Are back issues of the Herald available on the Internet? Searchable? I’m interested in the years 1950-1954.

The only place to find the information you’re looking for is through the Lexington Public Library. Our online archive only goes back to 1983. The public library has a free, online index of our paper that [...]

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Question: My father was a Kentucky Colonel. Tell me about this group and how one becomes a Colonel. Has a dog or cat ever been commissioned as a Colonel?
Answer: The answer to your question about the group comes from the Kentucky Sec. of State’s web site at:
http://sos.ky.gov/executive/kentuckycolonels.htm
The highest honor awarded by the Commonwealth of [...]

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Question: I live in the Stonewall Neighborhood. Is it me or is our tap water tasting much differently than it used to? What is the cause?
Answer: Your answer comes from a communications official with Kentucky American Water Co. ( Susan Lancho, Communications & Corporate Responsibility Manager, Kentucky American Water): Many times if [...]

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Question: I along with some of my friends have noticed that around dusk, there is a huge number of birds flying in several large flocks around the Woodhilll area.  I have not noticed it at other times of the day or other areas of the city.  There’s so many it almost looks like a scene [...]

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Above, the artists. Source: Kentucky Arts Council Web page.
Question: There is a large orange metal object near the railroad tracks on Newtown Pike between Main and Georgetown St. It looks like a giant tuning fork. What is this? Does it have something to do with the railroad tracks there?
Answer: I talked to a railroad-crossing [...]

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Question: What exactly is the law regarding funeral processions here in Kentucky? I have been in western Kentucky where cars on both sides of the road pull over while the entire procession to stop with even some people getting out of the cars to stand in respect. Here in [...]

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Question: There was a lot of controversy during building of the W.T. Library on the UK campus involving “sink holes.” What was the problem and why are they so prevalent in Fayette County?

Answer:  In a 1998 Herald-Leader article about the building of the Young Library, we wrote that because of the location chosen for the [...]

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Question: Companies advertising some toll free numbers use the initials TTY in front of the number. What is this and what do the initials stand for? 

Answer: For this answer, I talked to a media person at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He says that TTY (most often referred to now as TDD) is a special device that [...]

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Question: When I go to the eye doctor he refers to the perfect vision of 20/20 and to less perfect vision of  20/30 or 20/40.  What do these numbers mean? 
Answer: Your answer comes from the University of Iowa Health Science Relations web site:
http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/medicaldepartments/
ophthalmology/2020vision/index.html

Since your first eye exam, you’ve heard fractions like 20/20 or 20/40 to [...]

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Question: Could you tell us what happened to the mosaic horse that was located at the corner of Ashland and High Streets?  It added a lot to that corner and we miss it.

Answer:  Mystery solved! A call to Equity Management Group that manages Ashland Plaza says that the horse is taken inside in the winter.  [...]

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