Lexington News

Lexington has removed ash trees from its list of approved species to plant because of a small insect.

A female suspect died Thursday after being shot by Lexington police who responded to a robbery, authorities said.

Dr. Rodney Mann and his younger brother, Kevin, talked on the phone Saturday night, mostly about Kevin's daughter.

A water main break closes a busy Lexington street. Lexington Police said the break happened around 11 p.m. Tuesday at West Maxwell and Merino Street.

Mayor Jim Newberry, along with Bluegrass PRIDE announced Monday that cigarette butts will be the priority target for elimination from the streets and sidewalks of Lexington as a part of their new clean-up campaign, which will distribute 20 cigarette butt receptacles to local businesses around Lexington.

Lexington Police have arrested a suspect in two violent robberies near downtown Lexington .

President Barack Obama's choice to head the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration signals a dramatic shift from his predecessor on mine safety issues.

Spas across the United States appear recession-proof as record numbers of Americans pay for treatments from massages to manicures to deal with stress amid the global financial crisis, an industry group said on Monday.

State police say a Lexington doctor was fatally shot by a Clark County man after a confrontation and struggle that stemmed from the doctor allegedly slashing the man's tires.

The Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center came a step closer to reality Thursday as the Urban County Council voted 13-1 to accept a nearly $5.6 million bid from Denham-Blythe Co.

Commerce Lexington should have to work harder for its more than half-million city dollars by participating in more city meetings, several Urban County Council members suggested Thursday.

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.