When the search for a new conductor for the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra began in September 2007, the Herald-Leader's Rich Copley speculated about some of the eleven programs being more difficult to conduct than others. The last two concerts certainly show that to be a valid issue.

Kentucky hasn't begun a season with three losses since 1926. But more recent history weighs on the minds of UK's upcoming opponents: Virginia Military Institute's victory over UK last week. If VMI beat Kentucky, couldn't Delaware State on Saturday and/or Longwood on Monday do the same?

Police in Ohio have arrested a 68-year-old woman on a bank robbery charge - and they want to know if she's the so-called "Granny Robber" they've been seeking since last May.

Britain is considering a ban on "happy hour" discounts at bars and restaurants to curb drinking, a spokesman said Saturday, as health advocates warned that a rise in liver-related deaths among young people may signal a future epidemic.

Kentucky politicians always insist coal can be mined and burned in an environmentally responsible way.

When you gotta go, you gotta go. But for decades, when you had to go in the Roxbury Free Library, you really had to go - somewhere else, that is.

She's been a mother, a lawyer and a first lady, an aggrieved wife, a U.S. senator and a nearly victorious candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Now Hillary Clinton appears set to take on a new role: secretary of state.