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Greetings Lexington! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which Lexington grocery stores actually stay open late on Christmas Eve?
  • What we know about the Cambridge Drive apartment fire displacing residents
  • How Lexington’s new in-home paramedic team keeps patients out of hospitals

Also on today's calendar: The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show - Lexington, KY.

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Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 58 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, mist; breezy, temps: high: 63, low: 53.
  • Friday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 66 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Are Lexington's Publix, Kroger open Christmas Eve, Christmas Day? When you can shop (kentucky.com) — If you still need groceries in Lexington for Christmas, most major chains will close early on Christmas Eve and shut entirely on Christmas Day, so plan now. The story highlights that Target stays open latest on Christmas Eve, while Meijer and Whole Foods close earlier. Residents are urged to double-check 2025 Lexington store hours before heading out.
   

2. Multiple people displaced in Lexington apartment complex fire: Here's what we know (fox56news.com) — Lexington firefighters are working to fully extinguish a Cambridge Drive apartment complex fire that started Tuesday morning and damaged all four units, displacing multiple residents. Crews say the blaze began in a basement apartment and spread into the attic, and the Red Cross has been contacted to help those forced from their homes while investigators determine the cause.
   

3. Saint Joseph Health launches first community paramedicine program in Lexington hospitals (lex18.com) — High-risk patients leaving Lexington’s Saint Joseph hospitals can now receive free in-home visits from paramedics and social workers through the city’s first hospital-based community paramedicine program. Focused on conditions like sepsis, pneumonia, COPD, and heart failure, the effort partners with Lexington Fire Department and has sharply reduced short-term readmissions while helping residents manage recovery safely at home.
   

4. Kentucky Cheerleader's Medical Records Demanded After Hiding Newborn's Body (usmagazine.com) — Lexington authorities are still investigating the death of a newborn whose body was found in a trash bag at a former University of Kentucky cheerleader’s home, as prosecutors now seek her medical records. The Fayette County coroner says extensive testing is needed to determine how the infant died, while the defendant remains on house arrest awaiting grand jury action.
   

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  • End of the year THANK YOU
    To all the kind loving and caring people who show up like angels. I made a post 3 or 4 months ago when I found out I am terminally ill with liver… (Nextdoor Squires)
  • Location found: Chilesburg Townhomes / Hayes Blvd
    We took her to a vet to be scanned for a microchip. A chip was found, and the information on file lists: • Owner name: Heather • Cat’s name: Nova … (Nextdoor Greg Page)
  • Burlington posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Lexington. Apply here.
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