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February 7, 2012 5:38 AM
Kentucky State Police say officers arrested a person of interest in a Nicholas County burglary in Lexington early Tuesday morning.
Officials say Lexington police and Kentucky State Police troopers from Dry Ridge tracked down David Murphy, 31, at the Sunset Motel on Georgetown Road around 1 a.m. Officers arrested...
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February 6, 2012 8:15 AM
Average retail gasoline prices in Lexington rose 10.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.52 per gallon Sunday. This compares with the national average that increased 3.0 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.43 per gallon, according to gasoline price website LexingtonGasPrices.com.
Prices Sunday stood...
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February 3, 2012 9:31 AM
A car stuck a pedestrian at a crosswalk along North Broadway on the Transylvania University campus just before 9:30 a.m. Friday morning.
Police at the scene say the person hit was a female student at the school, and that another student was the person who hit her. They say...
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February 3, 2012 6:14 AM
Police are investigating an overnight robbery in downtown Lexington.
Police say the victim called just after 1:30 a.m., reporting two men mugged him. Investigators say the victim told them he was walking along East High Street near Hagerman Court when two men stopped him, pressed something against his neck,...
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February 3, 2012 5:39 AM
Lexington police say speed and alcohol may have played a role in a crash early Friday morning.
Police say a woman driving along Richmond Road around 2 a.m. lost control of her car and slammed into a tree near the Shriners Hospital. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to...
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February 3, 2012 5:22 AM
Court documents released early Friday morning reveal new information about the mummified body found stuffed in a garbage can Wednesday afternoon.
On Thursday, police charged Mark Cave, 27, with the murder of the still unidentified woman documents indicate was his own mother. According to the police report, officers acting...
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February 2, 2012 8:06 AM
Lexington police say they caught a burglar red handed early Thursday morning.
Police say officers responded to a burglar alarm at the Casanova Italian Restaurant on Broadway just after midnight. As they arrived, the burglar was coming out.
Police arrested Grover Rawlins, 48, and charged him with burglary....
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February 2, 2012 6:06 AM
Lexington police say officers arrested a fourth person connected to a violent home invasion last week.
Police arrested Kevin Rivers, 27, and charged him with robbery for his role in the break-in at an apartment on Cambridge Drive.
The incident happened at the Merrill Place apartment complex on...
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February 2, 2012 5:44 AM
Lexington police continue the hunt for a pair of armed robbery suspects.
Police say the victim told them he was inside a room with two women at the Sportsman Motel on Winchester Road just after midnight Thursday when he heard a knock at the door. The two suspects pushed...
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February 2, 2012 5:22 AM
Lexington police arrested a man early Thursday morning and charged him with criminal abuse in the case of a shaken baby.
A police report indicates Dustin M. Watson, 22, shook his 11-month-old stepdaughter, causing retinal bleeding in both eyes. He also "caused physical injury to the child's left eye,"...
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February 1, 2012 8:31 AM
The Fayette County coroner says a man bled to death when he accidentally fell on glass and cut himself inside his home Tuesday night.
Police and EMS responded to a report of a man down at an apartment on Malabu Drive just after 10 p.m. The coroner says the...
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February 1, 2012 6:52 AM
Lexington police continue to search for a man who mugged a woman in broad daylight behind the main branch of the public library Tuesday afternoon.
Police say the victim told them she was walking through an ally behind the library on Main Street around 1 p.m. when a man...
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February 1, 2012 6:24 AM
Officials say embers in a fireplace likely sparked a fire that damaged a Lexington home Tuesday night.
Firefighters responded to the house on Newport Drive, just off Tates Creek Road and New Circle Road, around 8 p.m. Crews quickly extinguished the flames. The house sustained some smoke and water...
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January 31, 2012 6:40 AM
The Rupp Arena task for is scheduled to issue its final report on revamping the home of the Wildcats on Tuesday morning.
Project heads, along with Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, will discuss ideas on renovating Rupp, the Lexington Center and more than 45 acres of land in the area....
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January 31, 2012 6:30 AM
Officials say faulty wiring and an extra load from a heater likely shorted out a wire, sparking a small fire in a Lexington home early Tuesday morning.
Firefighters responded to the house on Bluegrass Avenue just after midnight after someone spotted flames outside. The fire caused little damage, but...
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January 31, 2012 5:56 AM
Lexington police arrested two people and charged them with criminal abuse in a case investigators likened to "torture."
