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Mayor Linda Gorton and ONE Lexington today announced the city will provide first-ever violence prevention grants to 16 public schools in Fayette County. WUKY's Samantha Lederman has details.
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Susan Lamb, former Fayette County 4th district council representative, will replace retiring Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins, Jr. Fayette County Judge/Executive Mary Diane McCord Hanna has appointed Lamb to the position Blevins will vacate on January 31.
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Grab your costumes and get ready for some spine-chilling fun around town, including Lexington’s 20th Halloween Festival & Thriller Parade.
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Mayor Linda Gorton on Tuesday announced the start of the One Lexington Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program. WUKY's Josh James has details.
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Capital grants supported by federal American Rescue Plan funds will soon be awarded to 45 local nonprofit projects, Mayor Linda Gorton said today. More from WUKY's Josh James.
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Lexington has been awarded a second significant federal grant to support its battle against opioids and other illegal drugs, and overdoses. Karyn Czar has details.
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The WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour will continue to emanate from the Lyric Theatre in Lexington’s historic East End neighborhood for at least the next 5 years. Mayor Linda Gorton, folksinger Michael Johnathon and the Lyric’s Theatre and Cultural Arts Center Executive Director Whit Whitaker on Wednesday announced a renewal of the partnership that’s been in place since the program relocated from the Kentucky Theatre in 2013.
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Community organizers are presenting a variety of events in celebration of Juneteenth. Flags and banners through downtown will be joined by businesses lighting up their buildings to support and raise awareness around the holiday.
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The organizers of Lexington’s St. Patrick’s celebration just can’t catch a break apparently. The parade, delayed for two years by the COVID pandemic, will have to wait another year, thanks to an anticipated late season wallop from Mother Nature.
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Mayor Linda Gorton on Thursday officially appointed the members of a permanent Racial Justice and Equality Commission and named its first chair and vice chair, Sam Meaux and Charlotte Turley.