Josh James

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Lexington’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities are expanding this year. 

Lexington’s St. Paddy’s Day revelers will have one more day this weekend to celebrate the holiday. Events begin at the CentrePointe block at 1 PM Saturday. Highlights include the Alltech St. Patrick’s Day parade at 3 and plenty of traditional food and music. Organizer Liza Hendley-Betz says Sunday will be largely dedicated to the Rose of Tralee personality competition for young women of Irish descent.

Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Republican Party, and The Washington Times will host a Republican presidential debate beginning at 9pm EDT/6pm PDT on Monday, March 19th.

The debate will be moderated by Ray Suarez of PBS’s Newshour and Washington Times Chief Political Correspondent Ralph Z. Hallow. After the debate, NPR will provide analysis.  

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LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Sweet Sixteen tournament comes to Rupp Arena today – bringing with it scores of high school basketball players, boosters, and a sizable economic impact for Lexington. City officials are eager to keep it that way.  

This week, UK President Eli Capilouto reflects on his first eight months on campus and provides an update on the current legislative session in Frankfort and proposed cuts to the university’s budget. 

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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Ten regional oral history projects are that much closer to completion thanks to grants awarded by the Kentucky Oral History Commission. One of those projects explores the history of Lexington’s underground music scene.

Sarah Milligan with the Kentucky Oral History Commission says narrowing down the grant requests is no easy task. "It is a really, really difficult job to try and choose which applications get funding," she says. 

LEXINGTON, Ky. - University of Kentucky history professor Dr. Gerald Smith will appear on NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” tonight. The show will trace the genealogy of former Pittsburgh Steeler Jerome “The Bus” Bettis.

“Who Do You Think You Are?” digs deep into the family archives of celebrities to reveal their roots. It’s a process that often involves more than a few surprises for the celebrities and the historians.

"It's not very often we as historians get the opportunity to interact with the individuals we are researching," Dr. Smith says. 

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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Horse owners and cattle farmers are busy rebuilding barns and fences after the wave of storms that tore through the Bluegrass last Friday. Several organizations are coordinating to help.    

LEXINGTON, Ky. - According to the Lexington Police Department, metal thefts account for more than $6 million dollars in damage in Fayette County since late 2010. Now two measures are currently making their way through local and state government that would tighten restrictions on buyers and sellers.