Versailles, Kentucky

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Versailles

Light Snow
Temperature: 30.0 °F

Humidity: 78 %
Wind Speed: 6 mph W
Pressure: 29.6 "

Dew Point: 24 °F
Gusts: 10 mph NNE
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Niagara Causeway to stand at Buck Pond
  

  Niagara Causeway, a Grade 3 winner by Giant's Causeway, will begin his stud career in 2009 at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.

• In remembrance: Readers honor pets who died in 2008
  

  T hey love us unconditionally, enriching our lives and giving us far more than we can ever give them.

• Trauma Care Workshop Planned
  

  All Kentucky hospitals are welcome to send representatives free of charge. will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jan.

• The gift that keeps on buying
  

  If the teen crowd shopping at Fayette Mall was any indication, it was pretty bare under the Christmas tree this year.

• Murder Suspect Turns Himself In
  

  Police in Woodford County say a Lexington man wanted in connection with a murder in Versailles last week turned himself in Monday.

• You can make your last meal of 2008 a good one
  

  Get your party attire ready, invite a few friends, and make reservations for a New Year's Eve celebration Wednesday at one of these hot spots.

• Widow looks for answers in unsolved Jessamine killing
  

  Paula Dunn didn't realize she had seen her husband for the last time. Around 1:30 p.m. May 6, Mark Allen Dunn left the used furniture store in Nicholasville that he and Paula operated.

• New Developments In Murder Investigation
  

  Police may be getting close to arresting a man they say shot another man, earlier this week.

• UPDATED: Man killed in Versailles
  

  Versailles investigators have gotten a warrant for a suspect in a Monday night homicide.

• Man shot in Versailles
  

  A man was shot in Versailles Monday night, police said. He was taken to University of Kentucky Hospital with life-threatening injuries, Versailles police Sgt.

• Kentucky reacts: McConnell and Bunning scorn plan
  

  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCon nell blasted the Bush administration's plan to use $17.4 billion in rescue loans to bail out the beleaguered U.S. auto industry - a move the Kentucky lawmaker said must be ...

• Thomas David Pruitt Jr.
  

  Thomas David Pruitt Jr., of Harlan, Ky., died December 18, 2008, at his home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shake' Laura Hekimian Pruitt, January 15, 2007.

• Story: A century ago, streetcars ruled Lexington
  

  If you've followed the ups and downs of LexTran since its creation in 1972, you might be surprised to know that Lexington has a rich history of public transportation.

• Four Hurt When School Bus Collides with SUV
  

  Police in central Kentucky say four people were hurt when an SUV ran a stop sign and collided with a school bus.

• Man Dies In Lexington House Fire
  

  The investigation into what sparked a deadly house fire in Lexington continued Monday.

• Grand jury gets Mercer burglary case
  

  The former employee of a missing Woodford County woman will face potential indictment on charges in Mercer County.

• Lawrenceburg man dies in I-64 wreck
  

  A Lawrenceburg man was killed Friday afternoon when the vehicle he was driving on Interstate 64 in Woodford County was hit head-on by another vehicle.

• Woodford Reserve Does the Monster Mash
  

  As the country celebrates the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, Brown Forman has released a Bourbon in a style that's not been commercially bottled in at least that long and probably in twice that ...

• Police Asking For Publics Help In Missing Person Case
  

  It's been more then a month since Patricia Last went missing from her Woodford County farm.

City Description

Versailles is a city in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States and is a suburb of Lexington. It is also part of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,511 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Woodford County. The city's name is pronounced differently from the French city of the same name: /vɚˈseɪlz/ (help·info) ("ver-sails"). Versailles was founded on June 23, 1792, on land of eighty acres owned by Hezekiah Briscoe, at the time only a child. His guardian, Major Marquis Calmes, named the town after Versailles, France, in honor of General Lafayette, a family friend. The city was officially incorporated on February 13, 1837. It was briefly occupied during the Civil War by Confederate and Union forces. The area is a center for horse breeding, both Thoroughbred (Airdrie Stud, Ashford Stud, Ashview Farm, Brookdale Farm, Buck Pond Farm, Fallbrook Farm, Glenwood Farm, Lane's End Farm, Pin Oak Stud, Richland Hills Farm, Rose Hill Farm, Stonewall Farm, Sun Valley Farm, Three Chimneys Farm, Two Bucks Farm, and WinStar Farm) and Standardbred (Brittany Farms and Lenore Farms). The area is home to Woodford Reserve Distillery, a station on the Bourbon

City Contained By:

• Woodford County
• Kentucky

City Contains:

• Kentucky Community and Technical College System

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 7.25196670894 km squared

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