December 22, 2024
Kentucky vs Tenneessee, 1993
Kentucky’s quarterback Pookie Jones looked downfield as Tennessee’s defensive end James Wilson applied pressure during the Wildcat’s game against the Vols November 20, 1993 at Commonwealth Stadium. Number 7 Tennessee shut out the Cats 48-0 in the season finale. UK, under coach Bill Curry finished the season 6-6 and played Clemson in the Peach Bowl, losing 14-13. The 9th ranked Wildcats meet the Vols this afternoon in Knoxville. Photo by Frank Anderson | Staff
UK Med Center crosswalk construction, 1977
Workmen position concrete beams on the pedestrian overpass spanning Rose Street, across from the University of Kentucky Medical Center on May 10, 1977. Photo by Mike Kearney | Staff
Pulling campaign signs, 1984
Janet Smith, a worker for 6th District Congressman Larry Hopkins’ campaign, pulled signs from yards the day after the election in November 1984. Hopkins, a Republican from Lexington, served Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District from 1979 to 1993. Yesterday’s election included a race for the 6th District Congressional seat between Republican incumbent Andy Barr and newcomer, Democrat Amy McGrath. Photo by John C. Wyatt | Staff
Stolen hams recovered, 1950
Assistant County Patrol Chief Leo Kelly and Patrolman Guy Best with some of the old hams they recovered after they were stolen from a Fayette county storage plant in April 1950. A suspect was caught and the hams were returned to their owner. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Rose Street extension, 1988
This March 1988 aerial photograph shows construction underway for the Rose Street Extension that would run from East Main Street, bottom, to Deweese Street and later connected to and was called Elm Tree Lane. Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff
Halloween Jack o’ Lantern, 1947
Kit Barrow, son of Dr. and Mrs. Woolfolk Barrow, and Betsy Speed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.H. Speed, with their Halloween Jack o’ Lantern in late October 1947. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Lexington property assessors, 1949
From left, E.L. Bracy, Lexington; L.H. Palmer, Dayton, Ohio, engineer in charge; G.C. Wallace, Dayton; Russell Pulliam, Lexington, and R.S. Quigley, Philadelphia, pictured at city hall reassessing Lexington property values on February 15, 1949. Reassessment of all real property was to cost the city $52,500 and was to be completed in early summer. Assessors were soon to begin a house to house appraisal of all local property. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Lafayette performs at KMEA championships, 1994
The Lafayette High School flag corps interacted with the marching band, by dancing with, and around, band members during the Kentucky Music Educators Association Marching Band Championships in October 1994 at Roy Kidd Stadium in Richmond. Lafayette captured it’s 5th championship in a row in Class 4A that evening. Lafayette is competing in this year’s championship today in Lexington. Photo by Greg Perry
Kentucky’s Dan Issel, 1970
Kentucky senior Dan Issel acknowledged the roar of the crowd as he left the Memorial Coliseum floor for his final home game as the Wildcats defeated Auburn March 2, 1970, 102-81. Issel holds the men’s UK record for career points with 2,138. Today is Issel’s 70th birthday. Photo by E. Martin Jessee | Staff
Lexington patrolman captures two screech owls, 1949
Patrolman Al Sharpe with two screech owls he captured in Mrs. James P. McGerty’s apartment at 110 Hanover Avenue in June 1949. Patrolman William Riley, right, and two other officers responded to McGerty’s call about 4:30am after she heard loud noises in her living room. As she cautiously opened the door, “a great feathered thing swooped by me,” she told police. Patrolman Sharpe placed the birds in a bird cage and later released them near the police station. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
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