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These swing voters are adding high gas prices into their political calculations
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (1042+ words) When Colleen in Pennsylvania went to fill up her tank, it was $4. 37 a gallon. She wasn't thinking about politics. She was thinking about what she was going to have to give up to keep gassing up her car. "Telling my…...
Trick or spice? How the 'nutmeg' came to dominate the soccer world
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (1003+ words) You may know nutmeg as an item that lives in your spice cabinet. But did you know its colorful verb form? "You get nutmegged on the pitch " it's actually psychologically damaging," Solomon Tesfaye, 33, said on a muggy spring Monday at…...
Mother/daughter team use story quilts to honor late poet Nikki Giovanni
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (656+ words) It's a sunny afternoon in the Cincinnati suburb of Wyoming, where the birds are chirping. Fiber artist Kim Dixon Derouchey and her mom, Linda Dixon, welcome me to Linda's home. Kim, who lives in Lexington, joins her mom to work…...
Brailen Weaver pleads not guilty in fatal shooting at Berea bank
17+ hour, 20+ min ago (137+ words) Brailen Weaver appeared in U. S. District Court in Lexington on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to an attempted bank robbery last month that left two people dead. A grand jury indicted the 18-year-old last week in the April 30 shooting at the…...
Lexington to host virtual job fair for former Fayette County Public Schools employees
17+ hour, 4+ min ago (467+ words) Local workforce organizations are hosting an online career fair for former employees of Fayette County Public Schools who have been laid off amid budget issues. The city of Lexington announced on Wednesday that WORK-Lexington and the Kentucky Career Center-Bluegrass/American…...
Lexington council members add nearly $3 million to city's upcoming budget
16+ hour, 57+ min ago (197+ words) The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council is adding $2. 75 million to Mayor Linda Gorton's proposed city budget. Last month, Gorton proposed a $546 million budget to council members, up around $7 million from this year. Many of the council's proposals came from link committees,…...
For far-right extremists, the rise of a new enemy: Women
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (939+ words) Evidence tied to last week's deadly attack on a California mosque illustrates a violent ideology and playbook that is all too familiar to counterterrorism and extremism experts. A 75-page typewritten document, attributed to the teenage suspects, and a livestreamed video…...
New data center project announced in northeastern Kentucky
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (557+ words) A new data center was announced in northeastern Kentucky on Tuesday. Tera Wulf, a bitcoin mining company, announced it would be building a hyperscale high-performance computing development site, or a data center, at the East Park Industrial Park near Ashland....
Remembering the Somerset-London tornado in Kentucky, one year later
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (353+ words) It's been one year since an EF4 tornado devastated parts of southern Kentucky in May 2025, killing at least 19 people. The storm also destroyed businesses and homes in London, Somerset and surrounding areas, leaving residents to rebuild in the aftermath. For the…...
Grand jury indicts Brailen Weaver in fatal Berea bank shooting
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (138+ words) The 18-year-old accused of shooting and killing two people at a Berea bank will be arraigned in Lexington on Wednesday. A federal grand jury last week indicted Brailen Weaver in the April 30 fatal shooting of two workers at the U. S. Bank…...