Government

Westerfield had a large margin of victory in Christian County but it wasn't enough to win the district.

Voter turnout was several percentage points higher than local election officials had expected.

The nickel tax, which the school board approved to increase the district's bonding capacity, was sought to replace the county's two aging high schools.

The president spoke for more than an hour to a packed crowd at Rupp Arena in Lexington and was joined by both of Kentucky’s U.S. senators and all five of the state’s Republican congressmen.

Beshear, the state's attorney general, is trying to prevent Republican Matt Bevin from winning a second term as governor.

The ruling means that the court didn’t ultimately determine whether Hands On Originals violated Lexington’s fairness ordinance.

The Office of the Attorney General has a statutory duty to issue open meetings and open records decisions.

The outcome of Tuesday's election will determine whether the school district can use the nickel tax to finance construction of two new high schools.

Lee said despite the two states being economic competitors, it matters to Tennessee what happens in Kentucky. Following Lee’s endorsement, Bevin took the stage to address the more than 100 people who attended the campaign stop.

“The Office of Lieutenant Governor has no employees assigned to it by statute,” Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd wrote in his ruling.