Know Your Kentucky
250Lex offers free ‘Tour de Lex’ bike ride through Central Kentucky
July 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
250 LEX
As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown.
Fayette County
Restaurant week, Fourth of July events planned for 250Lex celebrations
Updated July 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Fayette County
‘We need this type of event’: Pride Festival returns to Lexington this weekend
June 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Know Your Kentucky
How Lexington Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan led a disastrous Civil War raid
June 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Know Your Kentucky
See Lexington’s history through art at exhibits around the city
Updated June 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Know Your Kentucky
Lexington history: VA campuses named for Kentucky soldiers who fought at Iwo Jima
June 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Know Your Kentucky
Visit Central Kentucky horse farms for free this weekend at 250Lex event
June 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Know Your Kentucky
‘The house that Rupp built’: History of UK’s Memorial Coliseum
June 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Kentucky
‘Something that mattered’: 3 Kentucky women on their military service
June 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Know Your Kentucky
Waveland celebrates French frontier woman who started finished school in Lexington
Updated June 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Know Your Kentucky
Remembering Brenda Cowan, Lexington’s first Black woman firefighter
June 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Fayette County
Two June 250Lex events celebrate the city like only Lexington can
June 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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