Lexington community reflects on anniversary of George Floyd
and last updated 2021-05-25 19:40:03-04
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â On the one year anniversary of the death of George Floyd and the movement that started because of him, community members and leaders in Lexington focus on progress made and action steps for the future.
LPD Accountability organized a George Floyd Memorial: Day of Action on Tuesday to mark the anniversary.
They started with a rally focused on filing a formal complaint to demand justice for Liam Long, the 19-year-old teen with autism who was hit by a police cruiser in March. Then at 3 p.m. they tuned into the urban county council s work session and plan to meet again at the courthouse for a memorial for George Floyd. They ve continued to protest, rally and push for change since.
Officials break ground on a new residential village at UK s Coldstream Research Campus.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 26, 2021) Today, representatives from the University of Kentucky and Cityscape Residential as well as local officials broke ground on what will soon become a residential village on the Coldstream Research Campus. The 260-unit, multi-family residential complex will offer Coldstream’s high-tech workforce the ability to live, work, play and innovate all within the research campus.
The residential village will be named FIFTEEN51 Apartments, based on the address at 1551 Aristides Boulevard.
“At the University of Kentucky, we are strategically and thoughtfully expanding both our campus and our relationships with partners in Lexington and beyond,” said UK President Eli Capilouto. “FIFTEEN51 will create a new, workforce-friendly environment in the Lexington community. We remain focused on creating environments like this to support the research enterprise, economic opportun
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Governor Andy Beshear spoke to high school students in Lexington on Tuesday regarding the COVID19 vaccine for the 12-18 year old age group. Governor Beshear praised students for their sacrifice of their normal school year in order to help stop the spread of COVID19. Beshear called the students heroes, saying that they have shown selflessness, and that all that is left to ask of them is that they get the vaccine. Lexington Mayor, Linda Gorton followed these statements saying that this is the opportunity to celebrate the end of the school year by getting a vaccine, and noted that Lexington has vaccinated 150,000 people, over 53% of the 12-15 population of Lexington. Both Mayor Gorton and Governor Beshear stressed the importance of collaboration and team work in a situation such as this, and said the vaccine is the best way to stop the virus in its tracks.
and last updated 2021-05-19 19:23:23-04
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Mayor Linda Gorton named Lexington native, Devine Carama, as the new Director of One Lexington, an anti-violence program, on Wednesday.
Carama has been a community activist in Lexington for more than a decade.
He s a community engagement coordinator. He s the director of Believing in Forever
Now, he ll be taking his connections created over the years and his passion for the community and use them in an official capacity at One Lexington. He s not what some would view as a traditional candidate for the job, but you know, we re beyond that, Gorton said. He brings exactly what we need.