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Two top aides to Ron Paul's 2012 presidential campaign knowingly concealed payments to an Iowa lawmaker who agreed to endorse their boss ahead of the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses, a federal…Click to Continue »

Bloody Sunday, the day state troopers attacked peaceful protesters marching in Selma, Ala., in an effort to gain voting rights, was 50 years ago this year, but Pulitzer Prize-winner Jon…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 »

Lawyers for Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis say the altered marriage licenses her office issued to same-sex couples are valid because they have been recognized by Kentucky's highest elected officials.Click to Continue »

The most celebrated jockey in Lexington this month won't be riding in Keeneland's fall meet, or afterward at the Breeders' Cup. In fact, he died 119 years ago.Click to Continue »

Starting Wednesday afternoon, about 3,000 University of Kentucky students will have to move their cars from Commonwealth Stadium to the Whitaker Bank Ballpark on the north side of town and…Click to Continue »

Lexington fire officials will develop a list of construction priorities for the city's 23 fire stations, fire headquarters and other buildings.Click to Continue »

A federal trial has begun in Iowa for two aides to Ron Paul's 2012 presidential campaign accused of secretly paying a state lawmaker for his endorsement.Click to Continue »

Lexington fire officials have agreed to lower minimum insurance requirements from $5 million to $2 million for private groups or neighborhoods that want to shoot fireworks.Click to Continue »

Lexington officials will wait to see what changes the federal and state government may make to regulations on the use of drones before they pursue any local ordinances.Click to Continue »