The exhibit is available for viewing at the city gallery at 141 E. Main St., inside the Pam Miller Arts Center. The Arts ...

There was nowhere left to bury the dead. The 1833 cholera outbreak left Lexington in ruins, taking 500 lives — about 7% of the population — in a mere two months. People were laid to rest in church ...

Lexington museums will focus on the area’s famous women as they celebrate the city’s 250th anniversary. As March is Women’s History Month, the museums in Lexington will focus on how women impacted the ...

Holland said nominations can include anyone from cafeteria workers at local schools to loving grandmothers. All submitted ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - One historic neighborhood is having a celebration of their own as Lexington celebrates 250 years. Pralltown is the city’s oldest African American neighborhood. “We’ve been here ...

Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A simple trip through Lexington will show off plenty of city history – 250 years of history to be exact. "What I love the most about Lexington history is that you can find ...

Two escaped inmates killed three members of a Lexington family, then fled to Falmouth, killing three more people.

LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — The City of Lexington is looking for a developer to revamp a historic building that’s integral to the city’s uptown landscape. On Tuesday, developers got a firsthand look at ...

It all started with a bang. Well, more precisely, it was a shot—the “shot heard round the world” that began the Revolutionary War. On the night of April 18, 1775—into the early hours of the 19th—Paul ...