Recently added articles from Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY):

The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., John Clay column.(Column)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: John Clay Oct. 10--Random notes: -- Kentucky's rise and Louisville's decline aren't the only compelling college football stories in the tri-state area. Under first-year coach Brian Kelly, surprising Cincinnati is unbeaten at 6-0 and ranked 15th in ...

Correction.(Correction notice)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--A photo caption on Page B1 yesterday incorrectly stated that great blue herons are the largest birds in North America. They are the largest species found in Kentucky. A story on Page B5 omitted some Kentucky schools honored by the U.S. Department of Education. A ...

EDITORIAL: Ky. Central flap: Clear campaign trail of red herrings.(Editorial)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Fodder for lawyer jokes, yes. A smoking gun bearing the fingerprints of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Steve Beshear, no. The eagerly awaited confidential report on a 14-year-old conflict of interest involving Beshear's former law firm is out, made public by a lawsuit ...

EDITORIAL: Great track record: City doesn't need to overhaul historic zoning.(Editorial)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--In 1983, the Herald-Leader reported on new zoning laws that could change the look of Lexington. "Strict new subdivision standards and zoning laws ... are going to mean fewer and smaller signs along streets and highways, more park space and more protection of historic ...

Lexington honors Gay: WORLD CHAMP GETS PROCLAMATION, CITY KEY.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Michelle Ku Oct. 10--Lexington welcomed home the world's fastest man yesterday. Tyson Gay, who won the 100- and 200-meter titles at the 2007 World Track and Field Championships and helped the United States win the world 4-by-100-meter title, was honored by Mayor Jim ...

Lafayette upsets Paul Dunbar: BOTH SEMIFINAL MATCHES GO INTO OVERTIME.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jennifer Smith Oct. 10--Jake Stephens has always believed. Even when the goalkeeper's Lafayette team struggled early, going seven full games to start the season without getting a single win. Even last night, when the underdog Generals went up ...

BRIEF: Bluegrass drought eases slightly: SPOTTY RAIN ENOUGH TO SHIFT STATUS FROM EXTREME TO SEVERE.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--Last week's brief, scattered rains were enough to lift the state's Bluegrass region into a better position on the weekly Palmer Drought Severity Index. The region, which includes Lexington, had improved to severe from extreme drought when the index was released yesterday. ...

Allstate documents examined: Suit looks at practices in '97 accident claim.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Brandon Ortiz Oct. 2--Allstate Insurance Co. rigged a computer program to produce artificially low values for injury claims, sent fraudulent information to state regulators to avoid scrutiny, and accepted lawsuits over its claims handling as a cost of doing business, an ...

Ex-accountant admits $712,000 theft.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Beth Musgrave Oct. 2--A former accountant for a well-known Lexington auto dealership admitted yesterday to taking more than $700,000 from her employer. Shirley Jean Bachelor, 53, of Danville, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Lexington to one count of ...

Alleged kidnap victim testifies: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SAYS HE WAS OFFERED RIDE TO LEXINGTON.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Beth Musgrave Oct. 2--In April, Tomas Sebastian Tomas was looking for a way to travel from Colorado, where he had been looking for work, to Kentucky, where his sons lived. He met a guy in a Mexican store who said he would drive Tomas to Kentucky for a fee -- ...

State pays $380,000 to former social worker: SUIT WAS FILED OVER ADOPTION DISPUTE.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Valarie Honeycutt Spears Oct. 2--The state has paid $380,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former social worker who said she was urged to arrange an inappropriate adoption so the state could get federal bonus money. In the lawsuit filed in 2005 against the ...

More than 90% of Fayette schools gain: SILBERMAN CALLS IT 'A BANNER YEAR'.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Raviya H. Ismail and Linda J. Johnson Oct. 2--More than 90 percent of Fayette County schools made gains on state tests this year, with nine reaching or surpassing a score of 100 and no school scoring less than 64. As a whole, Fayette schools had a score of 85, up from ...

EDITORIAL: KYKURMUDGEON BLOG.(Editorial)

Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--FLETCHER'S NEW HOOK After 45 months in office and just over a month before voters choose between him and Democratic challenger Steve Beshear, Gov. Ernie Fletcher suddenly discovers there are (gasp!) illegal immigrants in Kentucky and some of them may be (horrors!) ...

EDITORIAL: High tuition costs: Cowgill right to consider KCTCS freeze.(Editorial)

Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--Kentucky's low-income families must now devote almost a quarter of their incomes to pay for a community or technical college education, even with financial aid. Tuition increases have pushed the percent of income needed from the poorest fifth of Kentucky families above ...

Hospitals replacing nurses: AT LEAST 650 WALKED OUT AFTER CONTRACT TALKS FAILED.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Cassondra Kirby Oct. 2--HAZARD -- Hours after hundreds of nurses in Kentucky and West Virginia went on strike yesterday demanding better benefits and staffing, Appalachian Regional Healthcare officials began working to permanently replace them. "We are ...

Schools across Ky. see big jumps: Experts debate effect of changes.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Linda B. Blackford, Raviya Ismail and Linda Johnson Oct. 2--The numerous changes to the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System this year weren't supposed to have much of an effect on test scores for the state's 1,183 public schools. But according to a ...

Whistle blower now helping Steve Beshear: FLETCHER'S SIDE TO DEPOSE DOERTING TODAY.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jack Brammer Oct. 2--FRANKFORT -- Doug Doerting, the whistle blower who prompted the hiring investigation of Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration, is helping Democrat Steve Beshear's campaign in the race for governor. The revelation of Doerting's involvement ...

Swim teams must wait for passing inspection: CUMBERLAND HILLS' TENT, LIGHTING DEEMED DEFICIENT.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Lannen and Beth Musgrave Oct. 2--Practice schedules for an estimated 400 competitive swimmers were sunk this past week after inspectors briefly shut down the Cumberland Hills pool. Late last week, Fayette County health inspectors found chlorine levels ...

Ex-Legend steals show with Astros: KENTUCKIAN ANDERSON MAKES MOST OF TRIP TO BIG LEAGUE.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Maloney Oct. 2--CINCINNATI -- Baseball took Josh Anderson out of Eubank. But baseball didn't take Eubank out of Josh Anderson. The pride of Pulaski County patrolled center field for much of the final month of the Houston Astros' season. ...

The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., Mark Story column: Can uk finally shut him up?

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Story Oct. 2--Knockdown. Smackdown. Spurrier smirk. When Kentucky visits South Carolina Thursday night, to the victor will go early control of the SEC East race -- and who would have ever dreamed that sentence could be written? ...