Organizers of the 2011 Spotlight Festival announced Monday that the event has been canceled.

The Rev. Canon Carol L. Wade, former canon precentor at the National Cathedral in Washington, will be the new dean and rector at Lexington's historic Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral. She is the first woman to hold either position at the downtown church.Wade will assume her new duties in September...

The Fayette County School Board has named Daviess County Superintendent Tom Shelton as superintendent to replace out-going superintendent Stu Silberman.

A video recording that was thought to contain a woman's confession that she was the driver who hit and killed a Lexington police officer showed only an "explicit sexual episode," according to the Fayette commonwealth's attorney's office.The possible existence of a taped confession came to light Monday...

FRANKFORT — A judge has ordered that a receiver take over a troubled personal care home in Letcher County that has been the subject of numerous state citations and federal and state criminal charges. Letcher Circuit Court Judge Samuel Wright granted a temporary restraining order Thursday and...

DNA evidence found on the steering wheel of the vehicle that hit and killed Lexington police Officer Bryan Durman last year matches the DNA of a woman whom police apparently ruled out last fall as a possible suspect in Durman's death, says a defense attorney for the man accused of murder in the case...

Daviess County Schools Superintendent Tom Shelton, who is a finalist for Fayette County superintendent, began his Wednesday visit to Lexington schools with a TV interview, greetings from school board members and a meeting with community representatives. A public forum is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

Elaine Farris, Tom Shelton and Lu Young come from widely different backgrounds, but they all have something in common: By the end of this week, one of them could be Fayette County's new school superintendent.As the three finalists for the job, each will visit Lexington this week for rounds of interviews...

Three veteran Kentucky educators are the finalists for Fayette County's new school superintendent. They include Clark County School Superintendent Elaine Farris, Daviess County School Superintendent Tom Shelton and Jessamine County School Superintendent Lu Young.

Parts of North Limestone and Alabama Avenue were blocked for hours Thursday afternoon as accident reconstructionists tried to re-create the scene where a vehicle hit and killed Lexington police Officer Bryan Durman last year.Flatbed trucks brought in the green Chevrolet Tahoe that authorities said...