Lexington News

A Fayette Circuit judge set a 2010 trial date for the Lexington man accused of fatally shooting his ex-boyfriend in the Lexington Green parking lot.

The event will include Mitch Barnhart as keynote speaker, musical entertainment, special presentations, a major motion picture, and testimonies from people helped at local agencies like the Lexington Rescue Mission.

Downtown Lexington will transform Thursday night when dancers memorialize Michael Jackson by re-enacting his famous "Thriller" music video.

"Excessive spending" and "inadequate oversight" within the Kentucky Association of Counties and the Kentucky League of Cities prompted state Auditor Crit Luallen to launch an investigation of the two groups on Wednesday.

A Lexington man has admitted possessing child pornography and will forfeit his house because he downloaded so many illegal images there, federal authorities announced Wednesday.

Lexington Police are asking for your help finding a missing man. A Golden Alert has been issued for 80-year-old William Lee Fee.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Xavier Henry, an incoming college freshman committed to play basketball at Kansas, still is considering playing for the University of Kentucky, his father told a Kansas City radio station today.

A very fowl wreck in central Kentucky. More than 18 tons of frozen, breaded chicken fritters had to be destroyed after the truck carrying the boxed bird crashed on I-75 in Lexington Tuesday morning.

New research from Agricultural Research Service scientists and their university colleagues is shedding light on the relationship between chemical compounds and fescue toxicosis-a disease that affects grazing animals and costs the U.S. cattle industry an estimated $600 million annually.

The National Association of RealtorsA and the U.S. Conference of Mayors have named Lexington, Ky., a 2009 Ambassador City for the success of two homeownership programs, Repair Affair and the Remodeling for Access and Mobility Program.

The Urban County Council on Tuesday gave first reading to the city's $279 million general-fund budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The budget includes a number of cuts, such as reducing the work force by 96 full-time positions through retirement and attrition and cutting operating expenses by 9 percent in selected divisions, except for ...

Production is shut down this week at General Electric's lamp and glass plants in Lexington, as the company copes with lower demand.

A Lexington man has died following a three car crash in Morgan County. State Police say Ronald Zavitz was killed instantly when his car was hit head on by a pickup that crossed the center line of Kentucky 519 in Morgan County.

A Fayette Circuit Court judge has set a trial date for a Lexington man accused of killing his 2-month-old daughter in 2007.

The Fayette County coroner confirmed Monday that a two-year-old Lexington girl accidentally left in a hot SUV Saturday died of hyperthermia.

A preliminary hearing was delayed Wednesday in the case of a custodian accused of killing a co-worker inside Leestown Middle School in Lexington earlier this month.

A Lexington-Fayette Urban County traffic engineering worker was charged with drunken driving after he was called to fix a broken traffic light early Wednesday.

A suspect in an early morning break-in was bitten by a police dog Wednesday. A police officer on a special assignment noticed someone inside the old Popeye Sign Company building on South Broadway in Lexington and decided to go in and check it out.

Hobby Farms, a rural lifestyle magazine, is seeking an Associate Web Editor in our Lexington, Ky., office.

CD/DVD is released to Walmart, they're getting their first network TV special. Sugarland: Live on the Inside airs Monday, August 3 on the ABC-TV. The one hour special will capture their live high energy performances and give the fans some behind-the-scenes extras.