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Four Fayette schools get grants totaling $67,000

By Raviya H. Ismail

The Fayette Education Foundation awarded grants totaling nearly $67,000 to four Fayette public schools on Friday.

ACT scores weak in math, science

Districts, state to look at places to improve

By Raviya H. Ismail

Most Kentucky high school juniors struggle with math and science and aren’t prepared for college-level courses in those subjects, according to ACT college entrance results released Thursday.

Finalists announced for $100,000 UK design prize

Herald-Leader Staff Report

The University of Kentucky announced Thursday the five finalists for the Curry Stone Design Prize, awarded to breakthrough projects that have the "power and potential to improve our lives and the world we live in."

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City settling overtime lawsuit for about $2 million

By Michelle Ku

mku@herald-leader.com

The city will probably pay more than $2 million to settle an overtime pay lawsuit involving more than 300 current and former Fayette County Detention Center corrections officers.
Education group sets top 20 goal

By Raviya H. Ismail

rismail@herald-leader.com

The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence launched an initiative Thursday to propel Kentucky into the top 20 states in the nation in education by 2020.
Fen-phen attorneys re-indicted

By Beth Musgrave

bmusgrave@herald-leader.com

A federal grand jury on Wednesday issued additional charges against two Lexington-area lawyers accused of taking millions of dollars from their former clients in a diet drug settlement.
Dunbar student injured Friday in fight

By Raviya H. Ismail

rismail@herald-leader.com

A Paul Laurence Dunbar High School student was injured during a fight at a football game Friday night, Fayette County school representatives said.
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The Lexington Public Library is releasing a list of "50 Books to Read in Kindergarten" in September. Full-color posters listing the 50 titles — which are a combination of favorite classics and contemporary titles selected by the children's librarians at the library— will be distributed on Sept. 5 to all kindergartners in Fayette County public schools and will also be available at the six Lexington Public Library locations.
Lexington Catholic 3, Paul Dunbar 2

Boys' soccer: Catholic beats Dunbar 3-2 as tempers flare

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith3@herald-leader.com

On a hot and steamy Tuesday night, an always hotly contested matchup between district rivals and state powers Lexington Catholic and Paul Dunbar got overheated.
State promises more social workers for Lexington
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By Beth Musgrave

bmusgrave@herald-leader.com

More child protection social workers will be hired soon to help Fayette County's understaffed Cabinet for Health and Family Services office, officials said Tuesday.
Ragland wants new trial after $63.3 million verdict

By Brandon Ortiz

bortiz@herald-leader.com

Shane Ragland wants a new civil trial in the 1994 shooting death of a University of Kentucky football player because he thinks the $63.3 million verdict against him is excessive.
Around Kentucky

A bicyclist was killed late Sunday night in Laurel County when he was struck by a Kentucky State Police cruiser that was answering a non-emergency call.
UK "pink" anti-cancer t-shirts a nationwide hit

By Jim Warren

jwarren@herald-leader.com

On Monday, Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity chapters on U.S. college campuses started selling "Real Men Wear Pink" T-shirts in hopes of raising thousands of dollars for breast cancer research, and the whole project was conceived at the University of Kentucky.
Lexington unlikely to see evacuees

By Jim Warren

jwarren@herald-leader.com

As of Monday afternoon, it appeared unlikely that Lexington would receive any evacuees from Hurricane Gustav, but officials said they'll stay ready just in case.
In support of struggling laborers

Some Lexingtonians observed Labor Day Monday afternoon by throwing a rally in support of a living wage for Lexington city employees, workers at the University of Kentucky and other low-paid workers in Central Kentucky.
It's a cell, cell world: UK ditches dorm land lines
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By Art Jester

ajester@herald-leader.com

For University of Kentucky students, the land line is dead.
One dead, one injured on New Circle Road

By Jillian Ogawa

jogawa@herald-leader.com

A man died and a woman was severely injured Sunday night after a vehicle struck them near the intersection of Bryan Station Road and New Circle, Lexington police said.
Kentucky receives first wave of Gustav evacuees

By Beth Musgrave

bmusgrave@herald-leader.com

As Hurricane Gustav prepared to barrel into the Gulf Coast states on Sunday, Kentucky received its first wave of Gustav evacuees from Louisiana.