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Lexington officials have selected a Louisville firm for architectural and design services for the $30 million overhaul of the former Fayette County Courthouse on Main Street in downtown Lexington.Click to Continue »

Lexington's Most Wanted is a service of the Office of the Fayette County Sheriff and the Herald-Leader.Click to Continue »

A former state social worker charged with making false child abuse complaints against her Elizabethtown neighbors is now facing additional charges she made false abuse complaints against two people in…Click to Continue »

A federal grand jury in Louisville has indicted a former Roman Catholic pastor in a child pornography case.Click to Continue »

Two activists seeking to encourage peace and tolerance in Afghanistan are to speak Wednesday at the University of Kentucky.Click to Continue »

The campaign for Kentucky's next governor ends Tuesday as voters elect someone to replace a popular two-term Democratic governor in a race that has turned on health insurance for 500,000…Click to Continue »

Century Aluminum has announced it will lay off nearly 30 percent of its workforce at its Sebree smelter by year's end.Click to Continue »

A pioneer estate whose elaborate gardens attracted three U.S. presidents and virtually every other notable person who passed through the Bluegrass two centuries ago is for sale for the first…Click to Continue »

One person was killed in a car accident Tuesday morning on the Eastern Bypass near Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, WKYT reported.Click to Continue »

The latest on Kentucky's general election, including the nation's most competitive campaign for governor.Click to Continue »