Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Lexmark announces 700 layoffs worldwide over next year and other top stories.

  • Lexmark announces 700 layoffs worldwide over next year

    Lexmark announces 700 layoffs worldwide over next year
    Lexmark is running a worldwide restructuring program that will result in 700 of its 10,000 worldwide employees being laid off over the next year, it announced Tuesday. Lexmark’s Jerry Grasso said the action will work “to align company talent with our strategy to ensure future success.” “We are not talking about any country or location specifically,” Grasso said. About 2,300 people work for Lexmark in Lexington, Grasso said, the same number as last year. Lexmark has had a tumultuous two years. ..
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  • Teen suspect in Lexington 19-year-old's homicide arrested after foot ...

    Teen suspect in Lexington 19-year-old's homicide arrested after foot ...
    A 17-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old that occurred over the weekend in Lexington, according to police. The boy, whose name has not been released because of his age, was arrested after a brief foot chase in the Centre Parkway area, according to Lexington police. He has been charged with murder in the Aug. 5 shooting of Sean Howard. Howard had reportedly been sitting in a vehicle in the parking lot of Mist Lake Plaza, across from the Krog..
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  • No. 1 UK fans beat Syracuse, Louisville once again

    No. 1 UK fans beat Syracuse, Louisville once again
    Kentucky basketball’s passionate fan base flexed its muscles in 2016-17, leading the country in average home attendance once again. UK led all schools in the NCAA with an average of 23,461 fans per home game, according to national attendance figures released by the NCAA on Tuesday. It’s the 19th time in the last 22 seasons Kentucky has led the country in average home attendance. Since Rupp Arena opened for the 1976-77 season, UK has ranked either first or second in average home attendance every..
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  • This Lexington hospital is ranked tops in Kentucky by US News

    This Lexington hospital is ranked tops in Kentucky by US News
    The University of Kentucky’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital is ranked No. 1 in Kentucky among regional hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual hospital rankings. UK also cracked the top 50 national ranking for care in four areas: 37th in diabetes and endocrinology, 43rd in geriatrics, 44th in neurology and neurosurgery, and 50th in cancer. U.S. News gave UK “high-performing” marks in gastroenterology, nephrology, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology. U.S. News analyzed more than ..
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  • Grand slam helps keep Lexington team alive in Little League regional

    Grand slam helps keep Lexington team alive in Little League regional
    A grand slam by Joey Howard in the top of the sixth inning helped keep Lexington’s Eastern Little League Baseball 12-year-old All-Stars alive in the Great Lakes Regional Tournament in Westfield, Ind. Eastern defeated Wausau (Wis.) National 10-5 in the elimination bracket of the double-elimination tournament on Tuesday morning. After giving up the tying run in the bottom of the fifth inning on a wild pitch that made it 5-5, Eastern mounted the game-winning rally on consecutive one-out singles by..
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  • Lexington Humane Society in need of canned food donations

    Lexington Humane Society in need of canned food donations
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Volunteers at the Lexington Humane Society are asking for the community's help feeding animals at the shelter. Leaders say they are almost out of canned dog food and have nearly 100 dogs and puppies at their facility. We are told they feed the wet food to dogs who have specific needs. "We have seen an increase in the number of animals in our care this summer so far," said Senior Manager of Donor Relations, Ashley Hammond. "A lot of times in the summer, our donations ..
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  • UK's Gabriel and Gilgeous-Alexander earn summer raves. Does that ...

    UK's Gabriel and Gilgeous-Alexander earn summer raves. Does that ...
    For a Kentucky basketball fan stuck in the middle of a hot, hoops-less summer, the tweet came like an invigorating breeze. It was a pair of tweets, actually, from Jon Rothstein, college basketball insider for CBS Sports as well as host of the College Hoops Today podcast. A basketball junkie with coast-to-coast connections, Rothstein begins each morning with a Twitter torrent of roundball news. On July 22, Rothstein tweeted: “Hearing Wenyen Gabriel has been Kentucky’s best player this summer. Av..
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  • "The Academies of Lexington" premiere at two high schools

    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - When students head back to class at two Lexington high schools, they'll be learning in a new way. "The Academies of Lexington" are debuting at both Bryan Station and Frederick Douglass High School this year. Meocha Williams knows the program well. "I have actually been a freshman academy principal under wall to wall academies for about four, this is my fifth year," noted Williams. She's the Freshman Academy Principal at Bryan Station High School. All sophomores at the..
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  • Blue Cross Blue Shield picks federal agency executive as CEO

    Blue Cross Blue Shield picks federal agency executive as CEO
    North Carolina's biggest health insurer has picked a top executive with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to become its next CEO. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina said Tuesday that Dr. Patrick Conway will become the insurer's chief executive on Oct. 1. He will replace Brad Wilson, who is retiring. Conway is deputy administrator for innovation and quality at CMS, which oversees government-funded coverage programs for the poor and people who are over age 65 or dis..
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  • Relive the Lexington meals you can't forget at Icons dinner

    Relive the Lexington meals you can't forget at Icons dinner
    Remember that place you ate that had the thing you liked? Wasn’t it great? Wouldn’t you like to have it again? Azur Restaurant & Patio, 3070 Lakecrest Circle, is hosting another Lexington Icons Dinner, featuring dining flashbacks from lost local restaurants. The dinner at 7 p.m. Aug. 16 will feature a special tribute to the late chef Lucie Slone Meyers, who ran a la Lucie and other restaurants for decades. Other items on the menu include starters: Singapore Sling reminiscent of the Saratoga, la..
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2 Bodies Found This Week in Waters of Central Park .Friends, family gather to remember Lexington murder victim .
2008 Celtics reunite, say it's up to estranged Ray Allen 'to break the ice' .Lexington Health Department offering free HIV screenings .

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