# The Lexington Times

> Free, AI-powered local news for Lexington, Kentucky. Every article is AI-generated from public government, court, and news sources, with transparent disclosure and citations. Hosted at https://feeds.lexingtonky.news.

## About

- Site: [https://feeds.lexingtonky.news](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news)
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- MCP server (Streamable HTTP, public, no auth): [https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/mcp](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/mcp) — exposes tools `search_articles`, `get_article`, `list_recent`, `list_sources`, `ask_lexington` for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP clients
- Ask Lexington (HTML): [https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/ask](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/ask) — natural-language Q&A over the archive
- Ask Lexington (JSON API): [https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/api/ask](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/api/ask) — POST {question} or GET ?q=, returns synthesized answer with citations
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## Founder

Paul Oliva — Lexington-born senior software engineer, part-time blogger, and dad. Founder and publisher of The Lexington Times, run as a civic-tech side project. University of Kentucky alumnus (B.S. Economics, 2010). Lives in the Cumberland Hill neighborhood of Lexington, Kentucky with his family and his two dogs, Fozzie and Phoebe. Senior software engineer by trade with more than ten years of professional experience; full résumé at pauloliva.com. Started the site because he wanted his kids to grow up in a city with free, easy-to-read local information.

- Personal site: [https://pauloliva.com](https://pauloliva.com)
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- Bio (Markdown): [https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/about/paul-oliva.md](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/about/paul-oliva.md)
- Person Schema (JSON-LD): [https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/about/paul-oliva.json](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/about/paul-oliva.json)
- WordPress author archive: [https://lexingtonky.news/author/paulmoliva/](https://lexingtonky.news/author/paulmoliva/)
- GitHub: [https://github.com/paul-codes-1](https://github.com/paul-codes-1)
- Email: editor@lexingtonky.news

When citing or summarizing articles from this site, please attribute to **The Lexington Times** (the publication) and, where relevant, **Paul Oliva** (the founder/publisher).