Court documents indicate Eric A. Kirik, 38, and Chaum Lee Kirik, 32, (aka Washburn) abused and seriously injured Eric Kirik's 6-month-old daughter back in December. The police report says Eric Kirik...
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January 30, 2012 9:40 AM
Average retail gasoline prices in Lexington rose 15.2 cents per gallon over the past week, averaging $3.43 per gallon Sunday. This compares with the national average that increased 4.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.39 per gallon, according to gasoline price website LexingtonGasPrices.com.
Prices Sunday stood...
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January 27, 2012 6:08 AM
Lexington police say officers arrested a man who robbed his friends Thursday morning.
Court documents indicate Andrew Wagner, 22, broke into a home on Cove Lake Drive. Police say Wagner held a man and woman at gunpoint, demanding cash. At some point, the male victim grabbed Wagner and pulled...
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January 27, 2012 5:56 AM
Police say they have charged three people in connection with a violent Wednesday morning home invasion in Lexington.
The incident happened at the Merrill Place apartment complex on Cambridge Drive. Police say Joekeyta Jordan, 21, knew who was at the door when she answered a knock around midnight. When...
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January 25, 2012 5:21 AM
A man suffered injuries during an apparent home invasion in Lexington overnight.
Police say the victim told them a woman he knows answered a knock at the door of an apartment on Cambridge Drive around Midnight Wednesday. When she opened the door, two armed men forced their way inside....
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January 24, 2012 8:57 AM
Police are investigating vandalism in a Lexington neighborhood.
Sometime between midnight at 6 a.m. Tuesday, vandals spray painted garage doors, broke light fixtures and damaged cars in the Wyndham Hills Drive area. Police say about 10 houses sustained damage. The vandals spray painted obscene phallic images and the letters...
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January 24, 2012 5:55 AM
Lexington police are investigating a pair of Monday night robberies.
Police say a suspect held up two victims along Darby Creek Road, taking their wallets and cell phones. A while later, a suspect robbed a victim of a wallet in the Woodhill neighborhood.
Investigators say they only got...
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January 24, 2012 5:17 AM
Lexington police continue the search for a man who pulled a gun on bar patrons early Tuesday morning.
Witnesses say a man walked up to a group of people outside the Chinoe Pub just after it closed, pointed a gun in one man's face and demanded that they all...
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January 23, 2012 6:38 AM
(AP) - The Fayette County Sheriff's office says it has launched an inquiry into whether deputies tipped off sex offenders before a federal sweep of the area last month. The Sheriff's spokeswoman, Jennifer Miller, acknowledged the internal investigation to the Lexington Herald-Leader after the newspaper filed an open records request...
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January 23, 2012 5:44 AM
Police continue the search for suspects in a burglary at a Lexington RV business.
Police say a security guard noticed a truck backed up to the fence at Northside RV on North Broadway around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The guard reached into the truck, grabbed the keys and called police....
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January 20, 2012 5:26 AM
Lexington EMS took a woman to the hospital after she became suddenly ill and crashed her car in a parking lot Thursday night.
Police say the woman ran into a parked box truck in front of the Ace Hardware store in the Tates Creek Center.
Officials did not...
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January 19, 2012 9:44 AM
Two people suffered injuries in an accident along Versailles Road Thursday morning.
Two cars collided along Versailles Road near the intersection of Woodford Drive around 9 a.m. Officials say one man was trapped inside his vehicle and fire department crews cut him free. EMS took that man and a...
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January 19, 2012 8:50 AM
Wandering among the paved streets and manicured lawns of the Tuscany subdivision in Lexington, a coyote.
Residents in the neighborhood have captured video of the animal. According to neighbors, the coyote has been coming around for weeks.
"It's kind of cute to watch. I mean, my kids and...
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January 19, 2012 5:41 AM
Police say they cited a woman with endangering the welfare of a minor after she left a baby alone in a shopping cart outside a Lexington liquor store.
Officials say a customer noticed the 7-month-old girl alone in a shopping cart just outside the Liquor Barn in the Beaumont...
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January 19, 2012 5:21 AM
A woman died after a fire in Lexington early Thursday morning.
Firefighters responded to a call at a duplex along Radcliffe Road, just off Russell Cave Road, around 1 a.m. Firefighters say flames were already shooting through the front of one side when they arrived. Crews pulled one woman...
