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Kentucky students uncertain on college exam as state reopens bidding
Kentucky students and families face uncertainty about which college entrance exam they’ll take in 2026-27 as the state reopens its bidding process to select between the SAT and ACT.
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Lexington Council approves amended budget with $2.75M in extra spending
Lexington’s Urban County Council has given initial approval to an amended city budget that increases spending by $2.75 million. The budget still requires additional council action before final adoption.
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Technical Committee approves 7 development plans, postpones 3 others
Lexington’s Technical Review Committee approved seven development projects and postponed three others Tuesday, including major proposals for Coldstream Research Campus and Masterson Station Center, as various projects advance through the local planning review process.
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Rural Land Board Approves Farm Residences, Updates Small Farm Rules
The Lexington Rural Land Management Board approved construction of two primary residences on protected farmland and updated regulations for small farm operations at its May 27 meeting.
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Lexington hosts virtual job fair for laid-off school employees
Lexington is hosting a virtual job fair on June 17 for Fayette County Public Schools employees affected by the district’s recent layoffs of 120 support positions.
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Menifee County Man Sentenced for Armed Methamphetamine Trafficking
COVINGTON, Ky. – A Wellington, Ky., man, Jarod Nicely, 39, was sentenced on Thursday to 276 months by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. On February 24, 2025, law enforcement stopped a vehicle…
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Manufacturing Companies Agree to Pay $2.5 Million to Resolve Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loans
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Erlanger-based manufacturing companies, Post Glover Lifelink, Inc. and Post Glover Resistors, Inc., agreed to pay $2,500,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, a federal law that prohibits the submission of false or fraudulent claims. Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to provide emergency financial assistance to small…
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Former FMC Lexington Correctional Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Violation
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Former Federal Medical Center Lexington Correctional officer, Ryan Carnahan, 32, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell for deprivation of rights resulting in bodily injury and making a false report. According to his plea agreement, on June 28, 2025, Carnahan was on-duty at FMC Lexington when he decided to…
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Off-Beat: The Lexington clown cemetery is folklore. The 1882 Paint Lick circus wreck is paperwork.
This is Off-Beat: a slow read of the public-record substrate underneath a story Lexington is telling itself this week. The substrate, on inspection, isn’t in Lexington at all. It’s thirty miles down the rail line. At three-thirty on the morning of Sunday, September 24, 1882, the Sells Brothers Circus train ran past its brakes…