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1 week ago | 
kentucky.com | Linda Blackford
The story on Lexington’s “Narco Farm,” (later the Federal Correctional Institute on Leestown Road) reminded me of a long-ago graduate paper I wrote using Chamber of Commerce files, studying how the “Narco Farm” came to Lexington. Business leaders invested $30,000 (in 1929 dollars) for a $5,000,000 physical plant and 245 jobs with an annual payroll of $340,000. This bold gamble 90 years ago paid off.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Linda Blackford
Fayette County school board member Penny Christian was right when she argued Tuesday night that an increased payroll tax for the district would continue its upward momentum in providing a better education for our students. “We have to do right by these kids,” she said during an acrimonious exchange between board members.
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2 weeks ago | 
hanfordsentinel.com | Linda Blackford
KEAVY, Ky. — Early Monday morning, Nicholas Mays stood in front of what’s left of his house: Half of its roof ripped off, his RV overturned into the neighbor’s driveway, three cars crinkled like aluminum foil. As a tornado barreled down on his Laurel County neighborhood Friday night, he grabbed his two young sons by the neck, yelled at his wife and daughter and ran for the bathroom. In the RV were his in-laws and a 5-year-old niece.
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2 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Linda Blackford
KEAVY, Ky. - Early Monday morning, Nicholas Mays stood in front of what's left of his house: Half of its roof ripped off, his RV overturned into the neighbor's driveway, three cars crinkled like aluminum foil. As a tornado barreled down on his Laurel County neighborhood Friday night, he grabbed his two young sons by the neck, yelled at his wife and daughter and ran for the bathroom. In the RV were his in-laws and a 5-year-old niece. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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2 weeks ago | 
kentucky.com | Linda Blackford
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2 weeks ago | 
union-bulletin.com | Linda Blackford
KEAVY, Ky. — Early Monday morning, Nicholas Mays stood in front of what’s left of his house: Half of its roof ripped off, his RV overturned into the neighbor’s driveway, three cars crinkled like aluminum foil. As a tornado barreled down on his Laurel County neighborhood Friday night, he grabbed his two young sons by the neck, yelled at his wife and daughter and ran for the bathroom. In the RV were his in-laws and a 5-year-old niece.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailygazette.com | Linda Blackford |Lexington Herald-Leader
KEAVY, Ky. — Early Monday morning, Nicholas Mays stood in front of what’s left of his house: Half of its roof ripped off, his RV overturned into the neighbor’s driveway, three cars crinkled like aluminum foil. As a tornado barreled down on his Laurel County neighborhood Friday night, he grabbed his two young sons by the neck, yelled at his wife and daughter and ran for the bathroom. In the RV were his in-laws and a 5-year-old niece.
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3 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Karla Ward |Bill Estep |John Cheves |Linda Blackford
LEXINGTON, Ky. - At least 14 Kentuckians are dead after a violent wave of storms and a likely tornado tore across the commonwealth for roughly six hours Friday night into early Saturday morning. The devastation was harsh and akin to an exploded bomb in business districts and a subdivision in Laurel and Pulaski counties.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Linda Blackford
Editor’s note: Herald-Leader Opinion Columnist Linda Blackford hustled to Laurel County Saturday morning to canvass the area and share observations. Here is her account of what she saw at the pummeled Sunshine Hills subdivision. Search-and-rescue crews were racing house-to-house in this Laurel County neighborhood Saturday morning, looking for survivors or those who may be trapped on the heels of a roaring storm and apparent tornado that ravaged Southern Kentucky.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Karla Ward |Bill Estep |John Cheves |Linda Blackford
LEXINGTON, Ky. - At least 14 Kentuckians are dead after a violent wave of storms and a likely tornado tore across the commonwealth for roughly six hours Friday night into early Saturday morning. The devastation was harsh and akin to an exploded bomb in business districts and a subdivision in Laurel and Pulaski counties.
