March 28, 2025
Jared Lorenzen in Boys’ Sweet Sixteen, 1999
Highlands guard Jared Lorenzen called a play during an opening round game in the Boys’ Sweet Sixteen on March 11, 1999 in Rupp Arena. Henderson County rallied to stun Highlands, 62-60, ending Lorenzen’s high school basketball career. He later went on to play quarterback for the University of Kentucky football team and in the NFL. Lorenzen, with fellow star and UK football signee Derek Smith, led Highlands to an undefeated season and a second Class 3A football title in three years during his senior year in high school. In basketball, the Bluebirds made their third consecutive appearance in the Sweet Sixteen. Lorenzen, who was listed as a 6-4, 240-pound forward, contributed 14 points, 8.6 rebounds and five assists a game that year. Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, 1960
Then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, with Kentucky Gov. Bert Combs, opened the Kentucky presidential campaign in Frankfort in October 1960. Published in the Lexington Herald Oct. 21, 1960. Photo by E. Martin Jessee | Staff
Keeneland sale, 1967
A chestnut yearling colt out of Raise A Native and Gay Hostess was shown in the Keeneland Summer Sales ring in July 1967. Canadian oilman Frank McMahon paid $250,000 for the colt, which was consigned by Leslie Combs II’s Spendthrift Farm. Published in the Lexington Leader on July 25, 1967.
A visit by Queen Elizabeth II, 1984
Queen Elizabeth II, with William Farish III on Oct. 9, 1984, inspected mares at Farish’s Lane’s End Farm in Woodford County. The queen, on a six-day visit to the Bluegrass, toured several horse farms and presented a silver Georgian trophy to the winner of a new Keeneland race named in her honor: the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup. Photo by David Perry | Staff
Keeneland summer sale, 1946
A chestnut colt by Coldstream was shown in the auction ring at the Keeneland Sales in August 1946. The colt, out of Spotted Beauty, which was sired by Man o’ War, was sold to Leslie Combs II for $50,000, the highest bid brought in at closing auction. Consigned by Coldstream Stud.
Downtown Lexington traffic jam, 1951
A noon traffic jam on Short Street in downtown Lexington. Published in the Lexington Herald on Jan. 16, 1951. Herald-Leader archive photo
Dermontti Dawson, UK lineman, 1987
University of Kentucky lineman Dermontti Dawson, who played center and guard for the Wildcats from 1984 to 1987, enjoyed a 13-year career in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 2012, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Circus elephant on Main Street, 1980
The Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers Circus came to town in 1980. Anya Armes, 8, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Armes of Lexington, rode “Pete” the elephant down Main Street to Rupp Arena before the Nov. 13 performance. The 2014 edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is visiting Rupp Arena the weekend of Sept. 5. Photo by David Perry | Herald-Leader Staff
Mare on the meter, 1952
This rig was parked on North Limestone, near the Lexington post office, in November 1952. The wagon and Mollie, an 11-year-old mare, were owned by J.C. Snowden of Route 6, Lexington. Photo by John C. Wyatt | Lexington Leader Staff
Beshear runs for governor, 1987
Steve Beshear announced his run for governor of Kentucky on Feb. 3, 1987, at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington. Beshear was lieutenant governor when he made the announcement. He came in third in a five-candidate Democratic primary and stepped away from politics for nearly a decade to practice law. In 1996, he challenged Mitch McConnell for Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seat but lost. In 2007, he beat Ernie Fletcher in the race for governor, and he was elected to a second term in 2011. Because of term limits, he is not eligible to run again for governor.
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