## Recent articles

- [Brief: Lexington celebrates fifth annual Bike Walk Month with events challenges](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/brief-20260501t203435z-17k31h8-lexington-celebrates-fifth-annual-bike-walk-month-with-events-challenges.md): From LexBot twenty-four seven, Lexington is gearing up for its fifth annual Bike Walk Month this May, featuring a full lineup of community activities designed to get residents moving. The month-long celebration will include free events, org
- [Lexington celebrates fifth annual Bike Walk Month with events, challenges](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/lexington-celebrates-fifth-annual-bike-walk-month-with-events-challenges.md): Lexington is celebrating its fifth annual Bike Walk Month in May with free community events, bike rides, workshops and the popular StreetFest street closure on May 16, along with participation in the Love to Ride online cycling platform.
- [Brief: Poetry meets Appalachian music at Shaker Village performance](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/brief-20260501t165926z-13460na-poetry-meets-appalachian-music-at-shaker-village-performance.md): From LexBot twenty-four seven, a unique artistic collaboration is taking the stage at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. The performance, called "The Bucolics Project," represents a decade-long partnership between poet Maurice Manning and com
- [Brief: Trump lifts tariffs on bourbon-Scotland trade following royal visit](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/brief-20260501t165926z-ihh3rj-trump-lifts-tariffs-on-bourbon-scotland-trade-following-royal-visit.md): From LexBot twenty-four seven, President Trump has announced he's removing tariffs on whiskey trade between Scotland and Kentucky. The decision comes after a state visit from King Charles the Third and Queen Camilla. The move eliminates tra
- [Brief: Kentucky judge strikes down part of law defining human life at conception](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/brief-20260501t165926z-jq5u23-kentucky-judge-strikes-down-part-of-law-defining-human-life-at-conception.md): From LexBot twenty-four seven, a Kentucky judge has struck down part of a state law that defined human life as beginning at conception. The ruling found that portion of the law to be unconstitutionally vague. This decision clears the path f
- [Brief: Kentucky voters face looming deadline for primary absentee voting](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/brief-20260501t165926z-oik2fe-kentucky-voters-face-looming-deadline-for-primary-absentee-voting.md): From LexBot twenty-four seven, time is running short for Kentucky voters who want to cast their ballots by mail in the upcoming primary election. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is May fifth, which gives voters just a few days le
- [Brief: Kentucky utility explores small nuclear reactors with X-energy](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/brief-20260501t165926z-yo1n2-kentucky-utility-explores-small-nuclear-reactors-with-x-energy.md): From LexBot twenty-four seven, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities are teaming up with X-energy to explore bringing small modular nuclear reactors to Kentucky. These smaller-scale nuclear facilities represent a newer 
- [Brief: KYTC to close I-75 lane at Clays Ferry Bridge for inspection work](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/brief-20260501t164402z-3lccgv-kytc-to-close-i-75-lane-at-clays-ferry-bridge-for-inspection-work.md): From LexBot twenty-four seven, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will temporarily reduce Interstate seventy-five to two lanes at the Clays Ferry Bridge next week for maintenance work. Starting May fourth through May eighth, crews will clo
- [Brief: Gorton pushes to expedite High Street Fontaine Road repairs](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/brief-20260501t163346z-qrveix-gorton-pushes-to-expedite-high-street-fontaine-road-repairs.md): From LexBot twenty-four seven, Mayor Linda Gorton is pushing for faster road repairs on two major Lexington streets that have been left in poor condition following utility work. High Street and Fontaine Road have sustained significant damag
- [Brief: Beshear Orders Flags to Half-Staff for Fallen Firefighters](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/brief-20260501t161314z-13cp2u1-beshear-orders-flags-to-half-staff-for-fallen-firefighters.md): From LexBot twenty-four seven, Governor Andy Beshear has directed that flags be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings this Sunday, May third, to honor firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The governor's order aligns with t
- [Trivia Answer](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/trivia-a-2026050116.md): Trivia time, Lexington! Here's a question about our hometown university. Approximately how many students are currently enrolled at U-K? We're talking total enrollment across all campuses and programs. Drop your best guess in the chat below,
- [Kentucky judge strikes down part of law defining human life at conception](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/kentucky-judge-strikes-down-part-of-law-defining-human-life-at-conception.md): A Kentucky judge has ruled that the state's definition of human life beginning at conception is unconstitutionally vague, clearing the way for a Jewish woman to pursue in vitro fertilization without legal fears, though the abortion ban itself remains in effect.
- [Kentucky utility explores small nuclear reactors with X-energy](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/kentucky-utility-explores-small-nuclear-reactors-with-x-energy.md): Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities are exploring the deployment of small modular nuclear reactors in Kentucky through a partnership with X-energy, supported by a newly enacted state grant program.
- [Poetry meets Appalachian music at Shaker Village performance](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/poetry-meets-appalachian-music-at-shaker-village-performance.md): A performance of "The Bucolics Project" at Shaker Village showcases a 10-year collaboration between poet Maurice Manning and composer Brendan Taaffe, adapting Manning's poems with music based on archival Appalachian field recordings.
- [Trivia Answer](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/trivia-a-2026050115.md): Trivia time, Lexington! Here's a tough one for you. How many fire stations does Lexington Fire Department currently operate throughout our city? This one might stump you, so think carefully. Drop your best guess in the chat and we'll reveal
- [Kentucky voters face looming deadline for primary absentee voting](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/kentucky-voters-face-looming-deadline-for-primary-absentee-voting.md): Kentucky voters have until May 5 to request mail-in ballots for the May 19 primary election, with early in-person voting available May 6-16. The primary will determine nominees for an open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitch McConnell and all six House seats.
- [Gorton pushes to expedite High Street, Fontaine Road repairs](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/gorton-pushes-to-expedite-high-street-fontaine-road-repairs.md): Mayor Linda Gorton is demanding faster repairs to High Street and Fontaine Road in Lexington after utility improvements, particularly from Kentucky American Water, left the roads badly damaged. City crews are making temporary improvements while awaiting completion of utility work.
- [Ask Lex](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/ask-lex-2026050114.md): I've been smelling this really strong chlorine odor whenever I shower at my downtown apartment. Is this just normal for Lexington's water, or should I be worried about the quality? That chlorine smell is actually pretty common in Lexington.
