Saturday, April 8, 2017

UPDATED | Man critically injured in shooting at Lexington home and other top stories.

  • UPDATED | Man critically injured in shooting at Lexington home

    UPDATED | Man critically injured in shooting at Lexington home
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington police are investigating what led to a shooting that injured a man Friday afternoon. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. at a home on Marcellus Drive, near East Loudon Avenue. Police say the man was found on the porch of a home with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition, according to police. "We heard two gunshots, and then about five minutes later looked out the door - well, the window - and seen the guy laying in fro..
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  • Police: Mechanical failure to blame for crash into Lexington Dollar ...

    Police: Mechanical failure to blame for crash into Lexington Dollar ...
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - According to police, mechanical failure is to blame for a car that drove into a Lexington Dollar General. It happened about 9 p.m. Friday on Bryan Station Road. The driver told police that she was trying to pull into a parking spot but was not able to stop. The driver was not under the of anything, and no one was hurt, police said. The Dollar General is structurally okay, but a few doors will need to be replaced.
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  • Lexington's blue horse rides Chicago “L” to draw visitors to Bluegrass

    Lexington's blue horse rides Chicago “L” to draw visitors to Bluegrass
    Lexington’s iconic blue horse is now on Chicago’s subway system. A new advertisement that includes a sculpture of the blue horse on top of a busy “L” stop in Chicago was unveiled last week. In addition to the eye-catching blue horse, the ads in the Chicago subway system also tout Lexington’s horse country, bourbon, craft beer and restaurant scene. The art installation/ad, which appears at both the entrance and exit of the Dearborn and Jackson stop of the Chicago Transit Authority subway line, h..
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  • Malik Monk wins Jerry West Award as nation's best shooting guard

    Malik Monk wins Jerry West Award as nation's best shooting guard
    He may not have won a national championship, but University of Kentucky guard Malik Monk will not leave school empty-handed as a one-and-done.The freshman who led the Wildcats in scoring this season won the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award on Friday night in Los Angeles. The honor was part of the College Basketball Awards televised live on ESPN2.“Just blessed,” Monk said after receiving the award. “Blessed to be here and thankful for the opportunities I had.“I was the first one in Ke..
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  • Barnhart discusses Kentucky's NCAA draw and fans' threats against ...

    Barnhart discusses Kentucky's NCAA draw and fans' threats against ...
    Kentucky putting the mad in March Madness has become an annual rite (or, to hear UK complaints, an annual wrong) of the NCAA Tournament. Wrong seed. Wrong site. Wrong days of the week for games.Having just completed his first year on the Selection Committee, UK Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart vouched for the panel’s good-faith effort to get the bracket right.When asked Friday if Kentucky had been treated fairly, Barnhart said, “Yeah. Very fairly.“I can honestly look at my basketball coach ..
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  • Chocolate, snack foods, soda sold in fewer Kentucky public schools

    Chocolate, snack foods, soda sold in fewer Kentucky public schools
    Fewer Kentucky public schools sold sugary, high fat snacks to students in 2016 than in 2014, according to data from School Health Profiles surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The surveys showed there are fewer Kentucky public schools in which students can purchase snack foods and beverages outside the school lunch program that are not nutritious, state education officials said in a news releaseThe data, in part, centered on the percentage of Kentucky schools in w..
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  • Syrian refugees in Lexington hoping to bring loved ones to safety

    Syrian refugees in Lexington hoping to bring loved ones to safety
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - With a shifting political climate overseas, some Syrian refugees in the Bluegrass are hoping more than ever to reunite with their loved ones. Refugees at Kentucky Refugee Ministries in Lexington tell administrators that their main priority is bringing their family members who are still in Syria to safety. Dana Lea with Kentucky Refugee Ministries says "A lot of our clients have fear that those individuals won't be able to join up with them." From a recent chemical attac..
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  • Lexington Man Arrested On Child Porn Charges

    Lexington Man Arrested On Child Porn Charges
    Lexington Man Arrested On Child Porn Charges Posted: Friday, April 7, 2017 8:29 AM EDT Updated: Friday, April 7, 2017 10:02 AM EDT LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky State Police have arrested a Lexington man on charges related to possession of matter portraying a sex performance by a minor. Philip S. Mann, 52,  was arrested as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children investigation. The KSP Electronic Crime Branch began the investigation after discovering the suspe..
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  • Links: Isaiah Briscoe's NBA chances; LaVar Ball being LaVar Ball

    Links: Isaiah Briscoe's NBA chances; LaVar Ball being LaVar Ball
    Big Blue Links for Friday:ESPN draft analyst says Isaiah Briscoe is better but not ready for NBA, reports Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader. “It’s an uphill battle for him,” Chad Ford said of Briscoe’s draft profile. “I actually think he’d be much better off staying at Kentucky. Not necessarily because he’ll improve his draft stock, but because he’ll have a chance to come back and win a national championship, and get a great college degree, and play two years of really high-level basketball und..
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  • Lexington Police Seeking Guitar Thief

    Lexington Police Seeking Guitar Thief
    Lexington Police Seeking Guitar Thief Posted: Friday, April 7, 2017 8:37 AM EDT Updated: Friday, April 7, 2017 8:37 AM EDT LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Detectives with the Lexington Police Department are working to identify a man who stole a guitar from a local business.On Tuesday, March 7, an unknown white man entered Willcutt Guitars on Rosemont Garden and asked about the price of a guitar. After a few minutes in the store, the man took an Epiphone Les Paul Sunburst guitar and ran out..
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UPDATE 4-China bird flu deaths surge in what could be the worst season ever .Shots fired overnight in Lexington .
Lexington must counter divisiveness .Dr. David Stevens, longtime Lexington council member who led ... .

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