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Lexington Herald-Leader, 2 Sep 2026

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The Lexington Herald-Leader is an American newspaper focused on local news, politics and community reporting across Lexington and central Kentucky. First published in 1870, it has served as one of the state’s leading news sources for generations. Published three times per week, it provides comprehensive coverage of the issues, events and people shaping the Bluegrass region. The newspaper is known for its reporting on local and state government, business, education and public affairs, alongside breaking news, investigative journalism and in-depth features that examine topics of regional importance. It also covers arts, entertainment, food and community life, reflecting the culture and traditions of central Kentucky. Sports reporting is a major strength, featuring extensive coverage of University of Kentucky athletics, high school sports, horse racing and major professional sporting events, supported by expert analysis and commentary. The newspaper combines a long tradition of public service journalism with authoritative reporting and regional expertise, making it a trusted source of information for readers across Kentucky. Available on PressReader, the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper delivers reliable journalism, insightful analysis and comprehensive daily news coverage from the Bluegrass State.

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ArticleWendell Berry, influ­en­tial writer, dies at 92

Poet, nov­el­ist and essay­ist Wendell Berry, whose proph­etic warn­ings about nature and the con­tem­por­ary world from his Henry County farm­house reached mil­lions of read­ers across the world, died Monday, the New York Times repor­ted. He was...

Wendell Berry, influ­en­tial writer, dies at 92

ArticleMayor cri­ti­cizes water firm’s ‘unpro­fes­sional’ prac­tices

Lex­ing­ton Mayor Linda Gor­ton is tak­ing her frus­tra­tion over ongo­ing Ken­tucky Amer­ican Water Co. con­struc­tion to the state’s util­ity reg­u­lat­ors. In a com­plaint filed with the Ken­tucky Pub­lic Ser­vice Com­mis­sion Aug. 28, the mayor...

Mayor cri­ti­cizes water firm’s ‘unpro­fes­sional’ prac­tices

ArticleMayor poll shows close race, incum­bent says it’s inac­cur­ate

An internal poll com­mis­sioned by may­oral can­did­ate Raquel Carter indic­ates she’s within range of unseat­ing the incum­bent. The poll, con­duc­ted by Demo­cratic poll­ster Lake Research Part­ners, says when first asked, respond­ents choose...

Mayor poll shows close race, incum­bent says it’s inac­cur­ate

ArticleKen­tucky lead­ers reject Trump’s ‘back­wards and poor’ claim

Ken­tucky rep­res­ent­at­ives, both Repub­lican and Demo­crat, want Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump to know their con­stitu­ents are not “back­wards and poor” for res­ist­ing data cen­ter devel­op­ment. In an Aug. 31 social media post, the pres­id­ent...

Ken­tucky lead­ers reject Trump’s ‘back­wards and poor’ claim

ArticleKelly Osbourne ‘wasn’t well’ after dad Ozzy’s death

Kelly Osbourne is reflect­ing on how dad Ozzy Osbourne’s death affected her over­all well­being. “It’s been the hard­est year of my life,” Kelly, 41, shared in an inter­view with Hello! pub­lished on Monday. “I’ll never be the per­son I was before my...

Kelly Osbourne ‘wasn’t well’ after dad Ozzy’s death