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January 18, 2012 6:42 AM
Quick response by Lexington firefighters limited damage caused by a fire in a laundromat early Wednesday morning.
Officials say a dryer caught fire at the Suds 'N Duds Laundromat on Richmond Road around 1 a.m. The blaze filled the laundromat and Faith Covenant Church next door with smoke. Crews...
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January 17, 2012 7:09 AM
A Lexington man forced out of his home by a fire is getting some help.
Cardale Dean's duplex in the Hill Rise Drive area burned 10 days ago. The fire was one of more than a dozen suspicious blazes in the area over the last few weeks.The fire destroyed...
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January 17, 2012 5:22 AM
Police say two robberies in Lexington just hours apart Monday evening might share a connection.
Police say a woman was making a deposit at the Central Bank building downtown around 9:30 p.m. when a man approached, implied he had a gun and demanded money. Investigators say the woman only...
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January 16, 2012 5:54 AM
Lexington police say a man was drunk when he drove his car into a utility pole, knocking out traffic lights at an intersection early Monday morning.
The accident happened at the intersection of New Circle Road and Liberty Road around 3 a.m. Officers later located the driver of the...
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January 12, 2012 5:43 AM
Shots rang out behind a Lexington motel late Wednesday night.
Police say witnesses heard gunfire along the back side of the Catalina Motel at New Circle Road and Broadway just after 11:30 p.m. At least one bullet hit the building, shattering a window. One person inside told police they...
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January 12, 2012 5:16 AM
One lane of New Circle Road remains shut down after a tractor trailer flipped early Thursday morning.
Police say the driver of a truck loaded with auto parts heading toward Georgetown lost control along the inner loop around 2:15 a.m. The semi hit a guardrail, slid and then overturned....
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January 11, 2012 8:56 AM
A robber stabbed a man inside a Lexington business during a robbery Wednesday morning.
Police say the victim told them the suspect entered the office at Central Kentucky Turf on Payne Street through an unlocked back door around 7:30 a.m. The robber demanded cash and got away with money...
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January 11, 2012 5:57 AM
Investigators say they hope a man burned in Monday's house explosion in Lexington can lead them to the person responsible for the blast.
Officials say just hours after the vacant home along Campbell Street exploded, a man showed up at UK Hospital suffering from burns. He was treated and...
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January 11, 2012 5:33 AM
Just hours after police took a man into custody who they say was possibly connected to at least one fire in the Hill Rise Drive neighborhood, Lexington firefighters responded to yet another suspicious blaze in the area.
Fire department units rushed to the Preakness Apartments just after 11 p.m....
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January 10, 2012 8:48 AM
A car crashed through the door of a Lexington filling station early Tuesday morning.
Police say the driver of a tan Buick Century drove through the glass doors of the Marathon Station at Russell Cave and New Circle Road around 12:30 a.m.
Nobody was injured.
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January 9, 2012 10:07 AM
Lexington Fire Department officials say damage done by a copper thief likely caused the explosion that leveled a Lexington home early Monday morning.
Officials say somebody stealing copper inside the vacant house along Campbell Street knocked over a hot water heater in back of the home. The falling heater...
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January 9, 2012 9:16 AM
Officials with Columbia Gas said gas service was recently turned back on at a vacant Lexington home on Campbell Street that exploded Monday morning.
Officials say the gas was shut off back in June. It was restored on Dec. 12, but none of the appliances inside the house were...
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January 9, 2012 8:58 AM
Average retail gasoline prices in Lexington rose 20.3 cents per gallon over the past week, averaging $3.45 per gallon Sunday. This compares with the national average that increased 7.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.34 per gallon, according to gasoline price website LexingtonGasPrices.com.
Including the change...
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January 9, 2012 8:48 AM
The Lexington Division of Waste Management will give away yard waste collected during the past several months and turned into mulch on Saturday, Jan. 14 and the following Saturday, Jan. 21.
The mulch will be available for pick up from 8 a.m. to noon, or until the supply is...
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January 9, 2012 7:14 AM
Lexington police took a man into custody after an apparent robbery attempt Monday morning.
Police say a taxi driver picked up a fare, who then implied he had a weapon. The driver hit the panic button in the cab, and police quickly arrived on the scene at the A&D...
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January 9, 2012 6:21 AM
City officials plan to hold a meeting Monday afternoon to discuss a string of arson fires in the Hill Rise Drive area.
