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Parade participants ride horses down the route during the Lexington Holiday parade on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at Main Street in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Yonker | Staff

Lexingtonians marched into the holiday season at the Lexington Holiday Parade

Aimee Pierce, Reporter December 10, 2024

Downtown Lexington was full of families, businesses, schools and other organizations as they participated in the annual Lexington Holiday Parade. On Saturday, Dec. 7, families and community members...

VIDEO: Local man composes ‘Poems 4 Free,’ to strangers around Lexington

Bryce Towle, TikTok Manager November 28, 2024

He’s a poet and he certainly knows it! Curtis Kaiser becomes wiser with each poem he will write, typing away in downtown Lexington during the night. Kaiser is a Lexington man who spends some of his...

After high winds blew through the city, an officer throws debris from the roof of Robert F. Stephens Circuit Courthouse on Friday, March 3, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

High wind speeds cause damage to UK campus, downtown Lexington

Kernel Staff March 3, 2023

Strong winds have caused damage on UK’s campus and in downtown Lexington. Traffic light cables on South Upper and Scott streets partially detached, blocking the left lane of South Upper Street near...

Savannah Spurlock was last seen leaving The Other Bar near UK's campus on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. 

Missing woman last seen at bar near UK campus

Rick Childress January 8, 2019

Richmond Police are investigating a report of a missing woman who was last seen leaving a South Limestone bar just north of the UK campus.Savannah Spurlock, 22, was reportedly last seen Friday night leaving...

PRHBtN mural "Lincoln" by Eduardo Kobra, located on the back wall of the Kentucky Theater in Lexington, Ky., on Monday, April 20, 2015. Photo by Caleb Gregg | Staff

Underground UK: Discover Lexington’s history through scavenger hunts

Megan Brown February 14, 2018

Lexington is known for horses, bourbon and basketball, but its rich history and flourishing art scene is less familiar to visitors and locals alike.The foundation of Lexington’s past is rooted in a variety...

Downtown Lexington rich in African-American history

Lexington Souers January 19, 2016

[email protected] the passing of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, UK students interested in Lexington’s African-American history can find it with the African-American Heritage Trail, provided by VisitLex.The...

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