Thursday, March 31, 2016

Little Sprouts in full bloom at the Arboretum with children's activities and other top stories.

  • Little Sprouts in full bloom at the Arboretum with children's activities

    It may be spring break for Fayette County public school students, but that does not mean the learning stopped for kids.Children were busy Wednesday in the Little Sprouts program at the Arboretum, the state botanical garden of Kentucky, making mud pies and planing vegetables. On Wednesday’s during March, participants learned how to spot the different types of trees, create crafts out of seeds and took hikes looking for animal homes in the Arboretum.
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  • From our archives: Lexington TV sportscasters Cutler, Rice and ...

    From our archives: Lexington TV sportscasters Cutler, Rice and ...
    Take a look at these pictures our historical photo blog, KyPhotoArchive.com, pulled from our archives. They show three popular Lexington sports TV personalities at the beginning of their careers.WLEX-18’s Alan Cutler, WTVQ-36’s Kenny Rice and WKYT-27’s Rob Bromley have spent a combined 90 years on Lexington’s local TV airwaves.See more historical photos on our blog, KyPhotoArchive.com, or follow them on Twitter. Our vault of images on the blog is updated daily, showcasing nearly a century of Le..
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  • Police: Woman blew heroin onto Lexington police officer

    Police: Woman blew heroin onto Lexington police officer
    Police: Woman blew heroin onto Lexington police officer 0 Comments for this article Submitted: 03/31/2016 - 10:52am Tags: Anjanette Halcomb, Heroin, Lexington, Marijuana, Police, tampering with evidence LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – Authorities say a woman blew heroin on a Lexington police officer in an effort to tamper with drug evidence.Police spokeswoman Brenna Angel tells the Lexington Herald-Leader (http://bit.ly/1RMEKVS ) that the officer was driving 35-year-old Anjanette Halcomb to jail on d..
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  • Therapists share ways to reach patients through equines

    Therapists share ways to reach patients through equines
    EAGALA therapists from around the world came to Lexington to share strategies for their unique kind of equine-assisted therapy, which has proven effective treating drug-addicted teens, traumatized veterans and many others. jpatton1@herald-leader.com Lisa Salt, left, and Lynne Noll, encouraged a horse to go over a hurdle as they participated in a team activity during the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) conference held at the Kentucky Horse Park on Iron Wo..
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  • The stage is Lexington, but the 'Mountain' remains in W.Va.

    The stage is Lexington, but the 'Mountain' remains in W.Va.
    The notion behind Mountain Stage’s name was simple: to embrace the people and inviting attitude of West Virginia. It is the Mountain State, after all. But even with a broadcast history that has now stretched on for nearly 33 years, the public radio live music program encounters audiences that take its title too literally.“We have always felt like our show has the personality of West Virginia,” said Larry Groce, the host and artistic director of Mountain Stage, who will lead a remote live broadc..
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  • Kentucky's Poythress to sign autographs Friday

    Kentucky's Poythress to sign autographs Friday
    Former University of Kentucky basketball player Alex Poythress will be at AllSports in Lexington’s Fayette Mall on Friday signing autographs for fans from 6-8 p.m.Fans will have the opportunity to meet Poythress and have their picture taken with him while getting his autograph. All in attendance will also be able to enter to win a drawing for one pair of UK game shoes signed by Poythress and two center-court tickets to a UK basketball game next season.
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  • Kentucky faces nation's highest-scoring softball team this weekend

    Kentucky faces nation's highest-scoring softball team this weekend
    The Kentucky and Auburn softball teams have combined to win 60 of the 68 games they’ve played this season.The 12th-ranked Wildcats and the third-ranked Tigers both bring 30-4 records into this weekend’s three-game series at Kentucky’s John Cropp Stadium, so something has to give by Sunday night.However things pan out, UK is facing its biggest challenge of the season to date.Auburn brings the nation’s No. 1 scoring offense to Lexington. The Tigers average 9.38 runs per game and boast a .348 team..
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  • Federal prison nurse sentenced for $22000 tobacco-smuggling ...

    Federal prison nurse sentenced for $22000 tobacco-smuggling ...
    A former nurse at the federal prison in Lexington was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison for smuggling tobacco into the prison in exchange for payments from inmates.Michael Hardin, 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Danny Reeves on a charge of bribery of a public official. Under federal law, Hardin must serve the entire sentence, then and three years of supervised release, the first year of which is home detention.Hardin was a registered nurse at the Federal Medical Center in L..
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  • Lexington Philharmonic announces its 2016-2017 season

    Lexington Philharmonic announces its 2016-2017 season
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 31, 2016) –The Lexington Philharmonic proudly announces it’s 2016-2017 season. LexPhil’s 55th Season celebrates music as the collaborative force of the human spirit that inspires reflection, ecstasy and profundity. LexPhil continues to brilliantly pair the pillars of the classical canon with modern masters. In addition to masterworks of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Brahms, contemporary works by Grammy-Award winning composer Stephen Paulus and Christopher Theofanidis are also..
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