Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Series of bomb threats against Lexington Wal-Mart stores and other top stories.

  • Series of bomb threats against Lexington Wal-Mart stores

    Series of bomb threats against Lexington Wal-Mart stores
    Police are investigating after a series of bomb threats against several Wal-Mart stores in Lexington over the last three days.Police and fire officials were dispatched to the Wal-Mart on Nicholasville Road about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday for the fourth threat. Wal-Mart stores on New Circle Road and Saron Drive received threats Sunday, and the store on Richmond Road received a threat earlier Tuesday, police Lt. Jackie Newman said. In each case the caller made similar threats, she said. In cases like thi..
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  • Police see spike in ATM, gas pump skimmers in Lexington

    Police see spike in ATM, gas pump skimmers in Lexington
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington Police said they have seen a spike of ATM and gas pump skimmers over the past several days. "We've seen a couple of gas pump skimmers and up to four ATM skimming devices all in about the past ten days," said Detective Mike Helsby. Helsby said the gas pump skimmers can be tricky. Customers can't see them from the outside. "Devices are plugged into the inside of a gas pump. They still allow the transaction to go through if paid with a credit card. However, they ..
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  • Apple co-founder Wozniak honored for innovation, work in education

    Apple co-founder Wozniak honored for innovation, work in education
    Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, had two goals in life — to be an electrical engineer and to be a 5th-grade teacher. The combination of the two help explain why he was awarded the 2016 Alltech Humanitarian Award at ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference in Rupp Arena on Tuesday. Wozniak was honored for his “dedication to inspiring innovation through education and creating one of the world’s most peaceful revolutions.”“You probably changed our lives way more than anybody else,” Alltech founder Pea..
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  • Lexington PD does 'running man' challenge

    Lexington PD does 'running man' challenge
    Lexington PD does 'running man' challenge WHAS11.com , WHAS 2:58 PM. CDT May 24, 2016 Lexington Police Department Logo. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Lexington Police Officers are taking part in what's called the Running Man Challenge and the video is going viral.The running man challenge is the latest dance craze to hit the internet.It was started by two Maryland basketball players back in March.Since then, police officers from all over the country have been showing ..
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  • Bevin scraps Kentucky Horse Park Commission in advance of ...

    Bevin scraps Kentucky Horse Park Commission in advance of ...
    Gov. Matt Bevin on Tuesday scrapped the existing Kentucky Horse Park Commission, including former first lady Jane Beshear, and appointed a new commission, including the chairwoman and two members he appointed in March.The commission, which has sole authority to hire the executive director to run the park, will meet Thursday in a special meeting to vote on personnel issues. The contract for Executive Director Jamie Link expires June 30.Beshear, who remains an officer of the Kentucky Horse Park F..
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  • Youth sports complex stays in Lexington budget, with questions

    Youth sports complex stays in Lexington budget, with questions
    The Lexington council began making changes Tuesday to Mayor Jim Gray’s $345 million proposed budget, which includes $7 million for a youth sports complex on city-owned property on 130 acres near New Circle and Versailles roads. The Urban County Council gave tentative approval at a Tuesday meeting for $7 million for the youth sports complex. But many on the council questioned spending money from bond funds for the proposed complex, which is expected to cost about $25 million. The Bluegrass Sport..
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