The WLAP Afternoon Blog is brought to you daily by Drs. Durbin, Huang & Garner and The Kentucky Center for Orthodontics

Mary Walter will be with us today and tomorrow  Feel free to "like" her on facebook!  Jim Waters will be in Friday.  Mandy Connell will return for a one-day stint Monday.  Also, we hope to have an announcement on who will be the permanent afternoon host sometime next week.  Stay tuned!

Urban County Councilman Doug Martin has a dire warning for Lexington's financial future  Says an immediate plan for the police and firefighter pension needs to be enacted now for Lexington avoid bankruptcy in 5-10 years

The Triangle Park fountains were dyed the wrong color  They were supposed to be pink for a showing of "Pretty In Pink" on Friday night, instead the water looks blood red.  Maybe they'll change the movie to "The Shining" to better match the backdrop.

Josh is really excited about this!  Trader Joe's will open it's Lexington store on June 29th

The WLAP Afternoon Blog is brought to you daily by Drs. Durbin, Huang & Garner and The Kentucky Center for Orthodontics

Mandy Connell is with you today  Mary Walter returns tomorrow and Thursday and Jim Waters is in on Friday

Fayette Co. Public Schools Superintendent Tom Shelton will answer questions on his plan to hold some students back a grade if they fail to pass reading and math tests  This is part of a plan for kids K-3

Former tourism commish Mike Cooper has been hit with a state ethics violation  Allowed a state contractor to pay for meals and other unauthorized expenses last year

President Obama has a close race on his hands in Arkansas  A challenger in the primary only trails by 7 points

A New York Times poll shows Mitt Romney is beating Obama among women  This after the Dems were trying to tell everyone the GOP was mounting a "war on women".  Of course the Obama campaign's answer is the NYT poll is "biased"

Former UK basketball player Michael Porter plead not guilty to sex abuse charges this afternoon  Porter, a point guard from 2006-'09, was arrested last night

Chris Matthews stunk it up on Celebrity Jeopardy  This after reportedly joking about how poorly Sarah Palin would do

Illegal immigrants are suing the U.S. Senate

The WLAP Afternoon Blog is brought to you daily by Drs. Durbin, Huang & Garner and The Kentucky Center for Orthodontics

Mandy Connell is with you today and tomorrow  Mary Walter returns Wednesday and Jim Waters is in on Friday

Fayette Co. Public Schools are developing a plan for holding back pupils  If students are not passing reading and math guidelines, they may not be promoted under a larger plan proposed by Superintendent Tom Shelton

A lesbian couple was barred from the Lexington Catholic prom over the weekend  Many students went out in the parking lot during the prom to meet the ladies to show their support

Newsweek has deemed President Obama the nation's "first gay president"  Wonder if Michelle has something to say about that...

Union leaders may rail against the wealthy, but they themselves are in the 1%  Hefty salaries and perks for those representing private sector unions

Pretty bad typo...

The WLAP Afternoon Blog is brought to you daily by Drs. Durbin, Huang & Garner and The Kentucky Center for Orthodontics

Jim Waters from The Bluegrass Institute is with you today  Mandy Connell returns next Monday and Tuesday, Mary Walter next Wednesday and Thursday then Jim again next Friday

Here's Jim's latest column...a look at State Auditor Adam Edelen's audit for former Ag Commissioner Richie Farmer

Romney leads Obama by 7 in the latest Rasmussen poll  Biggest lead to date for Mitt

A new unauthorized biography of Obama isn't exactly kind to the president  Tells of how Bill Clinton called Obama an "amateur" and asked Hillary to run against him this year

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is renouncing his U.S. citizenship  Will apply for citizenship in Singapore where there is no capital gains tax and where he has already been living for a number of years

78% of California students failed a national science test  Wow!

This Time Magazine cover is causing quite the stir  How late is too late to coddle your kids?

The WLAP Afternoon Blog is brought to you daily by Drs. Durbin, Huang & Garner and The Kentucky Center for Orthodontics

Mary Walter will be with us today  Feel free to "like" her on facebook.  Jim Waters will be in tomorrow.

President Obama's support of gay marriage is seen internationally as a world precedent  His opinion is a big deal?  He also said the decision should be left up to the states...

Gawker actually called Obama's announcement "B.S."

Meanwhile, Ellen DeGeneres called Obama "brave" for speaking out

The DNC is considering moving their convention from Charlotte in the aftermath of North Carolina's vote defining marriage between a man and a woman  It may be too late though...

Principal resigned after students discovered she created fake Facebook page to spy on them