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Japanese restaurant closes over health inspection score

A Lexington restaurant closed Wednesday after scoring a 59 on its Fayette County Health Department inspection. Yamamoto Japanese Grill & Sushi, 130 West Tiverton Way in south Lexington, was closed after a health department inspection cited it for violations including: 2 hours ago

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DAILY BUSINESS REPORT

Restaurateur Jeff Ruby tweets he's opening in Lexington, says no more

Restaurateur Jeff Ruby tweeted Friday afternoon that he plans to open a restaurant in Lexington's long-delayed CentrePointe development downtown in May 2015.
BUSINESS

Jennifer Palumbo to anchor WKYT newscast

Longtime Lexington news anchor Jennifer Palumbo will begin leading a 4 p.m. weekday newscast on WKYT (Channel 27) in addition to anchoring the 10 p.m. newscast on sister channel WDKY (Channel 56).
NATION

R.J. Corman Railroad files lawsuit against Lexington Center Corp.

The concept seemed perfect: Have a dinner train depart from downtown Lexington, take passengers on a little excursion to Frankfort or Midway, feed them prime rib or scallops along the way, then shuttle them back. But those plans announced in 2010 never came to fruition. Now the stillborn dinner-...
PUBLIC SAFETY

Lexington police arrest Fayette inmate who was mistakenly released in April

Authorities have arrested an inmate who had been on the lam for more than a month after he was mistakenly released by Fayette County corrections officers.
NATION

Amber Alert for Ga. toddler cancelled; the child is safe

Police have cancelled the Amber Alert issued Friday for a Georgia toddler who allegedly was abducted by her father.
FAYETTE COUNTY

Kentucky Blood Center donors will get chance to win a Toyota Prius

Visitors to the Kentucky Blood Center's Beaumont Branch who donate blood Friday will be entered for a chance to win a Toyota Prius.
OBITUARIES

Service Friday for promising UK student, aspiring surgeon who died after jog

University of Kentucky student Jonathan Brigham hoped to become a cardiothoracic surgeon and travel the world giving surgeries to those in need. But a recently diagnosed heart condition killed him after an afternoon jog in Lexington, leaving hundreds of students and friends bereft.
PUBLIC SAFETY

Requests for naming rights to be proposed in new Rupp Arena project

The pace is picking up for the planning phase for reinventing Rupp Arena and building a new convention center in downtown Lexington.
HEALTH

HealthFirst board votes to proceed with Southland Drive clinic

In spite of a pending state audit of the land deal that brought a proposed public health clinic to Southland Drive, the board of HealthFirst Bluegrass voted unanimously Thursday to push forward.
PUBLIC SAFETY

Convicted rapist on the lam had new look, multiple identities, authorities say

John Calvin Buckley IV, the convicted Lexington rapist who was captured Wednesday in Wyoming after a 10-month nationwide manhunt, had changed his looks and assumed multiple identities while on the run, authorities said.