Basketball is more than a sport in Lexington. Here’s how the city is celebrating it
Leader’s series on Lexington’s 250-year celebration, we examine Basketball Week, which salutes the great sport of basketball ...
Historic Lexington Church to undergo renovation, build affordable senior housing
The Woodland Christian Church will build 38 affordable housing units for seniors 55 and older who make less than 60% of the ...
One of Lexington’s most prominent unsolved crimes: What happened to Melanie Flynn?
Leader’s effort to capture prominent nuggets in Lexington’s 250-year history includes the sorrowful tale of Melanie Flynn, ...
No. 12 Kentucky women’s basketball turns back Tide after fast start by No. 22 Alabama
Kenny Brooks and the No. 12 Kentucky Wildcats earned their third ranked win of the season with a 65-56 victory over No. 22 Alabama in Memorial Coliseum on Thursday night.
More former Kentucky basketball players named to NBA All-Star Game. Some ex-Cats snubbed
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Karl-Anthony Towns had already been named All-Star Game starters before the reserves were ...
Man doesn’t ‘understand how escape rooms work’ and tries to break in, Oklahoma cops say
A man got a bit confused as to how escape rooms work and broke into one, Oklahoma police said. On Jan. 28, the man, who ...
Lucky gambler hits ‘extremely rare’ jackpot at Colorado casino and sets record
A lucky gambler won a slot machine jackpot prize so big it set a record at a Colorado casino. Now, the player is ...
Bald eagle siblings killed by bird flu within days of each other in Florida, tests show
The back-to-back deaths of two beloved bald eagle siblings stunned the thousands of people who tuned into the livestream of ...
Gambler hits slot machine jackpot with 88-cent bet at Florida casino. ‘Holy cow!’
A gambler got lucky at a slot machine in southwestern Florida with just an 88-cent bet. The visitor sat at a Dancing Drums slot machine at the Seminole Casino Hotel in Immokalee, the casino said in a ...
2,500-year-old tombs hold treasure of lost empire in Kazakhstan. See ornate jewelry
The tombs were dated to the fifth century B.C., making them around 2,500 years old. They are believed to have been built by ...
Ancient amber beads found in Syria kept in museum for decades. They were ‘invaluable’
The beads were identified as amber, something that was not common in Syria during the Iron Age and originated from the Baltic ...
72-year-old veteran beaten to death in AL jail as cops ‘let it happen,’ attorneys say
John Reed was booked into the Macon County Jail on a suspected driving under the influence charge, then was fatally attacked by 24-year-old Daniel Pollard the morning he was set to be released, ...