The National Weather Service in Jackson reports it was a strong microburst with 80 mile per hour winds that toppled trees near Natural Bridge in Powell County Tuesday night.

This is photography taken from a side angle, or parallel view.

Lexington city leaders are beginning the formal process of updating zoning regulations. It has implications for specific businesses located near residential areas.

A longtime Fayette County School Board member says her effort to introduce a resolution at Monday night’s meeting proved unsuccessful. Amanda Ferguson served from 2007 to 2016 and rejoined the board last year. She said it was an attempt to improve relations between district staff and school employees.

The ribbon cutting for a new downtown park in Lexington signals one more phase of a neighborhood reemergence.