Karyn Czar

Officials with the London-Laurel Co. Economic Development Authority have confirmed that four people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a cleaning barrel exploded at the plant on Wednesday morning.

Monday night, the Fayette County Public Schools Board voted 3-2 to approve a working fiscal year budget, which is required by law to be submitted to the Kentucky Board of Education by September 30th.

Rep. Matt Lockett, Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee Chairman Sen. Chris McDaniel, and Sen. Donald Douglas are calling for FCPS Superintendent Dr. Demetrus Liggins and Board Chair Tyler Murphy to resign, saying new leadership is needed to restore public trust in the district.

The foundation is poured, and soon hundreds of volunteers will help erect a three-bedroom home for Ronnesia Franklin, her teenage son, and tween daughter.

A U.S. District Court judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's U.S. Department of Agriculture from unlawfully accessing personal data of SNAP benefit recipients.

The one-acre park in downtown Lexington at Main Street and Limestone is redesigned with dozens of upgrades and new amenities.

With a 5-0 vote during a special-called session on Tuesday, FCPS board members agreed to move forward with having an outside company review the district's use of the budget.

FCPS Chair Tyler Murphy released a statement Tuesday calling for a special board meeting next Tuesday to authorize “an external operational audit, investigation, and review of our budget, finance, and internal control systems.”

The Fayette County Public Schools budget is balanced, but the district’s contingency fund is below the state's minimum. Board members will have to find a way to keep it under 6%, which is district policy.

While Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. made his first appearance before lawmakers since the ousting of the former head of the CDC on Thursday, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Health Secretary Dr. Steven Stack raised concerns about Kennedy's messaging.