Stacy Thurman was unopposed when she ran for mayor of Midway two years ago. Monday night, she resigned, telling the city council the position, her fulltime job as director of the Woodford County Public Library and her responsibilities as a mother of two teens had affected her mental health.

U.S. Senator Rand Paul came to Lexington Friday to discuss crime with Mayor Linda Gorton, the chief of police and community organizers.

Lexington City Council members are considering ways to permit more short-term rentals in rural Fayette County. The conversation, in a Council setting, started earlier this week.

Kentucky State Police, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other agencies are investigating a fire that destroyed a Clay County church.

Kentuckians in many sections of the Commonwealth may be gathering up tree limbs on their property. Indications are that the last few days of severe weather didn’t cause widespread structural damage.