Lintner | Ark. Derby, Lexington Stakes picks
Suddenbreakingnews ran late to win Monday's Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park.(Photo: Coady Photography)The road to the Kentucky Derby meets its end Saturday with Keeneland's Grade III, $150,000 Lexington Stakes (points: 10-4-2-1) before the Grade I, $1 million Arkansas Derby (points: 100-40-20-10) runs at Oaklawn Park.Both last-chance qualifiers to earn a spot in Churchill Downs' starting gate May 7 are loaded with previous stakes winners and Hall of Fame connections.TVG has the broadcast.LEXING..>> view originalNAACP official asks Lexington Catholic High leaders to resign
In the wake of allegations of racial harassment, discrimination and other incidents at Lexington Catholic High School, the president of the Lexington NAACP chapter said he has met with Bishop John Stowe of the Catholic Diocese of Lexington and is asking for the resignation of the school’s principal, Sally Stevens, and its president, Steve Angelucci.Incidents have been mishandled, said William Saunders, president of the Lexington-Fayette NAACP, “and there is racial discrimination going on.”Saund..>> view originalIn meeting with bishop, NAACP calls on Lexington Catholic HS ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Leaders of the Lexington-Fayette National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, say something needs to be done at Lexington Catholic High School, after a 14-year-old African-American students said he was harassed and threatened by a classmate because of his race. That classmate faces charges, and the NAACP has said it wants a hate crime charge brought against that student. Now the NAACP chapter is calling for the school's principal, Sally Stevens, ..>> view originalAttorney: Allegations against Lexington Catholic High School grow
A Washington, D.C., civil rights attorney said he is now representing three former Lexington Catholic High School students who allege separate incidents including harassment and assault.Since last week, attorney Amos Jones has been representing a student who said he was harassed by teammates on Lexington Catholic’s football team. Investigators said the harassment was racially motivated, and a 17-year-old boy was charged Friday with harassing communications and third-degree terroristic threateni..>> view originalWork to start soon on interior walls for CentrePointe garage
Construction crews have poured concrete for four columns of a three-story underground parking garage on the CentrePointe site in the last few weeks. Work will begin soon on the interior walls of the garage, CentrePointe developers said this week. Dudley Webb of the Webb Cos., said Hunt Construction crews are now using high-powered spray washers to clean the interior walls of the site that is an entire downtown Lexington city block. Next, crews will prep the walls with a series of treatments — i..>> view originalJoe B. Hall, '78 championship players sign Maker's Mark bottle
University of Kentucky fans lined up Friday at Keeneland to get signatures from former basketball coach Joe B. Hall and members of the 1978 Ncaa championship team on a Maker’s Mark limited-edition commemorative bottle.Only 11,000 bottles featuring Hall were made available at retail outlets around Kentucky for about $55 each. The blue-and-white bottle is the second in a series of five honoring the UK coaches who won national championships. Last year’s version featured legendary coach Adolph Rupp..>> view originalLexington's restaurant week returns July 21-30
The list of participating restaurants is growing daily and includes established eateries and many new arrivals. A sampling to date: Al’s Bar Azur Bella Notte The Blue Heron Steakhouse Brasabana Charlie Brown’s Chatham’s Southern Comfort Foods Clawdaddy's Columbia’s Steakhouse Le Deauville Distilled at Gratz Park Inn Dudley’s on Short Enoteca The Grey Goose Holly Hill Inn The Julep Cup The Ketch Seafood Grill Merrick Inn Minton’s at 760 Palmer’s Fresh Grill Portofino Sabío Saul Good Stel..>> view originalKeeneland picks for Saturday's Jenny Wiley card
Mike Battaglia reads his picks Friday at Keeneland.(Photo: Coady Photography)Four stakes highlight Saturday's card at Keeneland, with a Kentucky Derby points race and champion's return to Kentucky among them. First post in Lexington is a special, earlier 12:35 p.m. before stakes action starts with the Grade III Ben Ali in Race 7.Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up Swipe makes his first start since then in the Grade III Lexington before Breeders' Cup winner Tepin headlines the Grade I Jenny Wiley, a..>> view originalTown Mountain returns to Lexington, will continue playing in June
news@kykernel.comAfter having to cancel its January show in Lexington due to an impending snowstorm, Town Mountain returned to Cosmic Charlie’s Wednesday night with support from Kentucky group Whiskey Bent Valley Boys and their new album, "Southern Crescent," in hand.The group is composed of Phil Barker on mandolin, Robert Greer on guitar, and Jesse Langlais manning the banjo. Absent from the North Carolina string band's lineup on their "Southern Crescent" tour is fiddler Bobby Britt, who is a ..>> view original
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