Saturday, July 23, 2016

Experts: Sellers' market in Lexington real estate and other top stories.

  • Experts: Sellers' market in Lexington real estate

    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The temperature isn't the only thing heating up this summer. Realtors say Lexington's real estate market is hot right now, especially for sellers. In many cases, experts say homes are being sold within days of going on the market. Ty Brown, president-elect of Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors, says there just aren't enough houses on the market for people who want to buy them. "They are out there, I just have to tell them, 'If you want to buy a house and you're ..
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  • New details emerge in gruesome Lexington murder

    New details emerge in gruesome Lexington murder
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Patrick Ryan Jones, 24, is charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence, and abuse of a corpse in connection with a homicide investigation that began Thursday morning on Malabu Drive. He entered a not guilty plea to those charges in Fayette County District Court Friday afternoon. Police charged Jones with the death of 20-year old Haley Bourgeois. Her dismembered body was found in two different dumpsters along Malabu Drive Thursday. Court documents on the arrest..
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  • Lexington woman warns of stroke signs

    Lexington woman warns of stroke signs
    Lexington, Ky. (WKYT)- Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in Kentucky, many times striking when you least expect it. A Lexington woman is sharing her story of recovery and wants others to know the warning signs. WKYT's Amber Philpot has her message of beating the odds. Life for Jennifer Exterkamp has been like a complicated puzzle, there are pieces that just fit. "I love to teach and coach, those are my passions in my life," said Jennifer Exterkamp. And then there are those pieces th..
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  • Bizarre Cocaine Bear ad gets Kentucky Fun Mall national attention

    Bizarre Cocaine Bear ad gets Kentucky Fun Mall national attention
    In the Kentucky Fun Mall in north Lexington, Cocaine Bear has become a centerpiece and a national advertising coup.Cocaine Bear, aka Pablo Eskobear after drug lord Pablo Escobar, is a reminder of the “Bluegrass Conspiracy” years in Kentucky during the 1970s and ’80s. It was an era detailed in a 1989 book by Sally Denton centered on Drew Thornton, a former Lexington narcotics officer, who fell to his death from an airplane when his parachute failed to open. Thornton landed in a gravel driveway i..
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  • Travel-related Zika infection identified in Fayette County

    Travel-related Zika infection identified in Fayette County
    The first instance of laboratory-confirmed infection with Zika virus in Lexington was recently identified in a Fayette County infant born to a woman who had traveled during pregnancy to an area where the virus is circulating. According to information from the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department, test results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the infant was exposed to the virus in the womb. Although the infant’s mother never described symptoms of illness, a..
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  • DeMarcus Cousins dominates in paint in Americans' exhibition win

    DeMarcus Cousins dominates in paint in Americans' exhibition win
    Former University of Kentucky star DeMarcus Cousins led the United States’ dominant performance on the glass with a game-high 15 rebounds in a 111-74 exhibition victory against Argentina in Las Vegas on Friday night. The Sacramento Kings star also scored 14 points to go with two steals, one assist and one blocked shot as the squad prepares for the Rio Olympics. He was 4-for-6 from the field and 6-for-8 at the free-throw line.The Americans outrebounded Argentina 53-30.“Game 1 in the books on the..
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  • Ex-Cat Kendra Harrison sets world record in 100-meter hurdles

    Ex-Cat Kendra Harrison sets world record in 100-meter hurdles
    Former University of Kentucky track and field star Kendra Harrison ran the women’s 100-meter hurdles in 12.20 seconds to set a world record at the IAAF Diamond League meet in London on Friday.“I’m so full of emotions right now!” the 23-year-old Harrison said afterward.The previous record, which had stood for 28 years, had been held by Bulgaria’s Yordanka Donkova at 12.21 seconds.Harrison was coming off a disappointing finish at the U.S. Olympic Trials two weeks ago where she failed to qualify f..
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  • Kentucky football unveils new, high-tech practice facility

    Kentucky football unveils new, high-tech practice facility
    Mark Stoops’ favorite part of the new Kentucky practice facility is the main team meeting room.“It’s a beautiful setting,” the head coach said this week previewing the Cats’ new, $45 million facility. “It’s nice and quiet and we’re all alone in there. I like the team room. It’s really beautiful.”Ask almost anyone associated with UK football and he or she has a different favorite part of the new facility, which the media toured Friday afternoon.Ask the players, and they’d probably say their favo..
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  • Police say Munich suspect was obsessed with mass shootings

    Police say Munich suspect was obsessed with mass shootings
    The 18-year-old gunman who opened fire at a crowded Munich shopping mall and fast-food restaurant, killing nine people and wounding 16 others before killing himself, was obsessed with mass shootings, police said Saturday.Investigators searched the unnamed German-Iranian man's home overnight and found a considerable amount of literature about mass killings, including a book titled "Rampage in Head: Why Students Kill," but no evidence that he was linked to extremist groups such as the Islamic Sta..
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  • How Pokémon Go could be very good for your small business

    How Pokémon Go could be very good for your small business
    In case you haven’t heard, Pokémon Go has taken the United States by storm.Released earlier this month it became the top free downloaded app in both the Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play store. There have been over 15 million installs on Apple and Android devices so far this month, according to App Intelligence provider, Sensor Tower. Pokémon Go is an augmented reality game. It grew out of the 1996 video game from Nintendo. An augmented reality game is a live direct or indirect view of physic..
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