Local/Regional News

By Tony McVeigh

By Tony McVeigh

By Alex Birmingham - Alan Lytle

Lexington, KY – This week Lextran had to pull the plug on its new free ride program, Lextran Launch, due to some unruly passengers. The program was meant to give school-aged kids the chance to learn about bus safety and mass transportation, but
bad conduct by some means the end of the free rides for all. Lextran
spokesman Dave Riggins, says the bus company tried to make the program work.

By Alan Lytle - Doug Boyd

Lexington, KY – With a tremendous amount of press being dedicated to Calvin Borel and his decision to dump his derby-winning mount and ride Oaks winner Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness, we chat with Doug Boyd with the University of Kentucky's Louie B. Nunn Center For Oral History About the First Superstar Jockey In Thoroughbred Racing.

By Tony McVeigh

By Bryan Bartlett - Alan Lytle

By Alan Lytle

Lexington, KY – New University of Kentucky Coach John Calipari says he's somewhat surprised, but very happy, that star forward Patrick Patterson has decided to return the Wildcats instead of entering the NBA Draft. Coach Cal says in the short time he's worked with the big man, he knows he can help Patterson raise his game even higher. Calipari talked about Patterson, and other returning players, plus UK's new recruits during a press conference Wednesday.

By Tony McVeigh

By Chesser - Bartlett

Lexington, KY – Lexington now has a building-by-building inventory covering some 34 blocks downtown. The Lexington Division of Historic Preservation has compiled a Downtown Lexington Building Inventory. About three hundred structures are described in some detail and ranked for historical significance.

By Gabe Bullard

Louisville, KY – Track officials say without gaming options like slot machines, they can't offer large enough purses to remain competitive with other tracks.

Measures to legalize expanded gaming have twice failed in the Kentucky General Assembly. But Thoroughbred Times News Editor Ed DeRosa says it's not just the lack of slot machines that's keeping horses out of races. Rather, he says, there are simply too many races and not enough horses.