Saturday, August 5, 2017

Friends, family gather to remember Lexington murder victim and other top stories.

  • Friends, family gather to remember Lexington murder victim

    Friends, family gather to remember Lexington murder victim
    Nearly 50 people gathered Friday night on Greenleaf Drive in Lexington to comfort one another and share stories of a man who was killed earlier this week. Austin Murphy, 29, was fatally shot on Monday and his family and friends said at a vigil Friday that his death was senseless. On the same day Murphy was killed, Curtis Flora, 65, was charged with murder in connection with his death, according to police. Flora told investigators he was the shooter and said he’d been in an ongoing dispute wit..
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  • Three firefighters injured in Lexington house fire

    Three firefighters injured in Lexington house fire
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Multiple fire crews responded on Friday morning to a house fire in Lexington. The fire started just before nine at a home on Rolling Ridge. Drivers could see the smoke from the scene on Leestown Road. The Lexington Fire Department says three firefighters suffered injuries when the ceiling collapsed. The three firefighters went to the hospital, but have non-life threatening injuries. Lt. Donovan Wilson, who has worked for the fire department since 2003, suffered burns to ..
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  • Death Investigation Underway In Lexington

    Death Investigation Underway In Lexington
    Most Popular StoriesMost Popular StoriesMore>> Updated: Friday, August 4 2017 7:48 AM EDT2017-08-04 11:48:31 GMTLEX 18 News(CNN)-- A pastor, a state trooper and a convicted sex offender were among 1,000 people arrested in a monthlong period trying to sell or buy sex across the country. The arrests were part of the National Johns Suppression Initiative, a series of stings aimed at reducing sex trafficking in the United States. During the sting operation from June 28 until Monday, authorities cr..
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  • Animal advocates meet, network at inaugural conference in Lexington

    Animal advocates meet, network at inaugural conference in Lexington
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - More than 150 people signed up to participate in Friday's animal welfare workshop. Diane Parrish, a founding director of Making a Difference Now, says the program is a chance for animal advocates to learn more about issues like pet overpopulation and spay and neuter programs. "It's a chance for people from different organizations to get to know each other," says Parrish. "The more people who are involved and aware of all these issues, the more they will talk with their..
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  • Lexington power line worker credited with saving choking toddler's life

    Lexington power line worker credited with saving choking toddler's life
    The owner of "The Cereal Box," a Baxter Avenue restaurant that opened less than a month ago, announced his intention to sell the business on Thursday, but says he changed his mind on Friday. More >>The owner of "The Cereal Box," a Baxter Avenue restaurant that opened less than a month ago, announced his intention to sell the business on Thursday, but says he changed his mind on Friday.More >>
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  • Lexington hotel robbery suspect identified

    Lexington hotel robbery suspect identified
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)- Police say a man wanted in connection to multiple hotel robberies has been identified. Police are now looking for 30-year-old Sidney "Sid" Paul Williams Jr. Police say the suspect robbed the Red Roof Inn and Super 8 Motel on Monday and the Comfort Inn on Buena Vista Road on Thursday evening. They say he took money from the registers at all locations and then ran. Williams is described as a black man, slim build, wearing a light gray sweatshirt and a black baseball cap...
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  • Lexington paid horse farm's $21380 legal bill. Some council ...

    Lexington paid horse farm's $21380 legal bill. Some council ...
    The city of Lexington spent more than $21,000 to pay the legal bills of a horse farm owner, raising questions from some Lexington council members and the chairman of the board that oversees Fayette County’s farmland preservation program. The city paid $21,380 to the law firm Stoll Kennon Ogden and Gary Biszantz, owner of Cobra Farm, on May 16 — nine months after the Rural Land Management Board rescinded its order to stop extensive renovations on a historic farmhouse. At issue was whether Bisza..
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  • Neil Sulier, a man of many talents from art to garden-tool design, dies

    Neil Sulier, a man of many talents from art to garden-tool design, dies
    Neil Sulier, an insurance man who had been a force in Lexington’s art world for decades, died July 30 at his home at Lake Herrington. Sulier, 78, had apparently suffered a massive heart attack while on the Coffee Cove dock, said his longtime companion, artist and cookbook author Barbara Harper-Bach. Harper-Bach said that she was assured that Sulier did not suffer and died quickly, which was what he had wished for his death. Sulier was a 1960 graduate of the University of Kentucky and worked in ..
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  • Task force on marijuana law offers little on new policies

    Task force on marijuana law offers little on new policies
    The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the task force Sessions assembled to find the best legal strategy is giving him no ammunition, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, a group of prosecutors and federal law enforcement officials, has come up with no new policy recommendations to advance the attorney general's aggres..
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  • Lexington video game company sues after personal information ...

    Lexington video game company sues after personal information ...
    A Lexington-based video game company is suing anonymous online users after personal information about one of the company’s employees was leaked online. Gun Media Holdings, also known as Gun Media, filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that anonymous people violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which punishes those who commit computer-related crime. Gun Media owns and operates “Friday the 13: The Game,” based on the “Friday the 13th” film franchise. In the game, one person plays as Jaso..
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