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Metal Detectors

Education

Fayette High Schools to Institute Random Metal Detector Checks

Stu Johnson

Some students in Fayette County high schools will be going through metal detectors later this month. The school administration announced new safety…
Health and Welfare

Rupp Arena to Use Walk Through Metal Detectors

Stu Johnson WEKU News

Beginning this weekend, a new level of security will be made standard at Lexington’s Rupp Arena. About a dozen walk-through metal detectors will be in…

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