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Lancaster News
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- KY Oil Company Officials Charged With Fraud
Six officials from Target Oil and Gas and Kentucky and Indiana Oil and Gas companies in Danville were arraigned Tuesday in U.S. District Court for a 26-count indictment, issued earlier this month, that accused ...
- Murder Suspect Indicted
A Garrard County man, accused of killing his wife, has been indicted. The indictment says Luther Creech beat, choked and stabbed Courtney Walton Creech inside their apartment in Lancaster late last month.
- Technologically advanced
The renovations made to Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center are expanding beyond physical structures and into the actual equipment used to detect illnesses or other problems with patients.
- Replica cabin considered as tourism draw
Officials in Garrard County are considering building a replica of a slave cabin on the grounds of Pleasant Retreat, the Lancaster home of Kentucky's 16th governor, William Owsley.
- In Garrard, murky history as tourist lure
Add Garrard County to the list of places in Kentucky and the nation seeking to capitalize on its connection to Uncle Tom's Cabin, the 1852 novel that stirred anti-slavery sentiment before the Civil War.
- Lancaster Woman Killed In Wreck
Around 11:00 Saturday night, authorities in Boyle County raced to the scene of an accident on Lancaster Road.
- Lancaster woman stabbed to death
A Lancaster man has been charged with murder after his wife was found dead inside the couple's apartment Wednesday morning.
- Ky. veterans invited to share war stories
Tuesday is Veterans Day, but later this month Central Kentucky veterans are invited to share their stories with the Library of Congress.
- Moberly, Napier opposed for re-election
Two veteran state legislators, Rep. Harry Moberly, D-Richmond, and Rep. Lonnie Napier have no major party opposition for re-election. However, Moberly is opposed by Libertarian Party candidate J. Lance Combs of ...
- A pie in the hand
There's one step left --the easiest one -- 2014 after Buddy Hall of Applecreek Farms dusts one of his fried apple pies with powdered sugar: Finding someone to devour it.
- Falling gas prices offer a rare bit of good news
Average cost of regular unleaded in Lexington: Late Monday: $3.409 Day earlier: $3.431 Month earlier: $3.584 Year ago: $2.722 Sometime after 3 p.m. Tuesday, Pioneer Market owner Ed Johnson changed the gas ...
- Home for Sale in Lancaster, Kentucky
Description: single family ranch with vinyl siding, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, dining room, which could also be used as a 3rd bed room, living room, den which also includes a fireplace.
- Around Kentucky
A man was killed Saturday in a single-vehicle wreck in Garrard County. Dustin A. Montgomery, 26, of Lancaster was killed on Ky.
- Police and fire reports for Sept. 24, 2008
POLICE AND FIRE REPORTS WINCHESTER POLICE Charged - Jakki Frazier, 20, of 250 Oxford Drive, Apt.
- String of thefts in the city
A Richmond man wasn't looking for his fortune inside a cookie Friday at a local Chinese restaurant, but in the employees' tip jar.
- Carl Newman
Carl E. Newman, 82, of Nashville, passed away Sept. 13, 2008. He was born in Lancaster, Ky.
- ICYMI: "Short Shorts In Court Girl" Is A Local News Comedy Genius
When a Lancaster, Kentucky woman was sent to jail for 3 days for wearing clothing to court that a judge had repeatedly deemed "too skimpy", the local news action team got down to the jailhouse to get her side ...
- Complaint filed in Lancaster election
A complaint delivered Thursday to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance questions who paid for campaign literature, a telephone survey, free voter transportation and exit polling in last month's Lancaster ...
- Who wears short shorts? Kentucky criminals, that's who
I love this story -- tell you why in a sec. Kirstie Arnold of Lancaster, Kentucky, busted on charges related to drugs, harassment and running over a tombstone in a graveyard , was sent to jail by an ...
Lancaster Classifieds
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City DescriptionLancaster is a city in Garrard County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,734. It is the county seat of Garrard County. Located south of Lexington, it is the site of the Kennedy House, said to have been used in Uncle Tom's Cabin. The controversial American Civil War training base, Camp Dick Robinson, was located near Lancaster. Additionally, Lancaster is home to the Garrard County High School "Golden Lions".
Lancaster is located at 37°37′7″N 84°34′46″W / 37.61861, -84.57944 (37.618625, -84.579433).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.6 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,734 people, 1,585 households, and 1,020 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,100.4 people per square mile (809.9/km²). There were 1,758 housing units at an average density of 988.9/sq mi (381.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 88.14% White, 9.61% African American, 0.08% Native American, 1.12% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.96% of the population.
There were 1,585 households out of which 29.1% had ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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