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Lexington Mayor Gorton extends state of emergency to Wednesday

WEKU | By Curtis Tate
Published January 27, 2026 at 5:30 AM EST
Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton gives a press conference on the city's winter weather plan ahead of expected snow.
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Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton gives a press conference on the city's winter weather plan ahead of expected snow.

Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton has extended the city’s state of emergency until Wednesday morning.

Gorton encouraged residents to stay home so street crews and first responders can do their work.

The extension postpones the requirement that property owners clear their sidewalks.

Scheduled garbage collection on Tuesday has been suspended. City offices will remain closed on Tuesday.

The Fayette County Clerk’s office and the University of Kentucky campus are closed on Tuesday.

Gorton’s state of the city-county address will take place on Thursday at 11 a.m. at Central Bank Center.

Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities, while reporting few power outages, is encouraging customers to reduce nonessential use of electricity due to demand.

That includes limiting use of ovens, dishwashers, washers and dryers and EV chargers.

LG&E/KU is a financial supporter of WEKU.
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Curtis Tate
Curtis Tate is a reporter at WEKU. He spent four years at West Virginia Public Broadcasting and before that, 18 years as a reporter and copy editor for Gannett, Dow Jones and McClatchy. He has covered energy and the environment, transportation, travel, Congress and state government. He has won awards from the National Press Foundation and the New Jersey Press Association. Curtis is a Kentucky native and a graduate of the University of Kentucky.
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