Woodford County News

Jillian Mastroianni made sure her first trip to Kentucky was memorable. Mastroianni, from New York City, grabbed the lead early and maintained it throughout the 33rd Bluegrass 10,000 on Saturday morning.

The Georgia State Patrol says a highway dispute could have led to a fiery three-vehicle collision that killed four Kentucky residents on Interstate 75.

When Ilze Sillers carried the pawpaws from her small farm in Versailles to the Woodford County Farmers' Market last year, some people - probably city folks - didn't know what they were.

Many visitors to the Francisco's Farm Arts Festival receive a ballot for AmericanStyle Magazine's Top 10 Art Fairs and Festivals poll.

The state's Judicial Conduct Commission has charged a family court judge with misconduct in relation to three incidents in Scott and Woodford counties.

A California developer on Tuesday announced a development for Angliana Avenue in Lexington that would include a multiscreen cinema, a bowling alley, restaurants, retail outlets, a grocery store and 150 apartments.

Ben P. Walden Jr., president of Hurricane Hall in Lexington, announced on Monday that the stallion operation will be relocated to his newly-purchased 265-acre Pauls Mill in Woodford County near Versailles, Kentucky.

The Kentucky River Authority and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission will begin the Seventh Annual River Sweep this weekend.

The Versailles City Council on Tuesday approved Sunday sales of alcohol at retail package stores and in restaurants.

Versailles police officers continued Monday to investigate an early morning car wreck that killed a University of Kentucky student and closed a major roadway for nearly four hours.

A Versailles police officer and her live-in boyfriend are free on bond after they were arrested Monday night on charges of violating a court's emergency protective order.

Franklin County Board of Education members hope to generate more revenue from out-of-district students next year by raising the cost of their tuition $1,900, an increase of more than 600 percent.

Brandyn Shepherd, a sophomore, and Mindy Long, a senior, paint 4-foot by 5-foot murals that once completed will be hung in The Frankfort Christian Academy's library.

Logan County saw its already high unemployment rate raise slightly in March, according to the most recent statistics from the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

Commission to review budget The City Commission meets at City Hall in special session Monday at 5 p.m. to discuss the proposed 2009-10 budget.

Versailles City Council will reconsider its February vote against Sunday alcohol sales.

Bluegrass Association of Insurance Women will meet at 6 p.m. May 5 at the Ramada Inn Conference Center.

Long associated with only doom and gloom, the economy became the reason for hope last week when Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry pitched a city budget that proposed a 1.5 percent increase in spending for the next fiscal year.

Long associated with only doom and gloom, the economy became the reason for hope last week when Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry pitched a city budget that proposed a 1.5 percent increase in spending for the next fiscal year.

Roundabouts - those circular intersections that are popular in Europe but not so much in Lexington - were proposed as alternatives Thursday night for two troublesome traffic spots in Versailles.