate improve to 4.4 percent.

State Rep. Ken Fleming received the 2026 Kentucky Dental Association Presidential Citation Award for legislative work strengthening Kentucky’s Medicaid dental program, including measures to improve administration and increase provider reimbursement rates.

Rep. Matt Lockett praised Meta’s $18 billion settlement with Kentucky and other states as validation of his push for stronger social media protections for children, saying the agreement includes safeguards similar to those in his failed 2026 legislation.

The Lexington Times pulled the city’s Accela permitting portal and the Fayette PVA’s August sales roll: a sign permit for a Lego Store, Country Boy Brewing badging a Turner Commons building, a $32.85 million industrial sale on Remington Way, a $9.5 million assemblage at the edge of campus, a 155-foot cell tower application and…

Residents discussed the design of Kentucky’s new all-black nature license plate (a deliberate alternative to the coal-themed plate), debated aggressive driving habits including signal neglect and stop-sign violations, and shared job leads for college students, including open hiring at Keeneland.