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LEXINGTON, Ky. - The president of Transylvania University has announced he is stepping down after the upcoming school year. The move comes in the wake of student protests and a vote of “no confidence” in his leadership by the faculty.

LEXINGTON,KY-- Mayor Jim Gray and his staff celebrated Waste Collector Day Monday. 

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A May revision of the state’s health care plan by the Department of Health and Family Services will allow for the addition of more neonatal intensive care beds and provide a new designation for the most intensive level of care.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A Lexington facility that provides food, clothing and shelter to those in need sustained damage in a fire.

Lexington firefighters responded at about 5 a.m. EDT Monday to a blaze at the Catholic Action Center and Community Inn. Multiple television stations in Lexington reported that firefighters found tires burning next to the building, then realized the building was on fire.

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A plan to relocate and expand hangar space to house Kentucky National Guard helicopters is meeting some resistance from neighbors.

The State Journal reports the Boone National Guard Center plans to move its Army Aviation Support Facility closer to the Capital City Airport runway and triple its size from about 39,000 square feet to about 120,000 square feet.

Guard spokesman David Altom says the project will begin in July and take about 18 months to finish.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took political potshots Saturday at President Barack Obama, saying his expertise at "the blame game" allowed him to win re-election to a second term even though he did a "very poor job" in the first.

LEXINGTON,KY-- African Cemetary #2 will be celebrating Juneteenth this Saturday by revisiting the Civil War.

LEXINGTON, Ky.-- House speaker Greg Stumbo says he intends to see that $2.5 million in coal severance tax funds being used to help pay for renovations at Rupp Arena is replaced.

Stumbo told the Lexington Herald-Leader on Thursday that the funding could be replaced when bonds are issued for renovating the facility, "making it more of a loan than a grant."

Officials in Appalachian counties complained about lawmakers' decision to use coal severance taxes for the project.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- University of Louisville President James Ramsey says around 300 people have indicated they will accept a buyout plan offered in February.

Ramsey told The Courier-Journal on Thursday he expects savings from the buyouts to be more than the goal of $2.75 million. The buyouts were offered as a way to reduce salary costs amid state budget cuts and tuition and fee increases, and U of L said it hoped at least 200 employees would accept the offer.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Tea party activists have asked a judge to resolve a lawsuit over the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange by granting a summary judgment.