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The Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame honors the Dunbar Bearcats’ place in the state’s high school basketball history.
According to Niche’s data, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (PLDHS) and Lafayette High School (LHS) were each ranked as one of the best 2025 public high schools in the Bluegrass.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The resume writes itself. In a matter of weeks, 18-year-old Moriah Buchanan has earned not one, but two degrees. Earlier this month, Moriah graduated from BCTC, and on ...
The City of Lexington is considering investing $3 million to turn the former Dunbar High School into housing. The second of two community meetings was held on Thursday.
Image of principal Marlon Ball from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Kentucky. Ball has been put on administrative leave. This comes after the school's athletics director was found dead.
Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton declared February 15, 2023 Dunbar Centennial Day, honoring what used to be an all-Black high school in Lexington that's now a neighborhood center.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Fayette County Public Schools officials say a loaded gun was found at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School on Wednesday morning. District leaders say the gun was in a backpack.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Dunbar High School Principal Marlon Ball has been placed on administrative leave. Ball is in his first year as the principal of Dunbar, after being hired this past summer.
The Lexington City Council approved a development agreement with Belmont Sayer for the city to invest $3.09 million for initial expenses and an agreement for a 20-year lease for public use of the ...
LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — New plans are emerging for the former Dunbar Junior and Senior High School in Lexington. The school was built in 1951 and named after African American poet and writer… ...
They did that tonight, and good things happened." Lexington Catholic (7-4) scratched out a second-inning run against Dunbar right-hander Aaron Ochsenbein.
In 1967, the last class graduated from Dunbar High School, Lexington's only Black high school that was created during segregation. The city's Black students would go on to attend Lexington Senior High ...