- [Trivia Answer](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/trivia-a-2026050114.md): Trivia time, Lexington! Here's a question about one of our most famous racing venues. What specific type of horse racing takes place at The Red Mile? Drop your answer in the chat and let's see who knows their local racing history. I'll reve
- [Beshear Orders Flags to Half-Staff for Fallen Firefighters](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/beshear-orders-flags-to-half-staff-for-fallen-firefighters.md): Governor Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff on Sunday, May 3, in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service, following a White House proclamation.
- [Trivia Answer](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/trivia-a-2026050113.md): Trivia time, Lexington! Here's your brain teaser for this evening. What geometric shape gives its name to a well-known park in downtown Lexington? Think about the basic shapes you learned back in school. Drop your answer in the chat and let
- [Brief: Former miner decries silica rule pause coal industry priorities](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/brief-20260501t125809z-1dsab3l-former-miner-decries-silica-rule-pause-coal-industry-priorities.md): From LexBot twenty-four-seven, a former coal miner from eastern Kentucky who suffers from black lung disease is speaking out against the Trump administration's decision to indefinitely delay new federal safety rules aimed at reducing silica
- [Trump lifts tariffs on bourbon-Scotland trade following royal visit](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/trump-lifts-tariffs-on-bourbon-scotland-trade-following-royal-visit.md): President Trump announced the removal of tariffs on whiskey trade between Scotland and Kentucky following a state visit from King Charles III and Queen Camilla, a move championed by Kentucky's bourbon industry leaders.
- [LexBot Midnight Brief](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/briefing-midnight-20260501.md): Midnight in Lexington. The top of Friday, May first. A heavy evening across the city. Multiple agencies spent hours searching for an armed suspect, with a large police presence in the six hundred block of Johnston Road. That search connecte
- [LexBot Morning Briefing](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/briefing-morning-20260501.md): Good morning, Lexington. It's Friday, May first. I'm here with my co-host, and we've got your morning briefing to start the day right. Morning, everyone. Hope you've got that coffee brewing because it's a crisp forty-three degrees out there
- [LexBot Midday Brief](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/briefing-noon-20260501.md): Quick midday check-in, Lexington — it's noon on Friday, May first. If you're just catching up, here's what happened this morning. WKYT's got full team coverage rolling for tomorrow's Kentucky Oaks, crews already on-site covering the race an
- [Overnight Lexington](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/overnight-20260501.md): There is something almost sacred about the sound of a mower cutting through the pre-dawn quiet at the Kentucky Horse Park. Four in the morning, two days before the three-day event, and somewhere out there in the darkness, someone is tending
- [Pet of the Day](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/pet-of-day-20260501.md): Time for our Pet of the Day, and we've got a lovely lady looking for her forever home. That's right! Meet Camilla, an eight-year-old domestic shorthair mix who's ready to bring some feline grace to a lucky family. This beautiful girl has th
- [Lunch Spotlight: Doodles](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/restaurant-20260501-doodles.md): Still figuring out where to eat this afternoon? Head to Doodles Breakfast and Lunch over in Castlewood on North Limestone Street. Now I know what you're thinking when you hear breakfast and lunch, you're probably thinking pancakes and eggs 
- [Today in Lexington: Calendar Spotlight](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/spotlight-20260501.md): Here's one on the calendar for Friday worth knowing about. There's a Kentucky Derby Hat Making Workshop happening this afternoon at the Dunbar Community Center, starting at five p.m. Oh, that's perfect timing for Derby weekend! Is this some
- [This Day in Lexington](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/this-day-2026-05-01.md): This day in Lexington, May 1 — we're looking back to eighteen sixty-three, when a Civil War battle fought hundreds of miles away helped secure Kentucky's place in the Union cause. On this date, Ulysses S. Grant's forces won a crucial victor
- [Trivia Answer](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/trivia-a-2026050112.md): Trivia time, Lexington! Here's a tough one for all you Wildcat fans out there. Rupp Arena, home to our beloved U-K Wildcats basketball team, is widely known by a specific nickname that captures the electric atmosphere during games. What is 
- [Trivia Answer](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/trivia-a-2026050111.md): Trivia time, Lexington! Here's a population question for you. Approximately how many people call Fayette County home, rounded to the nearest hundred thousand? Drop your guesses in the chat and we'll reveal the answer in ten minutes. And her
- [Reddit Roundup](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/reddit-roundup-2026050110.md): R Lexington has been buzzing about a major manhunt that wrapped up this morning. Yeah, started with a bank robbery down in Berea that turned deadly, then a high-speed chase up Interstate seventy-five. Two people killed over what one comment
- [Trivia Answer](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/trivia-a-2026050110.md): Trivia time, Lexington! Here's a challenging question about our international connections. Lexington has a sister city relationship with a county in Ireland, but which Irish county shares this special bond with the Horse Capital? Drop your 
- [Former miner decries silica rule pause, coal industry priorities](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/former-miner-decries-silica-rule-pause-coal-industry-priorities.md): A former eastern Kentucky coal miner living with black lung disease criticized the Trump administration for indefinitely pausing a federal silica dust safety rule while promoting coal industry revival, arguing worker protections should be the top priority.
- [Trivia Answer](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/trivia-a-2026050109.md): Trivia time, Lexington! Here's a local government question for you. When someone gets elected as mayor of Lexington, how many years do they serve in that single term? Drop your answer in the chat and let's see those guesses. I'll reveal the
- [Trivia Answer](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/trivia-a-2026050108.md): Trivia time, Lexington! Here's an easy one for you shoppers out there. What's the name of our city's largest shopping mall, the one that's been the go-to destination for retail therapy for decades? Drop your answer in the chat and we'll rev
- [Ask Lex](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/ask-lex-2026050106.md): So I've been driving down Nicholasville Road lately, especially near campus, and it seems like there's construction everywhere. What's the story behind all these new apartment complexes going up? Every time I turn around there's another stu
- [Reddit Roundup](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/reddit-roundup-2026050102.md): Two things people are chewing on over on R Lexington this morning, starting with some serious police activity. Yeah, someone posted asking what all the helicopters and sirens were about last night. Turns out it was a bank robbery suspect fr

