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Volunteers sought to place flags before Memorial Day
The Central Kentucky Veterans Committee is looking for volunteers to help place flags and honor veterans this Memorial Day.
The organization plans to place flags at the gravesites of 17,000 veterans buried at the Lexington Cemetery and at Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Nicholasville, Army veteran Denny Hart told WKYT-TV.
Along with helping to place flags, volunteers will be asked to read inscriptions on each headstone and take a moment to honor each one.
âI want them all to know weâre not just putting flags in the ground, we are remembering veterans who have passed away,â Hart said.
Lexington becomes third Kentucky city to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youths
Fairness Campaign
and last updated 2021-05-07 08:30:34-04
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council voted unanimously Thursday to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors.
The vote made Lexington the third city in Kentucky, along with Louisville and Covington, to ban the controversial practice that aims to change someone s sexual orientation or gender identity. This is a step that will further protect LGBTQ+ youth and makes our city a more safe, equitable, and just place to live, councilwoman Hannah LeGris said in a Facebook post Thursday.
Kentucky lawmakers cosponsored statewide conversion therapy bans earlier this year. While that legislation received a historic discussion in Frankfort last summer during an interim joint committee meeting of the Kentucky General Assembly, it received no consideration during the 2021 legislative session.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2021) The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has approved honorary degrees for four citizens who have distinguished themselves in their careers and community service. The recipients are W. Harry Clarke, F. Joseph Halcomb III, Deirdre Lyons and Carl F. Pollard.
Clarke, Halcomb and Lyons will receive their honorary doctorates at the UK May 2021 Commencement Ceremonies next week. Pollard, who is unable to attend next week s ceremonies, will be honored at a later date.
Honorary degrees will be presented at the following ceremonies:
W. Harry Clarke: noon Friday, May 14
F. Joseph Halcomb: 6 p.m. Friday, May 14
Deirdre Lyons: noon Sunday, May 16
Lexington council discusses banning no-knock warrants during Tuesday session
and last updated 2021-05-04 19:35:27-04
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â The city of Lexington could ban no knock-warrants. They re proposing an ordinance that would prohibit police from using them.
A few months ago, state legislation was passed, limiting no-knock warrants but not banning them completely. The topic took over headlines after the killing of Breonna Taylor. Now the city of Lexington is reviewing an ordinance that deals directly with no-knock warrants. I believe Senate Bill 4 gave us guidance in regards to warrants statewide. But we have the opportunity to locally draft an ordination that actually addresses some of the issues that have been raised by some of the folks in our community, Chair of the Planning and Public Safety Committee, James Brown, said.