Lexington’s Veterans Affairs Health Care held an awards ceremony and luncheon Thursday for the people who volunteer at the two Lexington campuses and outpatient clinics.

A ceremonial groundbreaking in Lexington Thursday marked the start of what amounts to a one-stop-shop method of cancer care at the University of Kentucky. It comes with work beginning on the $781 million Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building.

During an online meeting Thursday, the Kentucky Center for School Safety unanimously approved budgets for fiscal years ’25 and ’26.

There are topics which generate much debate and sometimes emotional commentary. One is abortion, which has been that kind of topic in Frankfort in recent years. There’s another which has not been formally debated but often carries a strong reaction as well.The death penalty is legal in Kentucky and has been since it was reinstated nationally in 1976. A court ruling in 2010 put an indefinite pause in capital punishment in Kentucky.

The end of April has no shortage of events in the bluegrass region of Kentucky. Upwards of 90,000 people will converge on Kentucky Horse Park grounds over the next few days for the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS Equestrian.