Versailles, KY

After more than 60 years serving Central Kentucky, Jack Kain Ford and its Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center in Versailles have been sold to the ownership group behind O’Brien Ford of Shelbyville.

Versailles is one step closer to becoming the setting of a Hallmark Christmas movie. The Woodford County community has made the top 25 in a national contest, and voting is now underway.

WOODFORD COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX NEWS) — A 21-year-old Versailles man is facing multiple charges after police say he drove recklessly and crashed into a marked police cruiser while under the influence of alcohol. According to a citation filed by the Versailles Police Department, Jeremiah Brickhouse was arrested shortly after midnight on Aug. 27 following a...

Versailles Fire Chief T.A. Rankin has been named Fire Chief of the Year by the Kentucky Association of Fire Chiefs, according to Woodford County Judge-Executive James Kay.

Eckert's Orchard in Versailles is getting ready for the upcoming Sunflower Festival kicking off this weekend

Lane's End Farm, on more than 2,000 acres, in Versailles is preparing for the Breeders' Cup World Championships, with specialty tour options for visitors during race week.

A Central Kentucky community is getting national recognition for its holiday spirit. Versailles has been named one of 25 finalists in Hallmark Channel's "Merriest Christmas Towns" contest,

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – James Edward Reed Jr., 38, died in October 2024 after a crash on his motorcycle on Versailles Road in Lexington. Nearly two years later, a new traffic light now stands at the intersection where that crash occurred. Reed’s brother, Matthew Conway, began pushing for the change shortly after Reed’s funeral. “I reached out...

Drivers traveling through a busy Lexington intersection will have to wait a little longer for a new traffic signal to become fully operational

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — UPDATE: Aug. 12 at 12:40 p.m. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office has identified the person killed in the three-vehicle crash on Wednesday morning on Versailles Road. The coroner’s office says that 29-year-old Carter Peterson died from blunt trauma injuries in the crash. Peterson, according to the coroner’s office, was pronounced dead at UK...