For the first time in years, the Herald-Leader presents its own take on the top 25 teams in Kentucky high school football as the season kicks off this week. Why am I calling it the “Hype 25?” It ...

Next to the adventure playground, Elkhorn Creek flows through the park during a tour on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, at Gatton Park on the Town Branch in Lexington, Ky. Christian Kantosky ckantosky@herald ...

Addie McCain knows how to find the back of the net.

Donald Miller was named Gatton Park on Town Branch’s first park director in June. Miller will oversee day-to-day operations of the downtown Lexington park that includes a 5,000 seat amphitheater, ...

Gatton Park on the Town Branch will hold its grand opening on Aug. 23, 2025. The privately-funded public park will include an ampitheater, children's play area, dog park, walking trails and lots of ...

Kentucky’s first newspaper is older than the state itself. A lot can be said about the Kentucky Gazette: It was the first newspaper in Lexington, and the first paper published west of Pennsylvania.

Concertgoers aren’t the only ones anxious to see a 5,000-capacity venue open in Lexington. Promoters and booking agencies, ...

Smithsonian Magazine recently placed the Madison County city in the same league as a California coastal community home to a monarch butterfly pitstop, an Iowa village known for its covered bridges and ...

Former President Donald J. Trump, right, is hugged by a local Swannanoa, NC business owner, left, who led Monday’s group in prayer during Trump’s stop in the area to see the damage caused by Hurricane ...

The all-time leading scorer in both UNC and ACC men’s basketball history, Tyler Hansbrough returned to the Chapel Hill campus in a new role.

Reid was working alone in his practice facility office in early May 2024 when a bullet fired from outside the building ...

“Judge Frank Caprio passed away peacefully at the age of 88 after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer,” the statement began. “Beloved for his compassion, humility, and unwavering ...