The following local meetings and events are scheduled. Much of this calendar is courtesy of Fayette County Travel & Tourism: ...

Penn State University’s trustees are backing a plan to close seven of its 19 branch campuses amid declining enrollments. Thursday night's 25-to-8 vote by the trustees came after a nearly ...

Fayette County Public Schools proposed tentative budget for next school year ... said the district is facing increasing costs in its daily operations. “The cost of food for students has increased by ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Conversations quickly escalated during the Fayette County Public Schools board meeting Thursday night after discussions centered around the budget and the potential of teachers ...

Fayette County Public School officials are ... and inclusion initiatives. Addressing food insecurity, improving technology use, tackling language barriers — those are just some of the priorities ...

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story indicated Fayette County Public Schools told federal officials. they slashed DEI programs. That was inaccurate. Fayette County Public Schools ...

for Fayette County public elementary schools, 3-6 p.m. April 9-10, for children who will be 5 years old by Aug. 1. Parents or guardians should go to the school where the child will attend. Bring the ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. - The school board for Fayette County Public Schools voted Thursday to end federal oversight in a decades-old school desegregation case, declaring that the district has met ...

Fayette County Public Schools canceled remote learning and delayed the start of in-person learning for Tuesday Feb. 16, 2021 after ice and snow blanketed Lexington. The gates to the district bus ...

None of the five Fayette County Public Schools board members immediately responded to emails and texts from the Herald-Leader Sunday afternoon about how they would vote. Parents supporting the ...