Friday, September 2, 2016

Conservation board votes to pursue appraisal of Castleton Lyons and other top stories.

  • Conservation board votes to pursue appraisal of Castleton Lyons

    Conservation board votes to pursue appraisal of Castleton Lyons
    A board that oversees conservation easements designed to protect Fayette County farmland voted Monday to pursue an appraisal for the development rights of a 1,000-acre horse farm on Iron Works Pike. Members of the Rural Land Management Board made no final decisions during its Monday meeting on how it would pay for those development rights, a key sticking point in the debate over whether to use public dollars to protect Castleton Lyons. But several board members said during Monday’s meeting they..
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  • Lexington company releasing mosquitoes to reduce the mosquito ...

    Lexington company releasing mosquitoes to reduce the mosquito ...
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Lexington company is trying to reduce the number of mosquitoes by releasing more. MosquitoMate has been developing sterile versions of the pest and releasing some into parts of the city. "[We're] releasing more mosquitoes to control mosquitoes. We try to really emphasize that we only release male mosquitoes. Male mosquitoes do not bite," said Dr. Corey Brelsfoard. MosquitoMate has released thousands of male mosquitoes, infected with a bacteria strain of Wolbachia, in ..
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  • Lexington cult restaurants Loudon Square Buffet, Taco Tico see ...

    Lexington cult restaurants Loudon Square Buffet, Taco Tico see ...
    Sometimes you just have a taste for one of Lexington’s “cult” restaurants, those places that aren’t posh and may be somewhat off the beaten track but have rabid followings.They are not farm-to-table or artisan. They don’t have repurposed wood and the ever-present Edison lights of brewpubs everywhere. The menus lack truffle aioli, latte and crème brûlée.What they have is a customer base that often has eaten there for years or even decades, cheap eats and some distinctive tastes that you just can..
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  • Five UK football players you know — and five you will know

    Five UK football players you know — and five you will know
    Five players you know Boom Williams: Kentucky’s offense too often looked one-dimensional without its top weapon, who set a school record in yards per carry last season (7.1). Junior needs to have a big season to make Cats’ offense go.C.J. Conrad: With just 15 catches for 149 yards and one touchdown, coaches admitted that the tight end wasn’t utilized enough in UK’s offense last season. Don’t expect that to happen this season.Chris Westry: Put up big numbers as a true freshman, including leading..
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  • PD: Man runs from scene after hitting house in Lexington

    PD: Man runs from scene after hitting house in Lexington
    PD: Man runs from scene after hitting house in Lexington 0 Comments for this article Submitted: 08/29/2016 - 6:37pm Tags: damage, Driver, Hit, House, Tiverton Way LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ)- Lexington police say a car hit a house on East Tiverton Way Monday afternoon, and the driver ran off after the crash. According to police, a man in a PT Cruiser hit a mailbox and lost control of the car. Officers say the vehicle went across the street, then crashed into a house. Firefighters..
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  • Cardinals CB questions amplified by loss of Mike Jenkins

    Cardinals CB questions amplified by loss of Mike Jenkins
    The Arizona Cardinals lost another preseason game, but more significantly, lost one of the three players who were vying to start at cornerback opposite All-Pro Patrick Peterson.That position is the only one on either the Arizona offense or defense to be unsettled, and on Monday it was down to rookie Brandon Williams against rusty Justin Bethel."The same guys are battling it out," coach Bruce Arians said. "It's not like there's a bunch of them running around on the street, so you take what you'v..
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  • Bed racing returns to downtown Lexington on Sept. 9

    Get your beds ready, set and go!The Downtown Lexington Corp. is bringing back bed racing to the streets of downtown Lexington for the first time since 2009.The bed race will be at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 9 during the Kentucky Cork, Tap and Barrel event. All race beds will be supplied by Lexington-based Tempur Sealy International, and competing companies and organizations are challenged to decorate the beds to showcase their creativity and team spirit.Teams of five who are at least age 18 will decorate ..
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  • Lexington Antique Toy And Doll Buying Show Underway

    Lexington Antique Toy And Doll Buying Show Underway
    Lexington Antique Toy And Doll Buying Show Underway Posted: Monday, August 29, 2016 2:42 PM EDT Updated: Monday, August 29, 2016 5:44 PM EDT LEXINGTON, Ky (LEX 18) The Lexington Antique Toy and Doll Buying Show is going on at the Springhill Suites Hotel.Toy experts are looking to buy the best antique toys they can find to sell to collectors around the world.They have had a pretty big turnout so far. Boxes and boxes worth of antique toys from Central Kentuckians have been purchased.Ex..
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  • Kentucky farmer's cow gives birth to rare set of bull triplets

    Kentucky farmer's cow gives birth to rare set of bull triplets
    Biltmore Jestress 124Y, a purebred black Angus cow, has produced good calves for Kevin Buchanan, but she topped herself Friday by giving birth to triplets.That’s rare by itself, reportedly happening in about one birth in 100,500, but the triplets born in a field in Pulaski County were all bulls, and that’s off-the-charts rare.When veterinarians helped deliver three bulls from a cow at Washington State University in 2009, the school said in an article that the estimated odds of it happening in b..
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  • Asian stocks mostly rise on hopes for higher US rates

    Asian stocks mostly rise on hopes for higher US rates
    Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday as hopes continued for a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike later this year.KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was virtually unchanged at 16,739.49 in morning trading, losing earlier gains as the dollar weakened again. A strong dollar is a boon for Japanese exporters. South Korea's Kospi added 0.8 percent to 2,047.93 in early trading. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.7 percent to 22,989.13, while the Shanghai Composite inched up nearly 0.1 perce..
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