Judge denies Bevin's request to close Lexington abortion clinic and other top stories.

• Judge denies Bevin's request to close Lexington abortion clinic

  A judge has denied a request by Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration to temporarily close a Lexington abortion clinic that the state claims is operating illegally.Fayette Circuit Judge Ernesto Scorsone ruled Friday against the state’s request for an injunction to close EMW Women’s Clinic on Burt Road. He said the Cabinet for Health and Family Services failed to present adequate evidence that it will eventually prevail in the lawsuit or that allowing the clinic to remain open as the case proceeds wo..

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• Lexington reduces speed limit downtown

  

  Lexington reduces speed limit downtown 0 Comments for this article Submitted: 03/18/2016 - 12:06pm Tags: Downtown, Lexington, reduced, speed limit LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – As part of Lexington’s effort to make the city more pedestrian and cyclist friendly, the Division of Traffic Engineering is in the process of changing the speed limit on 21 downtown streets from 35 miles per hour to 25 mph. There were 229 collisions between vehicles and pedestrians or cyclists in Lexington in 2014. Police ..

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• Akhator a positive force for Kentucky amid a life of hardship

  

  As her clothes whirled around and around in the dryer nearby, Evelyn Akhator’s world turned upside down.She had noticed the multiple missed calls from her family that day, but she decided not to call them back until she had finished her laundry.When she saw that her brother was calling again, she answered.“Mama just had an accident,” he told her.Akhator’s mind started to spin like the clothes in the dryer. There were scarce details available, so maybe it was all a misunderstanding, a mistake.Bu..

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• Fire cause determined at Lexington business

  

  UPDATE: Fire cause determined at Lexington business 0 Comments for this article Submitted: 03/18/2016 - 2:09am Tags: barn, Black Smoke, Cardboard, Cooper's Greenhouse, Fayette County, Fire, Hay Bales, Jessamine County, Lexington Fire Department, madison county, Mobile Home, Rural Setting, Semi, Sulpher Well Road, Uncontrolled Open Fire, Vehicles, Water Supply, wind LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Fire investigators say an “uncontrolled open fire” behind a barn is the cause of a wind-whipped fire t..

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• Papa John's to donate portion of sales to Lexington firefighter ...

  

  Papa John’s to donate portion of sales to Lexington firefighter battling cancer 0 Comments for this article Submitted: 03/17/2016 - 10:42pm Tags: avenue of champions, Donation, Lexington Fire Department, Matt Logsdon, Papa John's, Stage 4 Cancer, UK Campus LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Papa John’s says it will donate 25% of its sales at its UK campus location in Lexington on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, to Lexington Firefighter Matt Logsdon, who is battling cancer. The campus store is located at 160..

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