Versailles News

Lane's End reduced the stud fee for 14 of the 19 stallions who stood at the Versailles, Kentucky, farm in 2009 and will offer a new discount incentive to breeders.

A computer disk containing child pornography is at the center of an investigation of Woodford County Coroner J. Steve Ward, court records unsealed this week indicate.

Police are trying to determine what happened to a man found dead in the bathroom of a Lexington hospital.

When baby boomers were youngsters, caramel apples were a common Halloween treat.

Four former top executives of Lexington's Blue Grass Airport stood before Fayette Circuit Judge Pamela Goodwine and pleaded not guilty Friday morning to theft charges stemming from hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses that the four billed to the airport.

Darley has announced the fees for its 40 stallions standing in Europe and North America for the 2010 breeding season.

There were sobs from the defendant's relatives and approving nods and grins from others in the courtroom Tuesday as a circuit court judge read the verdict finding Lewis "Buck" Ballard guilty of murder and first-degree sodomy.

A Lexington Police Officer was taken to the hospital Monday night after a scuffle during an arrest.

A few of the members of the now 100-year-old Country Book Club have brought books to share, and they've put them on the kitchen island at Margaret Jeffiers's home.

Jason Flynn plays the Grim Reaper on the Haunted Train Ride. He says his big goal is to scare adults.

The son of former Calumet Farm president J.T. Lundy was put on probation and ordered to pay a civil judgement after being convicted of four felony charges of theft by deception involving stallion "seasons," the rights to breed mares to particular stallions for a given year.

Oct 19, 2009 6:30pm Cooperative Extension Service,184 Beasley Dr., Versailles KY Learn ways to attract birds to your landscape and make a simple bird feeder.

Rug makers express themselves in their craft

Originally a pastime for sailors on long voyages in the 1800s, rug hooking was brought into popular culture around the 1940s by Pearl McGown.

Versailles Castle/Martin Castle is now to be called Castle Post

photo by Lawrence Hamilton

Opening statements are ahead in the trial of a man in the sex slaying of a young Winchester boy.

The following is quote from WLEX.com website.....

The state's forensic anthropologist testified Friday in the trial of a man accused of killing a six-year-old boy that injuries suffered by the boy were so severe that she had to piece his skull back together.

Dr. Emily Craig was one of the first prosecution witnesses to testify in the murder trial of Lewis "Buck" Ballard, who is accused of killing Wesley Mullins in August 2007.

Police say Ballard, who was living with Mullins' grandfather at the time, killed the boy in the garage of the grandfather's home in order to keep the boy from telling anyone that he had been sodomized by Ballard.

During opening statements Thursday, the Commonwealth's Attorney told the jury Lewis "Buck" Ballard sexually assaulted Wesley Mullins in August 2007 while his grandfather was sleeping then killed the child to keep him quiet.

In her testimony Friday, Craig said that imprints of a grate and other items found in the garage matched some of the injuries suffered by Mullins.

The defense is claiming DNA evidence in the case is inconclusive and police did not look at all of the possible suspects before arresting Ballard.

The trial had originally been started last week in Bourbon County, but officials were not able to seat an impartial jury after two days of jury selection, so the trial was moved to Woodford County.

If convicted, Ballard could face the death penalty.

Michael Niehaus, 53, 101 Bender Drive, was arrested Wednesday for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and failure to yield right of way to stopped emergency vehicle.

It's not always easy to determine if your dog or cat is a healthy weight. In fact sometimes we're blinded by love and think our pet is perfect despite his overabundance of flesh.

Johannesburg will not return to Ashford Stud for the 2010 breeding season after Coolmore sold the 2001 champion two-year-old male and '06 leading freshman sire to the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association.

For a little boy in the early 1960s, a shopping trip in Lexington could be an adventure.

A local Greek organization will honor an internationally known urologist who died in June during a ceremony Saturday morning.