Lexington cooling centers open

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – With temperatures expected to be in the mid-90s and the heat index in the lower 100’s, Lexington officials have opened multiple cooling centers.

The Dunbar Community Center, 545 North Upper St., will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday, July 20-21, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, July 22. Rooms at Picadome, 469 Parkway Drive, and Tates Creek, 1400 Gainesway Drive, will be open from 7 a.m. to dark, Thursday, July 20, through Saturday, July 22.

City officials say LexTran is offering free rides to Lexington residents who need a ride to any of the three cooling centers. They say citizens should tell the bus driver they are traveling to a cooling center.

Admission to all Parks & Recreation pools will be half price Wednesday – Saturday, according to the city.

The Hope Center has activated its hot weather policy for its Men’s Emergency Shelter.

Hope Center officials say street outreach caseworkers will go out on the streets and in homeless camps to encourage residents to come into the Emergency Shelter for help.

The HopeMobile and the street outreach caseworkers will hand out bottles of water to those who will not come in to the air-conditioned shelter.

For more information visit www.lexingtonky.gov/heat.