Recently, I've noticed activity around the building that once was home to Whatsa Futon. Now I know why.
The odd-shaped building at 824 Winchester Road is home to Community Inn and Emmanuel Apostolic Church of Zion, a partnership that is striving to bring physical dignity and comfort to the homeless...
Embattled Lexington Fire Chief Robert Hendricks, who has been on paid leave since the mayor asked for his resignation, has now applied for a permanent and total disability pension.Hendricks' application for a disability pension went in front of the city's police and fire pension board Wednesday ...
J. Chester Badgett, a longtime Campbellsville University trustee and prominent Kentucky Southern Baptist, died Tuesday at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was 96.Mr. Badgett was a member of the university's board of trustees for 42 years.In 2009, Campbellsville University named the student union...
A federal jury in Lexington Wednesday found two people guilty of numerous charges in a gas and oil drilling scam in which hundreds of investors lost more than $33 million. A third defendant was acquitted.
LYNN CAMP — Students at Lynn Camp High School may have played their way into the record books Wednesday with a game of rummy using giant cards 7 feet, 4 inches tall by 4 feet wide that they made from fiberboard.Students in the design and engineering program at Lynn Camp, which is in Knox ...
The Fayette County Schools plan to provide free accident insurance for all students starting next fall, and to raise starting pay for teachers to $40,000 per year.Those proposals — firsts for the district — are contained in the Fayette School's 2011-2012 tentative budget, which the...
Lexington's Internal Audit Board would be revamped with new members and its first detailed set of by-laws under proposed new rules the Urban County Council is expected to approve Thursday evening. Changes to the city's investigative arm were recommended by State Auditor Crit Luallen last summer ...
Authorities in Frankfort arrested one man and are looking for two more in a metal theft that caused about $643,000 in damage to a local factory. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Daniel Mathis, 29, of Frankfort, and Roger Lewis, 27, and Michael Murphy, 33, both of Mount Eden. Mathis was already...
Toyota announced Wednesday that it plans to increase production in North America sooner than expected, as it no longer faces such a severe shortage of parts due to the earthquake and tsunami that damaged its Japanese suppliers."Through a lot of effort on the part of our suppliers to implement countermeasures...
Alltech and the National Horse Show plan to bring back the glamour of black-tie horse shows and the glitz of charity galas when the event moves to the Kentucky Horse Park in November.There were smiles all around at a news conference Wednesday celebrating the marriage of the oldest indoor horse show...
Two former sheriff's deputies from central Kentucky have pleaded guilty to firearms charges during a drug trafficking crime to which they earlier pleaded guilty.