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Lexington, known as the "Horse Capital of the World," is located in the heart of the Bluegrass region. It is the second-largest city in Kentucky, after Louisville, Kentucky, and the 70th largest in the United States. On January 1, 1974 Lexington became the first municipality in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to form a consolidated city-county government by merging with Fayette County. In 2005, the population estimate given by the U.S. Census Bureau was 268,080.

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Mongiardo: ATVs won't do harm

Sep 5, 2008 7:09 am

FRANKFORT . Sensitive natural areas won't be sacrificed as Kentucky attempts to build an adventure tourism industry, Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo said Thursday. He suggested that ATV trails would...

New distillery begins making malt whiskey

Sep 5, 2008 7:09 am

The first batch of Pearse Lyons Reserve went into the wooden kegs Thursday at Alltech's Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co., and the malt whiskey's namesake was a happy man. "That's what...

Finalists announced for $100,000 UK design prize

Sep 5, 2008 7:08 am

The University of Kentucky announced Thursday the five finalists for the Curry Stone Design Prize, awarded to breakthrough projects that have the "power and potential to improve our lives and...

UK retirement site hosts open house

Sep 5, 2008 7:08 am

NICHOLASVILLE . Officials are pleased by the initial level of interest in Limestone Crossing, the new retirement community linked with the University of Kentucky that's coming to northern Jessamin...

trail speaks of roots and heritage

Sep 5, 2008 6:09 am

There's a lot more to Lexington history than Henry Clay, Mary Todd Lincoln and Man o' War. Take, for example, the contributions African-Americans have made to the city's growth and development...

Staph infection may have started in hip, family says

Sep 5, 2008 6:08 am

After 14-year-old Mckenna Hatchett injured her hip at soccer practice last week, she went to the school trainer and later to her pediatrician. By Saturday, the George Rogers Clark freshman was...

Several to keep Lawson donations

Sep 5, 2008 5:57 am

Several politicians and organizations who have recently received more than $17,000 from indicted road contractor Leonard Lawson said Thursday they have no plans to return the donations. Others...

Remains found in northeastern Ky. identified

Sep 5, 2008 2:53 am

The Kentucky medical examiner's office has identified skeletal remains of two people found in separate counties in northeastern Kentucky, including one man who had been missing more than nine years. ...

City settling overtime lawsuit for about $2 million

Sep 4, 2008 10:38 pm

The city will probably pay more than $2 million to settle an overtime pay lawsuit involving more than 300 current and former Fayette County Detention Center corrections officers. The city has ...

Indictments latest problem for Ky. agency

Sep 4, 2008 8:11 pm

Allegations of corruption - or at least ethical lapses - at Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet aren't anything new. Whether it's accusations of bid-rigging or employees using state computers to acce...

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