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Four Fayette County Public Schools students have been nominated for the Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children’s 2025-26 “Yes I Can!” award, which honors children and youth with special needs and will recognize winners at a statewide conference in November.

George Washington Carver STEM Academy for Boys and Frederick Douglass High School earn Cognia accreditation from the nonprofit quality assurance organization, with Carver also receiving STEM certification.

UK Athletics has opened season ticket renewals for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season, with invoices available online and a July 31 early renewal deadline offering bonus incentives.

A 20-year-old Lexington woman has been arraigned on charges including four counts of second-degree assault after allegedly hitting pedestrians downtown. She also faces wanton endangerment, DUI, reckless driving and false ID charges.

The nation’s election infrastructure is vulnerable to cyberattacks by foreign actors, President Donald Trump said during a primetime address Thursday night, citing a batch of documents he declassified — but providing no proof broad interference actually occurred or affected an election outcome. Democrats and advocates quickly criticized the remarks as another attempt by Trump to…

Residents debated defensive driving tactics, remembered a past Reddit meetup amid online harassment concerns, speculated about a KSP convoy possibly tied to VP Vance’s visit, questioned a Senate vacancy petition against existing law, and discussed recycling pickup practices.

Gov. Andy Beshear defended Kentucky’s election security and rejected continued claims about the 2020 election, calling such assertions lies during his weekly Team Kentucky news conference.

Addiction Recovery Care, once Kentucky’s largest provider of addiction services, has reached a settlement with the federal government over “billing issues,” the  Louisa, KY-based company said in a July 16 news release. It also announced it has reached a separate settlement with a finance company that had accused ARC of fraud. “The resolution of…

A Kentucky congressman is supporting efforts to make daylight saving time permanent, joining other Capitol Hill lawmakers backing the change.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is scheduling lane closures at the U.S. 127B and U.S. 150 intersection in Boyle County for two separate weeks in late July to construct new concrete approaches.