Kentucky Derby countdown: 2 Days

WinStar Farm’s Mr. Hot Stuff gallops, Dunkirk grazes with two days to go till Kentucky Derby 135.

Celebration of the new president Obama in D.C.

Millions gathered at the National Mall in D.C. to celebrate the inauguration of President Obama.
Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009.

Frankfort High School students hit the Capitol building on the day before the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington D.C., on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009.

A Lexington Independence Day

An all-encompassing look at what the 4th of July in Lexington is really like…

Starting at 7:30 a.m. with the Bluegrass 10,000, Independence Day in Lexington was underway. There were winners, losers, and those who just had fun. People milled in the streets afterward, eating, talking, and sometimes even dancing. Floats went by in the afternoon, and spirits were high. The night closed with a concert and a colorful fireworks display. MORE BLUEGRASS 10,000 PHOTOS.

Cramming in the inmates

by David Stephenson | staff

Like many in Kentucky, the Kenton County jail and the Lincoln County Regional jail is seriously overcrowded and outdated, and yet the state contracts with them to hold state prison inmates Read more

Heraldleaderphoto.com wins a 2007 Media Eclipse Award

The NTRA today announced that the Lexington Herald-Leader’s multimedia website, Heraldleaderphoto.com, has won the 2007 Eclipse Award for Media in the Audio/Multi-media Internet category for the paper’s coverage of the 2007 Kentucky Derby. Read more

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