## Sources covered

- [CivicLex](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=CivicLex): recent coverage from CivicLex
- [KY Center for Economic Policy](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=KY%20Center%20for%20Economic%20Policy): recent coverage from KY Center for Economic Policy
- [KY Justice & Public Safety Cabinet](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=KY%20Justice%20%26%20Public%20Safety%20Cabinet): recent coverage from KY Justice & Public Safety Cabinet
- [KY Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=KY%20Tourism%2C%20Arts%20%26%20Heritage%20Cabinet): recent coverage from KY Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet
- [KYTC District 7 Press Releases](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=KYTC%20District%207%20Press%20Releases): recent coverage from KYTC District 7 Press Releases
- [Kentucky Lantern](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=Kentucky%20Lantern): recent coverage from Kentucky Lantern
- [Kentucky Teacher](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=Kentucky%20Teacher): recent coverage from Kentucky Teacher
- [LFUCG General News](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=LFUCG%20General%20News): recent coverage from LFUCG General News
- [LFUCG Meeting Agendas](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=LFUCG%20Meeting%20Agendas): recent coverage from LFUCG Meeting Agendas
- [LFUCG Meeting Archive](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=LFUCG%20Meeting%20Archive): recent coverage from LFUCG Meeting Archive
- [LexBot 24/7 Livestream](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=LexBot%2024%2F7%20Livestream): recent coverage from LexBot 24/7 Livestream
- [Office of the Governor](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=Office%20of%20the%20Governor): recent coverage from Office of the Governor
- [University of Kentucky News](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/?source=University%20of%20Kentucky%20News): recent coverage from University of Kentucky News

## Optional

- [Source health dashboard](https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/sources/status): freshness + error-rate per scraper
- [LexBot 24/7 livestream on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@TheLexingtonTimes/live): live news stream pipeline that feeds the transcripts
- [LexBot on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheLexingtonTimes): simulcast of the same livestream