February 25, 2025
Hazard High School football, 1985
Hazard High School’s Keith Deaton found himself airborne thanks to the Prestonsburg defense during first half of a game on Nov. 8, 1985. This year, Hazard takes on Beechwood in Class A finals of the KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl at 8 p.m. Friday in Bowling Green. Hazard last won the state championship in 2011 with a 24-6 win over Mayfield. Photo by Jim Wakeham | Staff
Paul Miller Ford advertisement, 1968
An advertisement in the Sept. 22, 1968, Lexington Herald-Leader for Paul Miller Ford. The ad said the Lexington dealer was marking down some inventory to make room for newer models. Some of the cars advertised were a Mustang convertible for $2,799.03 and a Thunderbird for $4,913.83. According to an inflation calculator, the Mustang was listed for the equivalent of $19,442.72 in today’s dollars. The dealership’s website currently lists 2016 Mustang hard-tops for $24,255. In 2013, the dealership on New Circle Road celebrated its 60th year in business. Click on the image for a closer look.
IBM produces first typewriter, 1956
The pilot assembly line at the new IBM plant on Dec. 26, 1956, produced the firm’s first electric typewriter to be manufactured in Lexington. W.F. Blackerby, president of Realty Mortgage Co., received the first typewriter, a 16-inch bookcase academic type. He had placed an order that August requesting “the first machine to come from the Lexington plant.” IBM, Lexmark’s industrial forerunner, was the dominant Lexington private employer of its day. In 1956, the company decided to build a 386,000-square-foot typewriter plant off New Circle Road that employed 1,800 people. By 1985, IBM had 6,000 workers. In 1990, IBM decided to get out of the printer business. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private New York investment firm that specialized in turning around business divisions that bigger corporations discarded, bought the division and appointed Marvin Mann, then with IBM, as chairman and CEO of Lexmark. The company remained headquartered in Lexington at the plant site on Newtown Pike. In April 2016, it was announced that Lexmark was being acquired by a three-pronged Chinese consortium. On Nov. 29, 2016, the acquisition was completed, and the company announced it was shedding its enterprise software business, once the cornerstone of its business strategy. Click on the image for a closer look. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Clay County’s Sweet Sixteen champs, 1987
After Clay County won the boys’ state basketball championship in 1987, the first state title for a team from the Eastern Kentucky mountains since Carr Creek in 1956, Coach Bobby Keith, front right, and and star player Richie Farmer, directly behind Keith wearing medal, celebrated atop a fire truck as they returned to home. Next spring, Kentucky will celebrate the 100th year of the boys’ state high school basketball championship. Read Mark Story’s column detailing the history of the tournament. Monday night marks the start of the 2016-17 girls and boys basketball season. Photo by Breck Smither
Combined I-64 and I-75 opens, 1964
A car crashed through a paper barrier on Nov. 24, 1964, during the opening of a 13-mile stretch of combined Interstate 64 and 75 in northern Fayette County. The brief ceremony was at the Newtown Pike interchange. The $16 million project linked I-75 with I-64 to the east and I-75 to the south at the Athens-Boonesboro interchange. During the ceremony, Gov. Edward T. Breathitt announced plans for more road construction projects to come in Fayette County, including a six-mile route from the interstate to downtown Lexington; a four-lane widening of Winchester Road from New Circle Road to I-75; and a widening of Versailles Road, including an interchange between Versailles and New Circle roads. Herald-Leader Staff File Photo
First Kentucky basketball game in Rupp Arena, 1976
The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team made its move into Rupp Arena on Nov. 27, 1976, playing against the University of Wisconsin and ending more than two decades of play in historic Memorial Coliseum on UK’s campus. The Wildcats won 72-64, playing in front of 23,266 fans. Click here to see a gallery of images celebrating Rupp Arena’s 40th anniversary. Photo by David Perry | Staff
Kentucky wins first Governor’s Cup game, 1994
University of Kentucky football coach Bill Curry celebrated with his team after they defeated Louisville 20-14 on Sept. 3, 1994, in Commonwealth Stadium in the first meeting of the two teams in 70 years. The all-time rivalry is tied at 14-14, although Louisville leads the modern series 14-8. The Wildcats and the Cards meet at noon Saturday at Papa John Stadium in Louisville. Photo by Charles Bertam | Staff
Lafayette over Henry Clay, 1991
Lafayette’s Bert Hooper dove over the Henry Clay line to pick up short yardage in the first quarter on Nov. 1, 1991. Lafayette came out on top with a 24-16 victory at Heber Field. On Friday night, the Generals play Scott County in a state semi-final game at Lafayette. Photo by Tim Sharp | Staff
Boy Scouts collect toys, 1945
Lexington Boy Scouts collected donated toys in below-freezing weather and falling snow on Nov. 23, 1945. The Scouts planned to repair and redistribute the toys. Published in the Lexington Leader. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Front page about JFK assassination, 1963
Front page of The Lexington Herald on Nov. 23, 1963, one day after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. A story on the left side of the page says the president was to visit Eastern Kentucky with Gov. Bert Combs. Click on the image for a closer look.
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