Lexington News

Kristine Lafoe, a former lieutenant and supervisor at the Lexington-Fayette County Detention Center was sentenced in U.S. District Court on Wednesday to one year in prison for her role in covering up systematic abuse of detainees at the jail.

Two men suspected in a Lexington home invasion robbery were arrested Friday, one of them after a standoff with police.

At least two people injured Wednesday in a fire at a home on 1017 Spring Run Road.

Former UK Men's Basketball player Sam Bowie said Thursday that he has applied for membership in Lexington's Idle Hour Country Club, which has never had an African American member.

By Becky Manley / Staff Writer Public comment is being gathered as part of a study to determine whether regional mail sorting currently done in London should be moved to Lexington.

Smoking is being officially snuffed out at the University of Kentucky, which sits in the heart of burley tobacco country.

Former lawmaker Steve Nunn pleaded not guilty Thursday in Fayette Circuit Court to charges stemming from the shooting death of Amanda Ross, his ex-fiancee. Nunn, 57, remained at the Fayette County Detention Center during the arraignment but appeared before Judge Kim Bunnell via video .

Lexington Police are searching for two men after an armed robbery at an apartment near Russell Cave Road earlier tonight.

With Kentucky having it's 22nd H1N1 fatality, the latest fatality comes from Pendleton County, where the victim is a woman in her 40s with underlying health conditions.

Mutoh America reduced the price to $700/person for the "Hands-On" School of Wrap December 2-3, 2009 in Lexington, KY.

The University of Kentucky has named Major Joe Monroe its permanent chief of police, making him the first UK police chief to have come up through the ranks of the university's police department.

A Lexington man who police say led officers on a chase will appear in court Wednesday for an arraignment on a first-degree robbery charge.

Lexington Police made a quick arrest early Tuesday morning following a chase after an officer spotted a suspected stolen car.

Lexington Police are investigating an early morning attempted robbery. It happened in the parking lot of the Speedway gas station on Southland Drive, just off Nicholasville Road, Monday.

Two men were killed Saturday morning and a third remains in the hospital after a two-car accident on I-64 in Rowan County.

Steve Nunn, the former legislator and one-time candidate for governor who is charged in Fayette County with the shooting death of his former fiancA©, entered a not guilty plea Tuesday in Hart Circuit Court to charges of wanton endangerment there.

Here's a couple of my favorite Lexington restaurants. 1. Atomic Cafe boasts a menu with Caribbean-influenced dishes that are as colorful as the tropical murals covering the walls.

Lexington Police credit an LEX18 viewer for leading investigators to the silver Audi that they say was involved in a weekend hit and run crash.

Lexington police are searching for the owner of a car involved in a hit-and-run accident that left a Tennessee man in a coma.

The 2010 McConnell Conference is bringing young adult and children's literature authors and illustrators John Green, David Wiesner and Dandi Daley Mackall to Lexington, Kentucky.