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ON THE AGENDA
When I heard about the crash on the "roller coaster road" that killed two young people, I thought: Oh, no. Not again. I've been driving Dry Ridge Road in Woodford County for more than 30 years, usually while squeezing the steering wheel and hoping somebody wouldn't pop over a hill and hit me head-on.
In a 4-3 decision Thursday night, the Woodford County planning commission recommended denial on a rezoning that would bring stores to Versailles Center and a neighboring property. The recommendation now goes to Versailles City Council.
One passenger is dead and three others are in the hospital after a car crash in Woodford County. The crash happened about 11:40 a.m. Monday on Dry Ridge Road in Versailles, police said. The driver of a 2007 Suzuki Reno was headed west when she lost control of the car on a hillcrest and skidded off the right side of the road, police said. The car hit a tree and then a wire fence. A male passenger died at the University of Kentucky Hospital, police said. The three others in the car are receiving care...
FAYETTE COUNTY
Tuesday: Urban County Council committee, regarding debt and capital projects, 11:30 a.m., council chambers, Urban County Government Center, 200 East Main Street.Motorists can expect delays on New Circle Road near the Versailles Road interchange beginning at 8 p.m. Friday when the inner loop of New Circle will be reduced to one lane to repair the bridge deck surface.
A collision on Interstate 65 near Shepherdsville killed two drivers Saturday. State police identified the victims as James C. Henson III, 60, of Hoover, Ala., and Jesse Keeling, 23, of Louisville. They were the only occupants of the vehicles. Police said Henson's 1999 Dodge Durango was traveling south on I-65 near the 119 mile marker about 9:15 a.m. when the Durango crossed the median "for an unknown reason." It struck Keeling's 2000 Jeep sport utility vehicle, which was northbound in the right lane...
It's put-up-or-shut-up time for the towns around Lexington that have talked for years about sharing in a regional water system. At a Bluegrass Water Supply Commission meeting Thursday, a June 2 deadline was agreed on to decide whether the commission -- acting on behalf of some of its members -- will buy into Kentucky American Water's newly approved treatment plant and pipeline.
A risky game probably led to an accidental shooting that sent a Versailles man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries early Friday, police said.
A Woodford County jury recommended Tuesday that Jason Lee Todd be sentenced to 28 years in prison for the 2006 murder of Valerie Monjure and assault of Patricia June Brown.
A jury convicted Jason Lee Todd Monday night of the 2006 murder of Valerie Monjure and assault of June Brown. Todd, 31, faces 20 years to life in prison for killing Monjure in her Versailles apartment on Aug. 4, 2006. The jury returns at 9 a.m. Tuesday for the sentencing phase of the trial.
Robyn Miller and eight other new officers of the Junior League of Lexington recently got a lesson in group dynamics and leadership -- from horses.
Monday marks the four-year anniversary of Lexington's public indoor smoking ban, which was the first community-wide smoke-free law in Kentucky.
A jury heard strikingly different versions Monday of the circumstances surrounding the 2006 slaying of Valerie Monjure. Prosecutors say their evidence will show that Jason Lee Todd, 31, is the person who strangled Monjure, 51, and stabbed another woman staying with Monjure at the time.
Eleven horses died when a barn caught fire in Woodford County early Saturday. Woodford County Fire Chief Bennie Green said a neighbor noticed the fire at Fab Oak Stable on Paynes Mill Road at the county's eastern edge about 2:30 a.m. There never was a chance to save the horses, he said, because the whole structure was on fire by the time the fire was spotted.
Tuesday: Urban County Council intergovernmental committee, 1 p.m., council chambers, Urban County Government Center, 200 East Main Street.
A Kentucky House bill smoothing the way for a transportation service for older and visually impaired people in Fayette and four other counties cleared the General Assembly late Tuesday.
