Around The State

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky has 9 million square feet on 1,300 acres with about 10,000 employees. After 40 years it still continues to grow. What’s new: production of a new RAV-4 hybrid, in about three years or less a new advanced paint facility and money invested into BCTC to get the next generation of workers ready for new age manufacturing jobs. The plant is also seeing a resource leave — […]

Updates to the Animal Care Ordinance were unanimously passed by the Lexington Urban County Council Thursday night, says Lexington-Fayette Animal Care and Control in a social media post. Animal Care and Control says these updates make animal protection stronger by: Making it illegal to leave pets alone outside during extreme weather Creating clearer legal process for animals seized during cruelty and neglect investigations. This shifts the burden for the animals’ […]

Kentucky State Police is asking for the public’s help locating a Barbourville man who walked away from a hospital while receiving medical treatment. Donnie E. Leath, 48, left Baptist Health Corbin at approximately 6:30 p.m. Thursday. He has not been seen or heard from since that time, according to Kentucky State Police Post 11 London. Family members reported Leath was undergoing treatment at the hospital when he left the facility. […]

Update: June 20 at 2 p.m. The Jessamine County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that two people died as a result of a plane crash that occurred Saturday morning in Nicholasville in a farm off of Kentucky Route 169 between U.S. 27 and U.S. 68. The sheriff's office is working alongside the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the fatal plane crash. "We were able to pinpoint the crash due to […]

Family members of two men killed at the same Madison County intersection are pushing for safety changes after three people died there in about eight months. Bill Wason died Aug. 27, 2025, in a crash on Duncannon Lane near the entrance of Buc-ee’s. Since his death, two more people have been killed at the same intersection. Steven Wason said a driver hit his father while he was on his motorcycle. […]

Attorneys for Fayette County Superintendent Dr. Demetrus Liggins are now claiming that the Fayette County Board of Education violated open meeting laws by discussing Liggins’ resignation in closed session. An open records complaint alleges that the board violated Kentucky law by: Discussing resignation in closed session Not identifying why the board was entering closed session Conducting substantive deliberations in private Making decisions in open session based on the closed session […]

The Winchester Police Department say a suspect has been taken into custody following an armed robbery Friday afternoon. Officers were called to the BP gas station on Rolling Hills Lane at about 12:24 Friday afternoon for a reported armed robbery. Officers say a white male dressed in dark clothing brandished a handgun and demanded money. Winchester Police Chief Travis Thompson says Coty Savage was taken into custody after a short […]

A suspect fired multiple shots at Lexington police officers early Thursday while they were investigating a report of shots fired, according to the Lexington Police Department. Officers were dispatched around 4:18 a.m. Thursday to the area of Deauville Drive and Creekside Court after receiving reports of shots fired, police said. While officers were conducting their investigation, an unknown suspect fired several rounds at them, nearly striking the officers, according to […]

The Versailles City Council voted Tuesday night to approve a resolution declaring a moratorium on data centers within the city through Dec. 31, according to a Facebook post by Versailles Mayor Laura Dake. Dake said the moratorium is intended to give the city government and the Planning Commission time to “review, consider, and amend, if necessary, any ordinances related to data centers in Versailles.” According to Dake, the resolution was […]