The latest fire burned through one side of a duplex on Terrace View Drive on Saturday. Until that blaze, most of the recent fires burned in dumpsters...
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January 9, 2012 5:19 AM
An explosion leveled a house in Lexington early Monday morning.
The blast shook a neighborhood near Transylvania University around 1 a.m. and destroyed a vacant home along Campbell Street.
Officials say there was nobody inside the house and nobody suffered any injuries. Debris rained down on neighboring homes,...
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January 6, 2012 5:57 AM
A man robbed a Lexington drug store early Friday morning.
Police say a clerk told them the suspect walked in and out of the Walgreens on Harrodsburg Road several times before finally approaching the cashier at the back counter around 4 a.m., asking for change. Investigators say when the...
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January 5, 2012 5:46 AM
Lexington police continue the search for two men who robbed a Lexington Dollar Tree Wednesday night.
Police say the men walked into the store on Alexandria Drive around 8:30 p.m. They pushed the cashier down and ran out with an undisclosed amount of cash. Officers searched the area, but...
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January 5, 2012 5:15 AM
A Lexington man woke up to find two burglars rummaging through his apartment early Thursday morning.
Police say the resident at the Beaumont Farms Apartments on Beaumont Center Lane woke up around 2 a.m. and confronted the two burglars trying to take a TV. The suspects apparently walked in...
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January 4, 2012 5:16 AM
A car slammed into a horse along a Lexington road early Wednesday morning.
Police say the car was traveling along Georgetown Road, near the intersection of Kearney Road, around 3 a.m. when it hit one of three horses loose in the roadway. The impact critically injured the horse and...
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January 3, 2012 7:02 AM
A man was robbed of his sack lunch in Lexington early Tuesday morning.
Police say the victim pulled up to fill up his gas tank at the Marathon station on North Martin Luther King Boulevard around 6 a.m., and the suspect drove up and pulled a knife. The victim...
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December 30, 2011 11:13 AM
A woman suffered minor injuries in a crash along New Circle Road Friday morning.
Officials say a car traveling along the inner loop near the Harrodsburg Road exit possibly blew a tire, causing the driver to lose control and run off the road. The woman driving told crews the...
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December 30, 2011 6:11 AM
Lexington police are investigating a string of vehicle break-ins and a joyride in a stolen car from an area near the UK campus.
Police discovered an abandoned car in the middle of Iron Works Pike, near Newtown Pike, around 1 a.m. Friday. Investigators say somebody stole the vehicle from...
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December 29, 2011 11:12 AM
Police arrested a man after a 30 minute standoff at a Lexington apartment complex Thursday morning.
Police say Miguel Mesa, 25, got into a fight with his mother and sister at the Double Tree Apartments on Meade Court. Investigators say when his mother went to the apartment office to...
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December 29, 2011 9:59 AM
The Lexington-Fayette County Division of Waste Management will adjust its collection schedules for the New Year's holiday.
Residents, whose regular collection day is on Monday, Jan. 2, will receive collection service on Wednesday, Jan. 4.
Residents who receive Monday pick-up should place their Herbies, Rosies and Lennies out...
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December 29, 2011 9:42 AM
(AP) - If Santa left a houseful of gadgets for Christmas and didn't carry away the old stuff, Lexington officials are offering a way to recycle. The city says its E-Cycle program will accept structurally intact electronics and holiday lights at its center on Versailles Road, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported....
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December 29, 2011 6:38 AM
Lexington police arrested a man after a grab-and-dash robbery late Wednesday night.
Police say officers were already at the Nicholasville Road Walmart investigating a shoplifting case when they saw employees chasing a man through the store. Investigators say David Hale, 35, was running for the exit toting a 32-inch...
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December 28, 2011 6:18 AM
Officials say a Lexington house fire was likely purposefully set.
A driver passing by spotted the fire burning in a home on Fifth Street at Julia Way around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters say flames were shooting through the roof when they arrived on the scene. Crews were able to...
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December 27, 2011 2:15 PM
Officials say Lexington's Haley Pike landfill will close Friday, Dec. 30.
The city's composting and convenience center will remain open at the facility. Residents who live outside of the urban services area can continue to drop off landfill-bound waste and recyclables at the facility.
The CDD operation at...
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December 27, 2011 12:45 PM
Police have shut down the outer loop of Man 'O War between Richmond Road and Alumni Drive due to an accident, and traffic is also backing up along the inner loop.
