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By Alan LytleLexington, KY – Members of Lexington's Police, Fire, and Emergency Response Divisions used this sweltering hot day to demonstrate the dangers…

Lexington officials say the city's "Food For Fines" program, which allows drivers who have a parking ticket to pay for it with canned goods, has brought…

The zoo is holding its annual festival of lights event, and large patches of the park keep plunging into darkness. Squirrels are chewing through the light strands — hot sauce hasn't kept them away.

A mobile replica of the Vietnam Wall memorial in Washington D.C. is coming to the Kentucky Horse Park in July. If you’ve never visited the wall bearing…

By Rick Howlett, Kentucky Public RadioLOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville developer Ed Hart says there's no way the Kentucky Kingdom amusement park can be…

The parks and recreation department in Edmond, Okla., hosted an Easter egg hunt for dogs. The Daily Oklahoman reports more than 70 canines took part in the first Hound Hunt — sniffing out more than 700 treat-filled plastic eggs.

By Alan LytleLexington, KY – Bikers, joggers, and walkers are being encouraged to strap on their helmets, lace up the shoes, and come try out Lexington's…

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on a turf battle in the snowy streets of Chicago. Tradition there says the tough work of digging out a snowbound car should be rewarded with the right to dibs the space. It's common to see chairs, traffic cones, or other objects saving a curbside space for a driver's return. Now some in the city say parking on public streets can't be reserved.

Barbara Mantel takes a walking tour around New York City with author Jerold Kayden, who has written Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience. In New York City, developers are allowed to make their buildings taller in exchange for creating parks, plazas or gardens for the public to use. Mantel and Kayden take a look at some of places created for public use.

For the past week, NPR's Eric Westervelt has reported on the Florida recount from the parking lot of the Palm Beach County Emergency Operations Center. The next president of the United State may be determined by what the election canvassing board decides inside the Center. Outside, all kinds of people have wandered by for a look, and Westervelt files an audio notebook on some of the more colorful characters that he's met.