Ceremony in Lexington Friday to honor victims of gun violence
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Friday marks National Gun Violence Awareness Day. On Friday morning, Lexington city leaders will host a ceremony to honor and remember victims and survivors of gun violence. Anita Franklin, whose son Antonio was shot and killed at Duncan Park in 2014, will be there. Franklin has turned her personal pain into a community-wide crusade to stop senseless violence. But as the weather has gotten warmer, gun violence has again hit Kentucky hard, with headlines from Louisville t..>> view originalNCAA baseball Lexington Regional: Cats in own back yard
LEXINGTON Kentucky will host Ohio to start the Lexington Regional of the NCAA baseball tournament today at noon.The Wildcats (39-20) are playing host in a regional for just the second time in school history, the first since 2006. Kentucky’s ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament will first feature starting pitcher Sean Hjelle. He is 9-3 with a 3.87 earned run average.Tristan Pompey (.369 average, nine home runs) and Evan White (.366, 8 HR) will continue to try to lead the Wildcats’ SEC-best of..>> view originalFriends remember Lexington drowning victim, Scharliegh Rogers
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Friends are saying it just "doesn't make sense" after losing 27-year-old Scharliegh Rogers to a drowning. Lakeesha Hopewell, a close friend, said, "I just can't believe it's true. Like, it's just sad." Hopewell says she's been friends with Rogers for 20 years, now trying to wrap her mind around what happened. Wednesday evening she got a phone call breaking the news; Her friend was gone. Many people made attempts to try to save her. A man who lives at Lake's Edge Condomi..>> view originalFinal basketball recruiting rankings say this could be Calipari's best ...
For the seventh time in nine recruiting cycles under Coach John Calipari, the Kentucky Wildcats have the No. 1 incoming class in the country. By one measure, this signing class is Calipari’s best at UK. The Recruiting Services Consensus Index released its final rankings for the class of 2017 on Thursday, and Kentucky is once again in the top spot. The RSCI has been computing consensus recruiting rankings since 1998, and its numbers include individual player rankings from all of the major recrui..>> view originalGOLF: Local youth golfers shine in Lexington
Richmond’s Clay Pendergrass took first place in the boys 11-12 year-old division of the Musselman-Kirchdorfer Golf Tour event Thursday at the University of Kentucky Club in Lexington.Pendergrass shot a 39 in the opening round on Wednesday and had a four-shot lead. In the final round, he shot a 37 to finish with a total score of +4, 76. Kaden Howard of Richmond tied for second after shooting a +12, 84.Richmond’s Cherokee Hammonds had the lead in the girls 14-18 year-old division after firing a 7..>> view originalLeague of Women Voters of Lexington elects 2017-18 officers and ...
LEXINGTON (June 1, 2017) — The League of Women Voters of Lexington elected officers and directors for the 2017-18 year at its annual meeting April 8. Tammy Fagley was re-elected as president and Cindy Heine was elected first vice president. Directors re-elected to the board include Richard Heine, Judy Johnson, Carol O’Reilly and Barbara Sterrett and Lauren Wallace; Lynne Flynn, former Secretary, and Shayla Johnson were newly elected as Directors. They join current board members Steve Senft, ..>> view originalMeet the falcon family living on the roof of one of Lexington's tallest ...
The Central Bank building in downtown Lexington is home to many of the city’s larger law firms and one of its biggest banks. But its most celebrated and unique tenants don’t pay rent. Lexington’s only known pair of peregrine falcons live on the roof of 300 West Vine Street. A little more than a month ago, the pair became parents to four fledglings — three males and one female. The Lexington pair are one of 17 known pairs of peregrine falcons in Kentucky. Nationwide, the peregrine falcon popul..>> view originalBevin proposes walking prayer groups to help curb gun violence
Gov. Matt Bevin urged people Thursday to form prayer groups that walk Louisville’s high-crime neighborhoods as a way to battle gun violence that has plagued Kentucky’s largest city. The proposal received a mixed reaction from a crowd of several hundred faith leaders and interested citizens who packed into the auditorium of Western Middle School. “This was a waste of time,” said the Rev. Timothy Findley of Kingdom Fellowship Christian Life Center in Louisville. “Prayer is always good, but we’v..>> view originalLegends open home stand Thursday looking to build on marvelous ...
The Lexington Legends return home to begin a four-game series Thursday night against the Augusta (Ga.) GreenJackets at Whitaker Bank Ballpark. The Legends of May were not the Legends of April. Now, fans get to see what Lexington’s Class A baseball club has in store for the summer ahead. Lexington lost six of its first 10 games this season and finished April 9-16. In May, the Legends bounced back with a 17-11 record. Heading into June, the Legends stand at 26-27 and in fifth place in the South A..>> view originalLexington man arrested after threatening police with knife
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A man is facing charges after threatening Lexington police officers with a knife. Police say they were called out to a home near Wellington Way and Clays Mill road around 8:30 Thursday night over reports that someone was digging through the trash. Police say when they arrived on scene, a man came out of the dumpster brandishing a knife. They say the man then took off running toward some businesses. Officers were able to catch the man, and charged him with resisting ar..>> view original
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