Lexington Brief

Local news, organized by what happened.

General 1 outlet · WKYT

Louisville ticket wins $225,000 Cash Ball 225 prize at R & R Food MartR & R Food Mart sells $225,000 winning lottery ticket

A ticket purchased at R & R Food Mart on Shepherdsville Road in Louisville won the $225,000 top prize in Saturday’s Kentucky Cash Ball 225 drawing, according to Kentucky Lottery officials. The Oct. 10 ticket matched numbers 26, 29, 30 and 34, plus Cash Ball 12. It is the game’s eighth top-prize ticket sold this year; winners have 180 days to claim prizes at lottery headquarters in Louisville.

Sports 1 outlet · WKYT

Two Wildcats earn SEC weekly honors

Kentucky wide receiver and punt returner Brock Coffman and wide receiver Kenny Darby earned Southeastern Conference weekly honors, the league announced Monday. The Wildcats beat No. 10 LSU in overtime Saturday for their second top-10 win of the season. Coffman returned a punt 55 yards for his first collegiate touchdown, while Darby caught four passes for 79 yards. Kentucky next travels to Oklahoma on Saturday, Oct. 17.

General 1 outlet · The State Journal (Politics)

Johnson appointed to Kentucky Geological Survey Advisory Board

Gov. Andy Beshear appointed Frankfort resident David Johnson to the Kentucky Geological Survey Advisory Board. Johnson is AECOM’s floodplain management technical leader. He replaces Julie Ross, who resigned, and will serve the remainder of her term, which expires Sept. 1, 2027.

Public safety 1 outlet · The State Journal (Politics)

Local man accused of pepper spraying, assaulting two people

Frankfort police arrested Dustin Ewing Friday night after a reported fight involving about 10 people on Tupelo Trail. Police said witnesses reported that Ewing and his girlfriend struck one person and used pepper spray, while a second person was injured in a fight after intervening; both victims reported facial and eye injuries. Ewing faces charges including attempted first-degree robbery, cocaine possession, assault, disorderly conduct and public intoxication. He is held at Franklin County Regional Jail

Public safety 1 outlet · The State Journal (Politics)

Police, fire blotter (Oct. 9-11)

Frankfort-area police, sheriff’s deputies, fire and EMS agencies handled calls Oct. 9-11, including traffic crashes, theft reports and suspected intoxicated drivers. A 27-year-old man who reportedly stabbed himself on West Second Street Saturday was taken to Eastern State Hospital; two people were extricated after a single-vehicle crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and one was hospitalized. Crews also extinguished a combine fire on Glenns Creek Road and rescued people from elevators at two

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