New Lexington fire station opens Thursday
LEXINGTON., Ky. (WKYT) - A ribbon cutting Thursday morning will make Station #2 officially open, the first new fire station in Lexington in 12 years. The new fire station on Eastland Drive actually opened a few weeks ago, and is already considered one of the busiest stations in Lexington, with 240 fire and emergency runs every month. The new station features geothermal heat, LED lighting, and elaborate, state-of-the-art, doors for the engines to pull out, all at a cost of about $5.5 million. Ma..>> view originalCoworkers remember 'caring, talented' chef killed in Lexington crash
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Staff at Lexington Country Club went back to work on Wednesday, just like any other day. But this time it was far from business as usual. Chef Robert Myers | Photos courtesy Lexington Country Club Robert Myers, the club's executive chef, was supposed to have been there, as well. Instead, his co-workers - especially the rest of the tight-knit crew in the kitchen - went to work grieving his loss. "I can't stress that enough, I can't express it enough," said Chloe Dykes, ..>> view originalLexington Woman Accused of Raping A Minor - LEX18.com ...
Updated: Thursday, July 6 2017 11:12 AM EDT2017-07-06 15:12:10 GMTLEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) - A 45-year-old woman is behind bars and accused of raping a minor.LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) - A 45-year-old woman is behind bars and accused of raping a minor.Updated: Thursday, July 6 2017 5:26 AM EDT2017-07-06 09:26:26 GMTThe Tuesday night crash on Versailles Road took the life of a family man, a friend, and Executive Chef of the Lexington Country Club, 56-year-old Robert Myers. To honor him, Myers' kitch..>> view originalHe (she?) was running loose around Lexington. Now the pig has a ...
The vagabond pig bounding around Lexington neighborhoods has been captured and was taken Wednesday to a farm animal sanctuary. “He’s doing pretty well,” said Diana Shaffner, president of Good Acres sanctuary between Lawrenceburg and Frankfort. “Of course, he’s a little bit skittish, but after he had some food and water, he went into some nice, fresh, fluffy straw that we made for him, and he kind of crashed.” Lexington-Fayette Animal Care & Control began hearing reports of a loose pig on June 2..>> view originalLexington's Most Wanted, July 5, 2017
Lexington’s Most Wanted is a service of the Office of the Fayette County Sheriff and the Lexington Herald-Leader. (Like the sheriff’s office on Facebook.) Each week, a new photo lineup features mug shots of fugitives and information about them and warrants issued for their arrests. SEE MUG SHOTS BELOW. This week’s featured fugitive is Cody Adomitis, wanted on a charge of wanton endangerment of a police officer. All of the fugitives are wanted on active Fayette County warrants. If you have infor..>> view originalMysterious Lexington pig captured and taken to new home
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)- The mysterious “on the run” pig has been captured in Lexington. The pig was first spotted on Monday wandering in the Benwood Drive and Strader Drive area, off Winchester Road. He was first spotted by Valli Givens who runs Meals on Wheels at Trinity Baptist Church. She spotted the pig the same day they were serving pulled pork. According to Diana Schaffner, from Good Acres Sanctuaries in Lawrenceburg, a private citizen put out a humane trap Tuesday night in the area wher..>> view originalLexington Police respond to nearly 300 fireworks complaints in one ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The long holiday weekend gave plenty of time for people to light up the sky. But the increase in noise has many people ready for a break from fireworks, including Lexington Police. WKYT received numbers from the Lexington Police Department showing officers fielded hundreds of fireworks complaints on the Fourth of July; 241 to be exact. The majority of the calls came in after 9 p.m. The noise continued on Wednesday with officers responding to 38 fireworks complaints betwe..>> view originalBBL: Has a Kentucky football commit changed his mind?
Big Blue Links: After commitment to UK, Xavier Peters may have changed his mind, reports David Clark of the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Xavier Peters, a Lakota West High School linebacker considered a four-star recruit by several top recruiting websites and among the best in the country at outside linebacker in the Class of 2018, committed via Twitter on Tuesday to play for the Kentucky Wildcats - but has since deleted the Tweet.” UK football and basketball recruiting news and links at NextCats PJ Wa..>> view originalLake Cumberland to get first new commercial marina in decades
Developers signed a lease Wednesday that will allow work to start on the parking lot and boat ramp for the first new commercial marina on Lake Cumberland in decades, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The marina will be at Rowena, in Russell County, on the deep lower end of the lake, about four miles upstream from Wolf Creek Dam. Tony Sloan and Tom Allen, the managing members of Marina at Rowena LLC, signed the lease for the site at a ceremony with Corps of Engineers officials in Na..>> view originalBBL: New UK football commit; USA keeps winning; Patrick ...
Big Blue Links for Wednesday: Highly-touted linebacker Xavier Peters picks Kentucky, reports Ben Roberts of the Herald-Leader. “A look at the list of scholarship offers that Xavier Peters has accumulated over the past few months is enough to justify his status as one of Kentucky’s biggest additions for the class of 2018. Peters — a 6-foot-4, 225-pound outside linebacker from West Chester, Ohio — announced his commitment to the Wildcats on Tuesday, giving a UK a major recruiting victory over som..>> view original
Thursday, July 6, 2017
New Lexington fire station opens Thursday and other top stories.
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