Copley/Hendren on Local Lexington Music, Weekend Events
It’s time for our weekly chat featuring arts and cultural activities with Rich Copley and Harriett Hendren of the Lexington Herald-Leader. Today, they begin by highlighting some new named is local Lexington music. Rich Copley and Harriett Hendren cover arts and culture for the Lexington Herald-Leader and Lexgo.com. You can find many listings of arts and cultural activities at the events calendar link at WEKU dot FM.>> view originalFriends remember two young men killed in Lexington crash
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Friends are remembering two people who died in a Wednesday night crash in Lexington. Justin King (far left), Houston Wallace (far right) died in a crash on Wednesday night. The crash happened when a truck slammed into a tree on Keene Road near Military Pike just before 11:30. The truck was headed south toward Jessamine County at the time of the crash, according to Lexington Police. Two men inside the pickup were pronounced dead at the scene, according to a deputy cor..>> view originalUPDATE: Teenager charged in Lexington murder
UPDATE: Teenager charged in Lexington murder 0 Comments for this article Submitted: 07/27/2017 - 9:30pm Tags: Arrest, Day's Motel, Durease Richards, georgetown, Jemel Barber, Lexington, Murder, robbery, Scott County, shooting, Teenager, Tyrece Lionel Clark, versailles road, warrants LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A Georgetown teenager has been charged with murder and robbery in connection to a deadly shooting in Lexington, according to Lexington Police. Investigators say 18-year old..>> view originalFrederick Douglass set to open as Lexington's newest high school
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)- The construction equipment is being put away and school supplies are going in at Lexington’s newest high school. Frederick Douglass will be Fayette County's sixth high school and when classes begin on Aug. 16, it will be the newest school in the state. The school was built to help with the overcrowding that was occurring at Bryan Station High School and Henry Clay High School. The school features two gyms. One for regular competition sports with bleachers for student a..>> view originalKentucky basketball takes over Kroger Field for late-night workout
The Kentucky men’s basketball team took its offseason conditioning program under the lights at Kroger Field late Wednesday night. With a hashtag of #MidnightStrong the @KentuckyMBB account on Twitter began documenting the workout about 11 p.m. Wednesday. The players ran the stadium steps, worked weighted sleds and giant medicine balls among other activities under the direction of strength and conditioning coaches Rob Harris and Cameron Bird. It's go time. We're about to get #MidnightStrong #Un..>> view originalHe came to Lexington a refugee, now he's released his first album
Abraham Mwinda’s “Same Shoes” is about a woman who lost her family to war and had to leave her country to save her life. “So she went looking for freedom in foreign countries, but they made her feel like she don’t belong, made her feel like its her fault that she’s a refugee,” he sings in the song from his debut album, “Dreamer.” He continues, “It could have been you. It could have been me walking in the same shoes.” Actually, Mwinda has worn the shoes of a refugee. Congolese-born and Kenyan-r..>> view originalDistillery District townhomes, houses near Fayette Mall approved
A proposal to build 34 new townhomes near Lexington’s growing Distillery District and an 18-home development off Saybrook Road received key approvals Thursday from a government planning body. The Urban County Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the final development plan for 34 townhomes on Tarr Trace, just off Manchester Street near Oliver Lewis Way. The Manchester Development LLC development will be built at 949 and 955 Tarr Trace, which was once called Pine Street, across from ..>> view originalLexington apartment building catches fire
Lexington apartment building catches fire 0 Comments for this article Submitted: 07/27/2017 - 5:25pm Tags: Fire, hollow creek road, Lexington LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – An apartment building that was under renovation caught fire Thursday afternoon in Lexington, according to officials. The fire happened in the 500 block of Hollow Creek Road just before 5 p.m. According to the Lexington Fire Department, the apartment was not occupied but it did have electric. Officials say it ..>> view originalCould the original 'sport of kings' make a Kentucky comeback on ...
Turns out the sport of kings is less about the Kentucky Derby than about birds that fly faster than horses run. Long before horses ran around race tracks in any organized fashion, the original “sport of kings” was falconry. Falconers meeting recently at Taylorsville Lake State Park remarked with amusement on this irony in a state better known for its horse racing. Falconers in Kentucky continue to practice this ancient sport, developed some 4,000 years ago in Asia. The meetup at Taylorsville La..>> view originalPeralta, Burger lead Kannapolis to 2-0 win over Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Jake Burger doubled and singled twice, and Yelmison Peralta allowed just one hit over 6 2/3 innings as the Kannapolis Intimidators beat the Lexington Legends 2-0 on Thursday.J.B. Olson got Meibrys Viloria to ground out with runners on first and second to end the game for his first save of the season.Peralta (1-2) struck out eight and walked one to pick up the win. Kannapolis scored its runs when Mitch Roman hit an RBI single in the third inning and Gavin Sheets hit a solo..>> view original
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