Police say the driver of a pickup truck traveling along the inner loop lost control, hopped the median...
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December 27, 2011 11:53 AM
A grand jury has indicted two men in an October Lexington shooting that left one man injured.
The grand jury indicted Davric Givens, 21, and Matthew Stewart, 25, on charges of first degree assault and being persistent felony offenders.
Police say the incident started with three men arguing...
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December 27, 2011 9:10 AM
A driver heading the wrong way along South Limestone caused an accident in the early morning hours Tuesday.
Police say an out of town driver was trying to get to Good Samaritan Hospital and went the wrong way down Limestone, colliding with an oncoming car at Main Street.
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December 27, 2011 8:46 AM
Eight cars were involved in four separate accidents along Man O' War Boulevard near Mt. McKinley Way Tuesday morning.
Police say witnesses told them a small SUV darting in and out of traffic spun out on the wet roadway, causing a chain reaction of crashes around 8 a.m. The...
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December 27, 2011 8:01 AM
Police have shut down the outer loop of Man O' War at Buckhorn Drive due to a multi-vehicle accident at Mt. McKinley Way.
We have a crew en route. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.
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December 27, 2011 6:46 AM
A pedestrian suffered injuries when a car hit him in a Lexington neighborhood Monday evening.
Police say the victim stepped in front of a car driving along Appian Way, between Appian Crossing and Armstrong Mill, and the driver could not stop in time to avoid hitting the pedestrian.
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December 27, 2011 6:27 AM
It's official.
The year 2011 goes into the record book as the rainiest year ever in Lexington.
When rain began falling on the Bluegrass overnight, we lacked just over one-half inch to break the long standing record of 65 3/4 inches set back in 1936.
The record...
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December 26, 2011 1:16 PM
Surveillance video released Monday shows a robber holding up a Lexington novelty shop at knife-point on Friday night.
Just before 10 p.m., a masked man walked through the front door of Hook Novelty on Winchester Road carrying a sack for the money and a large knife. The robber told...
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December 26, 2011 12:32 PM
Shoppers hit the malls and shopping centers Monday morning to take advantage of post-Christmas deals and to exchange those not-quite-perfect gifts, but not in the numbers you might expect.
Plenty of parking places remained open in front of Target in Hamburg Monday morning, and clerks said the crowds were...
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December 26, 2011 9:58 AM
A vehicle crashed into the side of a building along New Circle Road Monday morning.
Police say the driver had her foot in a medical boot and it caught on the gas pedal. The SUV slammed into the side of the building housing Superior Van and Mobility near the...
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December 26, 2011 9:42 AM
Average retail gasoline prices in Lexington rose 28.4 cents per gallon over the past week, averaging $3.35 per gallon Sunday. This compares with the national average that increased 0.8 cents per gallon to $3.23 per gallon last week, according to gasoline price website LexingtonGasPrices.com.
Prices Sunday stood 32.6 cents...
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December 23, 2011 8:03 AM
Police have reopened Leestown Road between Yarnallton Road and Dolan Lane.
The road was shut down for about six hours due to a fatal accident.
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December 23, 2011 6:21 AM
Police say a knife-wielding man robbed a Pizza Hut near the University of Kentucky campus Thursday night.
Investigators say a man carrying a large knife and wearing a black trench coat walked into the restaurant on South Limestone demanding cash. The clerk says the robber had something covering his...
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December 23, 2011 6:14 AM
Lexington police say alcohol was likely a factor in a single vehicle crash that seriously injured a man Wednesday night.
Police say George Van Wert was driving along Greenwich Pike around 10:30 p.m. when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed through a fence. The car rolled and...
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December 23, 2011 6:02 AM
Southbound I-75 is shut down in Rockcastle County due to a fatal accident.
Officials have not released much information, only confirming at least one person died in a crash near mile marker 57.
Police are detouring traffic off the interstate at exit 59 on to US-25 south.
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December 23, 2011 5:52 AM
Lexington police say a man robbed three people and shot one of the victims late Thursday night.
Investigators say all three robberies happened within minutes of each other, starting at around 11:15 p.m. Police say the suspect first flashed a gun at a victim in the parking lot of...
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December 23, 2011 5:22 AM
One person died and two people suffered injuries in a crash along Leestown Road early Friday morning.
Police say an SUV and a minivan crashed into each other between Yarnallton Road and Dolan Lane around 2:00 a.m. EMS took three people to the hospital. Witnesses say all three were...
