Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Lexington elementary school students participate in statewide ... and other top stories.

  • Lexington elementary school students participate in statewide ...

    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The day started like any other at Millcreek Elementary School in Lexington, but when 10:07 a.m. came around, tornado sirens went off across the state. "Any month of the year is tornado season," Lexington Emergency Management public information officer John Bobel said. "There's not a month in Kentucky when tornadoes can't happen." For the 500 Pre-K through 5th grade students at Millcreek this drill isn't their first. "We take all of our drills seriously, even if that's ..
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  • Lexington's first home-grown Legend, Miller finds motivation in ...

    Lexington's first home-grown Legend, Miller finds motivation in ...
    Anderson Miller doesn’t know where his baseball career will go from here, but he’s certain how he got this far.“I’ve kind of had a chip on my shoulder my whole life,” said Lexington’s first home-grown Legend.The former Lafayette High School and Western Kentucky University standout discussed his baseball past, present and future during the Legends’ preseason caravan stop in Lexington on Monday night.The Kansas City Royals chose Miller in the third round of the Major League Baseball Draft last Ju..
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  • Case against former Lexington preacher moves forward

    Case against former Lexington preacher moves forward
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A grand jury will decide if there's enough evidence to send the case against a former preacher to trial. Tony Sasnett, 39, is charged with 1st degree sexual abuse, four counts of 3rd degree rape, and one count of prohibited use of an electronic communication system. After a lengthy testimony from Lexington Detective, Tyler Smith, district court ruled that Sasnett used his position at church to have sex with a teenage girl. "In the month of October 2015 they met in a pa..
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  • Senate panel approves bill to reorganize Kentucky Horse Park's ...

    Senate panel approves bill to reorganize Kentucky Horse Park's ...
    Claiming that “things have gone awry” at the Kentucky Horse Park, Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer successfully urged a Senate committee Tuesday to sign off on his proposal to reorganize the park’s governing board.The 9-1 vote by the Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee on Senate Bill 200 came after Jamie Link, the park’s executive director, said the park was “a mess” when he came on board in November 2014 but that significant improvements have been made.Thayer said earli..
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  • Lockbox restaurant at Lexington's 21c Museum Hotel offers a menu ...

    Lockbox restaurant at Lexington's 21c Museum Hotel offers a menu ...
    The contrast between the look of Lockbox, the new restaurant in Lexington’s 21c Museum Hotel, and the taste of Lockbox could not be more different. The decor is spare, elegant and modern. But the food is almost homey, doesn’t fit in tidy boxes, and has distinctly old-fashioned touches. The menu designed by chef Jonathan Searle brings the high and the low together, like the art on the restaurant walls. Take his In Jars, a kind of appetizer designed to be shared. It will feature three jars with a..
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  • Lawmaker: Only working farms should get farmland preservation tax ...

    Lawmaker: Only working farms should get farmland preservation tax ...
    A Lexington lawmaker said Tuesday she plans to file a bill that would stop land developers and owners of large suburban estates from receiving a tax break meant for saving productive farmland.A Herald-Leader investigation published in recent days found scores of examples of the tax break benefiting suburban homes surrounded by vast lawns, qualifying as agricultural land that can knock as much as 40 percent off their tax bills, and large parcels rezoned for commercial or residential use, where ..
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  • Lexington's Most Wanted, Feb. 23, 2016

    Lexington's Most Wanted, Feb. 23, 2016
    Lexington’s Most Wanted is a service of the Office of the Fayette County Sheriff and the Lexington Herald-Leader. (Follow the sheriff’s office on Facebook.) Each week, a new photo gallery features mug shots of fugitives and information about them and warrants issued for their arrests.This week’s featured fugitive is Christopher Lovings, wanted on charges of fleeing or evading police; wanton endangerment; possession of firearm by a convicted felon; kidnapping of an adult; receiving stolen proper..
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  • Bill Gates supports government efforts in Apple case

    Bill Gates supports government efforts in Apple case
    Bill Gates is supportive of investigators' efforts to force Apple to help them crack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, saying a balance needs to be struck between government access and the need to preserve data security.While clarifying he doesn't support untrammeled government access to personal data, the Microsoft co-founder's position runs contrary to those of many tech executives who have backed Apple Inc. The heads of Facebook, Twitter and Google have all sided wit..
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  • Former Wildcat Signing Autographs To Help Lexington Woman ...

    Former Wildcat Signing Autographs To Help Lexington Woman ...
    For the past 10 years Sarah has been the Executive Director of Lexington's Ronald McDonald House, providing comfort and hope to thousands of families from ...
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  • Jay Bruce hasn't heard from Reds about trade

    Jay Bruce hasn't heard from Reds about trade
    Outfielder Jay Bruce wasn't surprised the Cincinnati Reds may have come close to trading him as part of a three-team deal that appears to have fallen through.Bruce said Tuesday he followed reports he was headed to Toronto as part of the Reds' rebuilding. Outfielder Michael Saunders would have gone to the Los Angeles Angels, with the Reds getting more prospects."Awkward is not the word," Bruce said before Cincinnati's first full-squad workout. "I'm reading the same stuff you are reading. It's ob..
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