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Brian Melanson

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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Aug 21, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Brian Melanson

    Fire breaks out at Glenn’s Creek Distillery, no bourbon lost (opens the original)

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    WOODFORD COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Crews responded to a fire Wednesday at Glenn’s Creek Distillery, just a few hundred yards from the site of the 2019 Jim Beam distillery fire on McCracken Pike Road. First responders were worried when they arrived at the scene because the fire melted the tires off the trucks. The fire started around 3:30 p.m. Unlike the 2019 incident, Wednesday’s fire was contained to abandoned warehouses and lesser used buildings where no bourbon was being aged. Woodford County Emer

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Brian Melanson

    Frankfort weighs future of Flock Safety camera contract (opens the original)

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    FRANKFORT, Ky. — Frankfort officials are weighing whether to renew the city’s expiring contract with Flock Safety following Monday night’s Board of Commissioners meeting. With 19 Flock Safety cameras placed around Frankfort, residents brought concerns to the board. “People were saying it’s over surveillance, there’s too many errors within the system itself. People feel like it’s their right to have that level of privacy.” Those concerns echoed comments from Commissioner Katima Smith-Willis. “You

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Brian Melanson

    Mercer County zoning ordinance sent back to committee (opens the original)

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    HARRODSBURG, Ky. — The Mercer County Fiscal Court voted unanimously to send Ordinance 2026-08 back to the Planning and Zoning Committee during a specially called meeting for a second reading of the zoning measure. Passing the ordinance would have allowed a data center to be developed within 2,000 feet of the border of Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. Before the vote, several magistrates expressed concerns over impacts to the environment, infrastructure, pollution and the local economy. Billy Ran

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Brian Melanson

    Lexington event honors Dolly Parton one month after her death (opens the original)

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    LEXINGTON, Ky. — It has been one month to the day since country legend Dolly Parton passed away. Lexington Parks and Recreation held a celebration Friday to honor her life. Hundreds attended the event at Moondance Amphitheater, with people traveling from across the region. The amphitheater reached standing room only capacity as thousands gathered to honor Parton. During Friday’s concert, 10 bands of different genres played their own renditions of Parton’s songs. “It’s a great day to celebrate he

  5. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Brian Melanson

    FCPS to sell East Main properties, forcing Lexington Women’s Club to find new home (opens the original)

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    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Fayette County Public Schools plans to sell eight properties as it looks to balance its budget, including one that houses the Lexington Women’s Club. The club, which has clothed schoolchildren for nearly three years at the old Henry Clay High School location, has been told to vacate the property. The Lexington Women’s Club was founded in 1948 and started in an oversized closet on Ashland Avenue. It has grown to clothe between 12 and 1,400 students every year. “So they get

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