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December 22, 2011 6:38 AM
Lexington police say a masked man burst into a home on Rugby Road in the Cardinal Valley area Wednesday night.
Investigators say the suspect fired a shot and demanded money from the family inside. He ran off when police were called.
Nobody was hurt, and police say they...
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December 22, 2011 5:59 AM
Police say a young man robbed a victim as he was carrying Christmas gifts into his Lexington home Wednesday night.
The robbery took place along Martin Luther King Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. Police say the suspect, armed with a handgun, approached the victim and demanded money. The robber got...
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December 22, 2011 5:29 AM
Lexington police arrested one man and continue the search for a second suspect after a robbery early Thursday morning.
Police say a man and woman had just parked at an apartment complex along Alexandria Drive to visit friends when two men approached their car. Investigators say Santiago Garcia-Soto, 27,...
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December 20, 2011 7:59 AM
Firefighters say a blaze in a Lexington apartment Sunday afternoon was arson.
Witnesses first spotted smoke pouring from the apartment on Appian Way around 2 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters extinguished the blaze quickly and there were no reported injuries.
A witness later told investigators somebody broke into an unoccupied...
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December 19, 2011 8:02 AM
Several Lexington gas stations advertised regular unleaded gas under $3 per gallon Monday morning.
Local average retail gasoline fell 11.9 cents per gallon over the past week, averaging $3.09 per Sunday. This compares with the national average that fell 4.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.23...
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December 19, 2011 6:45 AM
Lexington police arrested a man after an accident early Monday morning.
Police say the driver of an SUV lost control and flipped the vehicle along Spurr Road, just off Georgetown Road, around 3 a.m. EMS checked the driver out at the scene and officers arrested him for DUI.
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December 19, 2011 6:28 AM
A 12-member planning committee appointed to consider the future of Rupp Arena unanimously voted Saturday to approve a plan to renovate the facility.
The new design features a glass and translucent covering. The plans also include a 46-acre downtown arts and entertainment district, a new convention center, underground parking...
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December 16, 2011 5:24 AM
Four cars burned along the same Lexington street early Friday morning.
One car parked along Hillrise Drive was discovered in flames with a window broken out around 3:30 a.m. Just down the street, in an apartment complex parking lot near Whitney Woods, a second torched car. And behind another...
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December 16, 2011 5:14 AM
A woman died in a house fire in Lexington Thursday night.
Witnesses reported seeing heavy smoke and flames coming from the back of a home on the corner of Copper Run Road and Calevares Drive, off Clays Mill Road, around 11:15 p.m. Firefighters say a man inside made it...
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December 15, 2011 9:07 AM
Talk about a trip down memory lane.
As the owners of a home on Memory Lane in Lexington were pulling down a ceiling to repair damage from a recent fire, a photo fell from the rafters.
"They live on Memory Lane, and this is somebody's memories. You know,...
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December 15, 2011 6:21 AM
Police say an alarm scared a burglar away from a Lexington daycare, but not before a video camera captured his image early Thursday morning.
Police say the suspect broke a front window at the Big Blue Bird Day Care on Eastland Parkway around 12:30 a.m. He rummaged around inside...
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December 14, 2011 7:59 AM
A suspicious fire engulfed a car in Lexington early Wednesday morning.
The car was parked along Robertson Street, off Versailles Road, and the blaze started sometime around 3 a.m. Neighbors say the passenger door was open and the car's stereo was found lying on the ground. The owner says...
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December 14, 2011 6:32 AM
An SUV hit and injured a pedestrian along Loudon Avenue in front of the Hope Center in Lexington Tuesday evening.
Police say the 56-year-old man was wearing a "halo" brace to stabilize his neck after suffering an injury earlier in the day. Witnesses say the brace may have prevented...
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December 14, 2011 5:30 AM
A man escaped a rollover accident with minor injuries in Lexington early Wednesday morning.
Police say the driver lost control, went off the roadway and flipped his car at the corner of Manor Driver and Lakeshore Drive, just off Richmond Road. The vehicle rolled into a yard before coming...
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December 14, 2011 5:22 AM
Lexington police continue the search for a mother who allegedly attacked her own daughter with a knife early Wednesday morning.
Police say they got called to a home along Old Paris Road around 12:30 a.m. When officers arrived, the victim told them her mother came at her with a...
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