Lancaster News

Former Berea Police Lt. Billy Beavers, who was acquitted of misconduct charges in January, filed suit against the city July 3. Beavers, who has since taken a job with the Lancaster Police Department, is seeking ...

Showers in the morning and early evening threatened to take the spark out of Independence Day celebrations in Richmond and Berea, but skies were dry at 10 p.m. as firework shows turned the darkness to nearly ...

All is silent at the Ponderosa Speedway track. Last Friday, Mother Nature picked up her ninth win of the season at Ponderosa as heavy rain showers forced cancellation of all races.

From July through April, the Daniel Boone Chapter of the American Red Cross spent $42,380 on disaster relief in its seven-county region, its board learned Monday evening.

Billy Caudill, Lancaster, Ky., and Sheila Washburn, Somerset, Ky., wish to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Brandi Nicole Caudill, to Christopher Louis Fitzgerald, Burnside.

An unknown driver was killed Sunday in a vehicular crash in northern Madison County.

Voters in the city of Lancaster will decide Aug. 19 whether to allow alcohol to be sold within the city limits.

Driving through a work zone has just become personal. "Daddy" signs are the same shape and color as the orange, diamond-shaped warning signs normally seen in construction zones, but instead of simply reading ...

LANCASTER - An irate parent questioning the attendance policies at Camp Dick Robinson Elementary School began a Tuesday night meeting of the Garrard County Board of Education.

A boil water advisory has been issued for Garrard County residents following a water line break in Lancaster, according to the Garrard County Water Association.

“We didn't want to see it developed.”

Also nominated The Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board also nominated these sites to the National Register of Historic Places. via Lexington Herald-Leader

“It would be a tragedy not to build that (extra) 5 million gallons”

It's put-up-or-shut-up time for the towns around Lexington that have talked for years about sharing in a regional water system. via Lexington Herald-Leader

Danville-based CKF Bancorp Inc. reported earnings Friday of $150,283, or 12 cents a share, for 2008's first quarter. via Kentucky.com

A Garrard County man was killed Wednesday morning after police say his truck overturned after he sideswiped an oncoming vehicle. via WLEX-TV Lexington

“We still have a lot of misinformation or lack of understanding.”

Four years after the complex divorce of Central Kentucky's community and technical college from the University of Kentucky, the two-year institution finally won approval last week to move beyond UK's sweeping ... via Lexington Herald-Leader

A woman and her former brother-in-law who were killed during a domestic dispute Wednesday night in northern Garrard County were identified Thursday.

Lynda Faust, 45, of Lancaster, died after she was shot by her former brother-in-law, Randy Faust, 47, also of Lancaster, Kentucky State Police said.

On Thursday, Trooper Chris Lanham said Randy Faust died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

The woman's 17-year-old daughter barricaded herself under her bed in her bedroom on Wednesday and called 911, Lanham said. Read more

A Central Kentucky man was in fair condition at University of Kentucky Hospital Monday after his vehicle was struck Sunday that of by a driver who died at the scene, officials said. via Lexington Herald-Leader

“A lot of us who will be presenters have been in writers' groups at some point. So we know the benefit of being in a creative atmosphere like we wanted to create at the workshop.”

Seven award-winning writers and one artisan will be featured in the inaugural Writers Collective Workshop. via Richmond Register

A Central Kentucky man was in fair condition at University of Kentucky Hospital Monday after his vehicle was struck on Sunday by a driver who died at the scene, officials said. via Lexington Herald-Leader

“The passage of legislation during the 2006 General Assembly went a long way toward making Kentucky competitive in the captive market”

About 14,000 Kentuckians are entitled to unclaimed refunds from tax year 2004 that total more than $11 million, the Internal Revenue Service announced Friday. via Lexington Herald-Leader