Horses ridden by police officers may soon walk Lexington city streets. Lexington City Council gave the Lexington Police Department the “green light” to continue its efforts to develop a mounted unit for the department at its meeting Jan. 20.
Late last Thursday night, a wrong-way driver on Interstate 81 died after colliding head-on with a tractor-trailer just north of the southern Natural Bridge exit.
Friday - Last night, a tractor-trailer and a car collided in the northbound lanes of Interstate 81 at mile marker 178.2 in the Natural Bridge area. The driver of the car is dead, and the crash remains under investigation.
Lexington City Manager Jim Halasz released the following statement Thursday afternoon urging Lexington residents and business owners to shovel snow off their sidewalks.