The Latest Breaking News from Fayette

Open houses underway for Fayette, Jessamine 2050 transportation plan

Residents of Fayette and Jessamine counties are encouraged to offer input on the region’s 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. The first of a series of open houses was held Monday at the new Marksbury Family Branch Library in Lexington.

WEKU · Mar 18, 2024

A central Kentucky father and son remain committed to tobacco production

There was a time when swirling leafy clumps of tobacco plants were found back-to-back to back along Kentucky’s farming landscape. However, that’s not the case today. With the health impacts of smoking well documented and consumption falling steadily over the years, full-time only-burley growers are hard to find. A father…

WEKU · Dec 21, 2023

Lexington opioid abatement panel continues work to set fund distribution framework

Fayette County’s Opioid Abatement Commission continues to lay the groundwork for distribution of just over $3 million in settlement funds. The Commission’s executive committee met Thursday.

WEKU · Dec 8, 2023

Dunbar High School principal settles suit with Fayette School District

Dunbar High School Principal Marlon Ball was placed on paid administrative leave the day after the apparent suicide of the school’s longtime athletics director. He sued the school district, claiming a district employee had linked the suspension to the death. Tuesday, each side announced the suit was settled.

WEKU · Oct 3, 2023

Toyota Foundation supporting new STEM initiatives in Fayette and Scott Counties

An almost six-million-dollar infusion of grant money will benefit Science, technology, engineering, and math in ten central Kentucky schools.

WEKU · Jul 25, 2023

GOP and Democrats in Fayette County choose 93rd state House seat nominees

Fayette County voters now know the party picks for a special election in November to fill the seat of 93rd District state Representative Lamin Swann, who died in May.

WEKU · Jun 30, 2023

New Fayette County jailer takes over the reins in mid-November

In just a couple of weeks, the Fayette County jail’s new director will officially begin his responsibilities. It’s a return home for a man with more than three decades of experience in corrections.

WEKU · Oct 31, 2022

Pa. Republicans are gaining on Democrats in registered voters. What that really means

PHILADELPHIA — A local Republican Party in Southwestern Pennsylvania has a quote attributed to Samuel Adams on its website: “It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 2, 2022

Tuesday Primary will determine the next Fayette County Attorney

Next Tuesday’s Primary Election in Fayette County will determine who serves as the central Kentucky community’s lead prosecutor in district court. There are two democrats vying for county attorney and no republicans, so there will not be a November contest.

WEKU · May 12, 2022