LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington police have launched a homicide investigation. Police say officers were dispatched to a home on the 1800 block of Darien Drive, which runs between Alexandria Drive and Lane Allen Road, for an unresponsive individual around 1:25 p.m. Tuesday.

The Lexington Police Department is investigating a homicide after a man was found shot to death on Darien Drive Tuesday afternoon. According to police, officers were dispatched around 1:25 p.m. to a home in the 1800 block of Darien Drive for a report of an unresponsive person.

The City of Lexington is looking for a developer to revamp a historic building that’s integral to the city’s uptown landscape. On Tuesday, developers got a

That’s the wake up call Amie Simpson got 8 days ago, when her unit and 30 others at the Oxford Circle Apartment Complex were evacuated.

The plan for the project, called Avanti Townhomes, could bring 83 townhome units to 22 acres southwest of the town of Lexington, near where Longs Pond Road crosses Interstate 20. If approved by the county, the development would be slot in right beside the Baneberry subdivision.

The Marketplace is set to open in spring 2026, joining existing locations on Beaumont Centre Circle and Richmond Road.

The Lexington County case was highlighted among other operations so far in 2025, which the DOJ says has resulted in the seizure of nearly 44 fentanyl pills, 4,500 pounds of fentanyl powder and 65,000 pounds of methamphetamine across the country among other drug busts.

Officials with the Lexington Fire Department said three people were displaced by a house fire on Eleanor Drive Monday afternoon.