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Fan Outfitters sold to national chain

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:02:20 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - A Lexington-based string of sporting goods clothing stores has been sold to Lids Sports Group, a national chain based in Indianapolis.

Lexington inmate who walked off back in custody

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:09:25 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - Authorities in Lexington have located an inmate who failed to return after being issued a court-ordered medical pass.

Convicted rapist who fled courthouse captured

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:14:47 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - A former Army Ranger who fled from Fayette County Circuit Court last summer just before being convicted of rape and sodomy has been caught in Wyoming.

Man enters Alford plea in fatal shooting

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:51:39 -0400

HARRODSBURG, Kentucky - A central Kentucky man charged with stabbing and shooting another man to death and attacking his wife has entered an Alford plea.

Police: Father gambled while son starved

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:19:42 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - A Lexington police detective has testified that a man charged with murder in the death of his mentally disabled son told police that he gambled while the younger man starved to death.

UK purchasing Lexington Theological Seminary

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:13:41 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - The University of Kentucky plans to purchase the Lexington Theological Seminary, which is adjacent to its campus.

Body of horseback rider found in stream

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:29:35 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - Authorities in Jessamine County say a man drowned in a creek when the horse he was riding fell in it.

New security system in works at UK

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:50:34 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - The University of Kentucky is implementing new security measures over the next several months in an effort to improve safety for students and workers.

Louisville distillery joins Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:26:22 -0400

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Kentucky's mostly rustic bourbon sector is spreading to the shadows of Louisville's skyscrapers, where a tiny distillery being developed by the maker of Evan Williams bourbon will become a big-city stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail that draws hundreds of thousands of tourists each year.

UK collecting track and field shoes

Thu, 09 May 2013 03:34:03 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - The University of Kentucky track and field team hopes to collect at least 450 more pairs of shoes as part of an annual donation drive.

Derby veterinarian Bramlage re-enters hospital

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:13:35 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - Kentucky Derby on-call veterinarian Larry Bramlage has been re-admitted to a Lexington hospital for observation nearly a week after suffering a head injury at Churchill Downs.

UK examining alcohol policy

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:44:10 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - A task force has been appointed to study the alcohol policy at the University of Kentucky.

Parents charged in death of adult son

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:49:35 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - Lexington police have charged the parents of a man found dead in a motel room with murder and exploitation.

Ky. appeals court upholds murder conviction

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:32:13 -0400

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - The murder conviction and life sentence of a former Kentucky death row inmate were upheld Friday after an appeals court found that there was no false testimony admitted at trial.

Sarah Palin, husband attending fundraiser in Ky.

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:06:05 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd Palin, will be in Kentucky this weekend, attending a museum fundraiser in Lexington on the day after the Kentucky Derby.

Lost dog mistakenly euthanized, worker leaves job

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:32:15 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - An animal control worker who mistakenly selected a family's lost dog for euthanization a day after it was picked up has left her job with Lexington-Fayette Animal Care and Control.

Judge rejects new trial for pain clinic owner

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:02:33 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - A Louisiana businessman serving 15 years in federal prison for distributing oxycodone and methadone illegally through pain clinics in eastern Kentucky has lost his bid for a new trial.

Top sire Storm Cat euthanized at age 30

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:35:09 -0400

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Storm Cat, the thoroughbred stallion who once commanded one of the highest breeding fees in North America, died Wednesday at Overbrook Farm in Lexington. He was 30.

Beshear handing out books at juvenile jail

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:04:11 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - First lady Jane Beshear is scheduled to give out books Tuesday at the Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center as part of an international literacy initiative.

Louisville man charged after crash that kills boy

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:56:51 -0400

VERSAILLES, Kentucky - A Louisville man has been charged with manslaughter and drunken driving in a crash that claimed the life of a 5-year-old boy.