Lexington Islamic Center reports email death threat; group blames rising Islamophobia | Lexington Herald-Leader
Islamic Center of Lexington officials contacted Lexington police and federal Homeland Security Friday morning after receiving an email threat, its imam Mahmoud Shalash said.The email threat, received before noon Friday, said: “I'm going to kill everyone I there [sic] you Muslim f**ks. Salabis is coming for you, ” according to a news release from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.CAIR called on state and federal la..>> view originalMatt Bevin names Lexington lawyer Chad Meredith to staff
Buy PhotoMatt Bevin(Photo: The Courier-Journal)Buy PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky - Gov.-elect Matt Bevin on Friday announced that Chad Meredith, a Lexington attorney with the firm of Ransdell & Roach, will be hired as deputy general counsel for the Governor's Office.Meredith, 34, is native of Leitchfield who got his Bachelor's degree from Washington & Lee University and his law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law.Bevin said Meredith is one of the few Kentucky lawyers to have clerk..>> view originalA carry-along list of Kentucky Christmas tree farms
Nothing beats a live tree or garland to bring the scents and feel of the holidays into your home. With our annual list of local tree farms you can find your perfect fir or pine, a wreath and more.For locations of farms throughout the state, go toKychristmastreefarms.com. Don’t know a spruce from a pine? The site offers info and photos to ID the types of trees grown in Kentucky.Tips on how to select and maintain your tree and farm locations around the country are available at the National Christm..>> view originalPuzzling experience: Rubik's record-holder is from Lexington | Local News - WLKY Home
A 14-year-old from Lexington has set a world record in a Rubik's Cube competition.Henry Clay High School ninth-grader Lucas Etter solved the 3x3 cube in 4.90 seconds at a World Cube Association-sponsored competition in Maryland last weekend. Guinness World Records confirmed on its website that Lucas set a world record and is the first person to break the 5-second barrier.Lucas told the Lexington Herald-Leader he started playing with the Rubik's Cube when he was about 8 and practices about an hou..>> view originalHurray for William Wells Brown Elementary
It’s worth celebrating when teamwork produces winning results, which is just what the team at William Wells Brown Elementary School did earlier this week with a pep rally, compliments of the United Way of the Bluegrass and music by the Lafayette High School band.Fortunately, there’s no secret to the strategy behind the gains in state test scores at a school where more than 90 percent of the children qualify for free or reduced price meals.As Valarie Honeycutt-Spears reported, teachers steeped th..>> view originalShop small businesses to help Kentucky prosper
As we enter the holiday season, I hope that my fellow Kentuckians will join me in “shopping small.”Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday to recognize the thousands of small and family businesses, entrepreneurs, and local servicers and retailers in Kentucky and across the country. As you plan your holiday shopping, I encourage you to support local businesses on Small Business Saturday and throughout the season.Every day in my job as Kentucky’s secretary of state and chief business official, I look ..>> view originalLexington volunteers serve dinner for Salvation Army | Lexington Herald-Leader
Volunteer servers Nieve Jackson and Leea Johnson got turkey and ham on their plates from servers Brian Tive and Chad Dobson the special holiday meal Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, at the Salvation Army.Matt GoinsHerald-LeaderVolunteers Grace Tive, 7, left, and Altazia Click, 10, kept the bread flowing on to plates during Thanksgiving dinner, provided by Lundy's Catering, at the Salvation Army in Lexington Thursday.Matt GoinsHerald-LeaderVolunteer servers Amani Jackson, 3, left, and Maryah Godfrey help..>> view originalCollege basketball on television: ESPN has Kentucky-South Florida
SEC basketball has already taken it on the chin here in November, but a couple of the conference's best teams are in action for this Friday after Thanksgiving television slate.There is Kentucky, of course. The Cats play South Florida at the American Airlines Arena in Miami at 5 p.m. on ESPN. Ryan Ruocco will handle the play-by-play with Kara Lawson doing color for the telecast.Before that on ESPN, Texas A&M meets Syracuse at 3 p.m. in the Battle 4 Atlantis final in the Bahamas. Texas A&M..>> view originalThe Latest: Chicago protesters block store entrances
The latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer (all times local):1:15 p.m.Hundreds of protesters are blocking entrances to stores in Chicago's high-end shopping district on Black Friday to draw attention to the police shooting of a black teenager.Some of the demonstrators linked arms to form human chains in front of main entrances to stores on both sides of Michigan Avenue for more than three blocks.Store employees were directing shoppers to exi..>> view originalStyle at Home: Greens, ribbons make holiday displays beautiful
Whether it’s your Christmas tree, bannister, mantel or a tabletop display, the best way to make your holiday decor stunning is to start with my two favorite tools: greens and ribbons. Gorgeous greens take your displays to the next level, and holiday ribbons give them character and charm.Here are a few suggestions to get you started:Add picks to your tree to make it more lifelikeThe secret to a sensational Christmas tree is to pop it up with greenery picks. Think of your undecorated tree as the b..>> view original
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