Saturday, August 27, 2016

Can Lexington leave historic mark on state volleyball in 2016? and other top stories.

  • Can Lexington leave historic mark on state volleyball in 2016?

    Can Lexington leave historic mark on state volleyball in 2016?
    Can a public Kentucky high school win the KHSAA volleyball state championship? History answers with a firm “No.”Since 1979 — the sport’s first season in the commonwealth — six schools have won 37 volleyball titles. All six — Assumption, Mercy, Notre Dame, Sacred Heart, St. Henry and Villa Madonna — are Catholic private schools.Sacred Heart, St. Henry and Villa Madonna have only one championship each to their credit. Notre Dame owns eight but hasn’t won since 1994. Mercy has seven. Assumption ru..
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  • CDC: Lexington baby does not have Zika

    CDC: Lexington baby does not have Zika
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Lexington baby previously reported as having been infected with Zika does not have the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently amended the infant’s laboratory test interpretation from positive to negative, based on results obtained by retesting the original specimen. These findings indicate that the infant was not exposed to the virus in the womb, as was originally thought in July. The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department has worked ..
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  • Lexington daycare driver charged after toddler left in van

    Lexington daycare driver charged after toddler left in van
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington Police served a criminal complaint against a woman accused of leaving a three-year old alone on a daycare van. Dorothay Gateskill, 23, was cited for 2nd degree Wanton Endangerment. Back on August 4th, Lexington Police were called to an apartment on Winburn Drive for a report of a missing toddler. A woman told police that her 3-year-old son was supposed to be dropped off at her home at 5:00 p.m. by Precious Jewels daycare, but the child never showed. According t..
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  • Thunderous Bolt on verge of unheard of track triple-triple; Eaton ...

    Thunderous Bolt on verge of unheard of track triple-triple; Eaton ...
    Usain Bolt finished the 200 meters with an uncustomary lean. He gritted his teeth as he ran through the line.Bolt was far ahead of the field in winning his second gold medal of the Rio Games on Thursday but he had promised to try to break his world record, and he didn’t want to let down spectators who filled Olympic Stadium just to see him. Bolt increased the margin on his opponents in the last 30 meters, pumped his arms, breathed hard. In several of his previous seven Olympic triumphs he has c..
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  • Lexington's Tyson Gay earns shot at redemption Friday

    Lexington's Tyson Gay earns shot at redemption Friday
    Love him, hate him, believe him or not, Tyson Gay’s persistence might finally bring him a coveted Olympic medal.Gay, a graduate of Lafayette High School in Lexington, ran the third leg of the United States’ 4-by-100-meter relay at the Summer Games in Brazil on Thursday.The U.S. men ran the fastest time — 37.65 seconds — in Thursday’s qualifying and are among the contenders to win the gold Friday night. The 4-by-100 finals will be televised on NBC-18 at 9:35 p.m.“I’ve been here in Rio for a whil..
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  • Lochte's actions helps US top medal count for stupidity

    Lochte's actions helps US top medal count for stupidity
    Leave it to Ryan Lochte to be at the center of scandal that started in a gas station bathroom and exploded into an international incident.Lochte and his three U.S. Olympic swimming teammates turned the Rio Games into another showcase for the Ugly American. The U.S. tops the medal count for offending hosts, committing culturally insensitive gaffes and behaving stupidly.Turns out Lochte’s harrowing tale of being robbed of $400 by thugs masquerading as police officers who held a gun to his forehea..
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  • Lexington officer helps deliver baby in car

    Lexington officer helps deliver baby in car
    Lexington officer helps deliver baby in car Officer delivers baby for family in car WHAS11.com , WHAS 5:19 PM. CDT August 18, 2016 AP LEXINGTON, Ky. (WHAS11) – One Lexington family will have an interesting delivery story to share with their daughter when she grows up.Their daughter was delivered in a car on the way to the hospital.University of Kentucky police Captain, Kevin Franklin, was directing traffic when a driver let him know there was a medical eme..
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  • EPA fines Lexington $16000 for missing safety records

    EPA fines Lexington $16000 for missing safety records
    The city of Lexington must pay federal environmental regulators $16,800 for failing to keep paperwork of employee training and other safety records at the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant. In 2013, an inspector with the Environmental Protect Agency made an unannounced visit to the West Hickman sewage treatment plant. That inspector found that the plant — which uses sulfur dioxide and chlorine — had failed to keep certain safety records required under the Clean Air Act. Charlie Martin, di..
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  • Theft ring broke into more than 100 vehicles, Franklin County sheriff ...

    Theft ring broke into more than 100 vehicles, Franklin County sheriff ...
    A group of thieves stole all kinds of items from vehicles in multiple counties, then sold many of the things they had stolen at a yard sale, Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton said.One person has been arrested in connection with the break-ins, and more arrests are expected.Melton said the suspects drove through neighborhoods in an SUV, with one person standing on the running boards on each side. The SUV would stop, and the suspects would jump off and check to see whether the doors of vehicles p..
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  • Conquest Stables to disperse stock at Keeneland November Sale

    Conquest Stables to disperse stock at Keeneland November Sale
    Conquest Stables will disperse all of its racing and breeding stock at the Keeneland November Sale. Lane’s End will act as consignor.Since its inception four years ago, Conquest Stables has made a splash both on the track and in the sales arena. Operated by Ernie Semersky and his longtime partner Dory Newell, Conquest earned quick top-level success when the filly My Conquestadory became its first Grade I winner with her victory in the 2013 Darley Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland prior to running ..
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