March 7, 2025
Photos from the Lexington Herald-Leader archives updated daily
Mayor Pettit and running mates, 1973
Posted on November 11, 2015 | in Uncategorized | by MCC Servers
Lexington Mayor Foster Pettit, second from right, and the rest of his ticket filed petitions on March 28, 1973, to have their names on the ballot for mayor and councilmen-at-large for the new Urban County Government. From left, city commissioners William Hoskins and Dr. J. Farra Van Meter; County Clerk Charles Baesler; Pettit; and county commissioner Doc Ferrell. In 1971, Pettit was elected mayor of Lexington, a nonpartisan position that he held from 1972 to 1978. He and Fayette County Judge Robert Stephens oversaw the merger of city and county governments in 1974. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Photo reprints
See a photo that you would like to have a reprint of? All photos that appear in this blog can be purchased from
MyCapture .
TITLE
 | Follow us on Twitter @KYPhotoArchive |
TITLE
Kentucky.com news feed
- Judges uphold verdict against former KY official who refused same-sex marriage licenses
- Why did this Lexington radio station disappear from the airwaves?
- Teachers of the Year: Stop the pillaging of America’s greatest institution -- public schools | Opinion
- Kentucky lawyer who stole $400,000 from dead client’s estate is sentenced to prison.
- Bill to protect controversial Kentucky school merged with weather relief legislation
- Former Central KY deputy sued for unlawful body cavity search. Criminal charges pending
- Ferry service connecting Fayette, other counties resumes after 3-month shutdown
- Lexington woman in custody, charged with complicity to murder in January homicide
- When will the Publix at Palomar open? Here’s what a company spokesperson is saying
- Publix is now open in Lexington. Here’s what services it offers outside of groceries
Tag Cloud
Adolph Rupp Aerial basketball Blue Grass Airport Blue Grass Field Christmas Churchill Downs college basketball Commonwealth Stadium concert construction Downtown Downtown Lexington Fayette Mall football Frankfort Henry Clay High School horse racing Keeneland Keeneland Race Course Kentucky Kentucky basketball Kentucky Derby Kentucky football kentucky mens basketball Ky Lafayette High School Lexington Lexington construction Lexington Police Main Street Memorial Coliseum New Circle Road police restaurants Rupp Arena Shopping snow UK UK basketball UK Football University of Kentucky University of Kentucky basketball University of Kentucky football Wildcats